Does the size of the hemoperitoneum help to discriminate the bleeding source and guide therapeutic decisions in blunt trauma patients with pelvic ring fracture?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-125

  Charbit, Jonathan ^a   Millet, Ingrid ^a   Martinez, Orianne ^a   Roustan, Jean Paul ^a   Merigeaud, Samuel ^a   Taourel, Patrice ^a   Capdevila, Xavier ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Pelvic ring fracture; blunt abdominal trauma; FAST; false positive; hemorrhagic shock.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIC RING FRACTURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84864267795     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824ac38b     Document Type: Article

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