Defining the percentage of intra-abdominal hemorrhage in abdominal computerized tomography using stereology in patients with blunt liver injury and determining its relationship with outcomes

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 224-229

  Uzkeser, Mustafa ^a   Sahin, Huseyin ^a   Ozogul, Bunyami ^a   Cayir, Yasemin ^a   Alper, Fatih ^a   Emet, Mucahit ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

abdominal trauma and diagnostic tests; blunt liver trauma; intra abdominal free blood; Stereology; volume measurements

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERCENTAGE OF INTRA ABDOMINAL HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN INJURY; STEREOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872064869     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318270df0e     Document Type: Article

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