Diagnosing blunt hollow viscus injury: Is computed tomography the answer?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-418

  Joseph, Dandrea K ^a,b   Kunac, Anastasia ^a,b   Kinler, Rae Lynne ^b   Staff, Ilene ^c   Butler, Karyn L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Hartford HealthCare Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Blunt hollow viscus injury; CT scan; Hollow viscus injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLUNT HOLLOW VISCUS INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; URINARY BLADDER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84875233424     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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