Spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasonography

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-122

  Shokoohi, Hamid ^a   Boniface, Keith ^a   Reza Taheri, M ^a   Pourmand, Ali ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior epigastric artery rupture; Rectus sheath hematoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POINT OF CARE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; RECTUS SHEATH HEMATOMA; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLIZATION; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 84875736392     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2012.120721     Document Type: Article

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