Re: Mandatory exploration is not necessary for patients with acute diverticulitis and free intraperitoneal air

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1376-1377

  Moore, Frederick A ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^b   Davis, James W ^c   Sperry, Jason ^d   Moore, Ernest E ^e   Burlew, Clay Cothren ^e   McIntyre, Robert C ^e   Biffl, Walter L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Californiae   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84877059320     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01586154-201305000-00030     Document Type: Letter

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