CT scan-detected pneumoperitoneum: An unreliable predictor of intra-abdominal injury in blunt trauma

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-121

  Marek, Ashley P ^a   Deisler, Ryan F ^a   Sutherland, John B ^a   Punjabi, Gopal ^a   Portillo, Anne ^a   Krook, Jon ^a   Richardson, Chad J ^a   Nygaard, Rachel M ^a   Ney, Arthur L ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; CT scan; Intra abdominal injury; Pneumoperitoneum; Surgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84889098933     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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