Emergency ultrasound-based algorithms for diagnosing blunt abdominal trauma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Stengel, Dirk ^a   Bauwens, Kai ^a   Rademacher, Grit ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^b   Güthoff, Claas ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY; META ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84891649370     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004446.pub3     Document Type: Review

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