Usefulness of free intraperitoneal air detected by CT scan in diagnosing bowel perforation in blunt trauma: Experience from a community-based hospital

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-104

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Kunhivalappil, Fathima T ^a   Matev, Nikolay ^a   Avila, Norman A ^a   Bashir, Masoud O ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^b  

^a CMHS   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Injury; Intestines; Multidetector

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE INTRAPERITONEAL AIR; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; YOUNG ADULT; ABDOMINAL INJURY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84919684005     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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