An abdominal computed tomography may be safe in selected hypotensive trauma patients with positive Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma examination

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 834-840

  Cook, MacKenzie R ^a   Holcomb, John B ^b   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^b   Fox, Erin E ^b   Alarcon, Louis H ^c   Bulger, Eileen M ^d   Brasel, Karen J ^a   Schreiber, Martin A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; FAST examination; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTENSIVE TRAUMA; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929026690     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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