Pelvic ring injuries: Emergency assessment and management

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 252-258

  Halawi, Mohamad J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Assessment; Classification; Hemodynamic instability; Pelvic fractures

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHIC EMBOLIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL WRAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC PACKING; PELVIC RING INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84952876220     PISSN: 09765662     EISSN: 22133445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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