Emergency ultrasound-based algorithms for diagnosing blunt abdominal trauma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Stengel, Dirk ^a   Rademacher, Grit ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^b   Güthoff, Claas ^a   Mutze, Sven ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND BASED ALGORITHM; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT OF SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY; META ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 84964696117     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004446.pub4     Document Type: Review

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