Blunt abdominal injuries
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Identification of blunt abdominal injuries in children.
BACKGROUND The use of computed tomography (CT) to screen for injuries in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is increasing, concurrent with increasing concern over long-term risk of radiation-associated malignancies. We proposed to determine features that could be identified in the early assessment of these patients, which can predict the likelihood of clinically important intra-abdominal in...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0007-1420,1471-8391
DOI: 10.1258/0007142991902664