Emergency Physician Use of Ultrasonography in Blunt Abdominal Trauma
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Performance of abdominal ultrasonography in blunt trauma patients with out-of-hospital or emergency department hypotension.
STUDY OBJECTIVES We determine the test performance of abdominal ultrasonography for detecting hemoperitoneum in blunt trauma patients with out-of-hospital or emergency department (ED) hypotension. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of all blunt trauma patients hospitalized at a Level I trauma center. Patients were included if they were older than 6 years and had out-of-hospital or ED hyp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03322.x