Blunt abdominal trauma: does the use of a second-generation sonographic contrast agent help to detect solid organ injuries?

Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; Becker, Christoph; Mentha, Gilles; Vermeulen, Bernard; Buehler, Leo Hans; Terrier, François

doi:10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831293

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Blunt abdominal trauma: does the use of a second-generation sonographic contrast agent help to detect solid organ injuries?

ContributorsPoletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; Becker, Christoph; Mentha, Gilles; Vermeulen, Bernard; Buehler, Leo Hans; Terrier, François

Published inAmerican journal of roentgenology, vol. 183, no. 5, p. 1293-1301

Publication date2004

Abstract

The objective of our study was to prospectively evaluate whether a second-generation sonography contrast agent (SonoVue) can improve the conspicuity of solid organ injuries (liver; spleen; or kidney, including adrenal glands) in patients with blunt abdominal trauma.

Keywords

Abdominal Injuries/radiography/ultrasonography
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Contrast Media
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phospholipids/diagnostic use
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sulfur Hexafluoride/diagnostic use
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Viscera/injuries/radiography/ultrasonography
Wounds, Nonpenetrating/radiography/ultrasonography

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POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois et al. Blunt abdominal trauma: does the use of a second-generation sonographic contrast agent help to detect solid organ injuries? In: American journal of roentgenology, 2004, vol. 183, n° 5, p. 1293–1301. doi: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831293

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PID : unige:37179
DOI : 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831293
PMID : 15505293

Journal ISSN0361-803X

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Blunt abdominal trauma: does the use of a second-generation sonographic contrast agent help to detect solid organ injuries?

The objective of our study was to prospectively evaluate whether a second-generation sonography contrast agent (SonoVue) can improve the conspicuity of solid organ injuries (liver; spleen; or kidney, including adrenal glands) in patients with blunt abdominal trauma.

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