Blunt abdominal trauma: should US be used to detect both free fluid and organ injuries?

Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Kinkel, Karen; Vermeulen, Bernard; Irmay, François; Unger, Pierre-François; Terrier, François

doi:10.1148/radiol.2271020139

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Blunt abdominal trauma: should US be used to detect both free fluid and organ injuries?

ContributorsPoletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Kinkel, Karen; Vermeulen, Bernard; Irmay, François; Unger, Pierre-François; Terrier, François

Published inRadiology, vol. 227, no. 1, p. 95-103

Publication date2003

Abstract

To evaluate abdominal ultrasonography (US) for indirect (with free fluid analysis only) and direct (with free fluid and parenchymal analysis) detection of organ injury in patients with blunt abdominal trauma, with findings at computed tomography (CT) and/or surgery as the standard of diagnosis.

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Abdominal Injuries/ultrasonography
Adolescent
Adult
Body Fluids
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Prospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Wounds, Nonpenetrating/ultrasonography

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POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois et al. Blunt abdominal trauma: should US be used to detect both free fluid and organ injuries? In: Radiology, 2003, vol. 227, n° 1, p. 95–103. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2271020139

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PID : unige:45334
DOI : 10.1148/radiol.2271020139
PMID : 12616002

Journal ISSN0033-8419

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Blunt abdominal trauma: should US be used to detect both free fluid and organ injuries?

To evaluate abdominal ultrasonography (US) for indirect (with free fluid analysis only) and direct (with free fluid and parenchymal analysis) detection of organ injury in patients with blunt abdominal trauma, with findings at computed tomography (CT) and/or surgery as the standard of diagnosis.

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