Significance of Peritoneal Fluid as an Isolated Finding on Abdominal Computed Tomographic Scans in Pediatric Trauma Patients

BACKGROUNDPeritoneal fluid on abdominal computed tomographic (CT) scan in the absence of solid-organ injury suggests a bowel injury. We sought to determine the significance of peritoneal fluid as the sole finding on abdominal CT scans obtained to evaluate injured pediatric patients. METHODSWe perfor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care Infection, and Critical Care, 1998-06, Vol.44 (6), p.1069-1072
Hauptverfasser:	Hulka, Frieda, Mullins, Richard J., Leonardo, Victor, Harrison, Marvin W., Silberberg, Phillip
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Injuries - complications Abdominal Injuries - diagnostic imaging Adolescent Ascitic Fluid Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Female Hemoperitoneum - diagnostic imaging Hemoperitoneum - etiology Humans Injuries of the abdomen. Foreign bodies of the digestive system Intestines - diagnostic imaging Intestines - injuries Male Medical sciences Radiography, Abdominal Retrospective Studies Tomography, X-Ray Computed Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications Wounds, Nonpenetrating - diagnostic imaging
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