December 2007. Volume 3. Number 4

In pediatric blunt trauma patients abdominal ultrasonography is indispensable except in patients with low suspicion of abdominal injury

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Holmes JF, Gladman A, Chang CH. Performance of abdominal ultrasonography in pediatric blunt trauma patients: a meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2007;42:1588-94
Reviewers: García Vera C1, Ibáñez Pradas V2.
1 Centro de Salud Sagasta-Ruiseñores. Zaragoza. España.
2 Servicio de Cirugí­a Pediátrica, Hospital General de Castellón. Castellón. España.
Correspondence: César García Vera. Email: cgarciav@wanadoo.es
Reception date: 31/10/2007
Acceptance date: 16/11/2007
Publication date: 01/12/2007

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García Vera C, Ibáñez Pradas V. En pacientes con trauma abdominal cerrado, la ecografía abdominal sólo es prescindible en caso de baja sospecha de lesión intra-abdominal. EvidPediatr. 2007;3:103.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Holmes JF, Gladman A, Chang CH. Performance of abdominal ultrasonography in pediatric blunt trauma patients: a meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2007;42:1588-94
Reviewers: García Vera C1, Ibáñez Pradas V2.
1 Centro de Salud Sagasta-Ruiseñores. Zaragoza. España.
2 Servicio de Cirugí­a Pediátrica, Hospital General de Castellón. Castellón. España.
Correspondence: César García Vera. Email: cgarciav@wanadoo.es
Reception date: 31/10/2007
Acceptance date: 16/11/2007
Publication date: 01/12/2007

How to cite this article

García Vera C, Ibáñez Pradas V. En pacientes con trauma abdominal cerrado, la ecografía abdominal sólo es prescindible en caso de baja sospecha de lesión intra-abdominal. EvidPediatr. 2007;3:103.

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