-
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Computed tomography in the management of blunt abdominal trauma in children.
- R R Turnock, A Sprigg, and D A Lloyd.
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital Alder Hey, UK.
- Br J Surg. 1993 Aug 1;80(8):982-4.
AbstractSixteen children with suspected abdominal injury were reviewed. All underwent plain abdominal radiography and computed tomography (CT). Fifteen CT scans showed an abnormality, and the abdominal radiograph was abnormal in seven cases. Eight patients also underwent abdominal ultrasonography, and six scans failed to demonstrate an abnormality. Only two patients required laparotomy, one for a ruptured left diaphragm and one for a major renal injury. These results support the use of CT as the optimal method for assessing the stable child following blunt abdominal trauma.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..