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ASSESSMENT OF BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Author(s) -
Woods S. D. S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb07263.x
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , abdominal trauma , diagnostic peritoneal lavage , modalities , radiology , weakness , computed tomography , blunt trauma , focused assessment with sonography for trauma , modality (human–computer interaction) , medical physics , surgery , artificial intelligence , social science , sociology , computer science
Computerized tomography (CT) scanning and diagnostic peritoneal lavage have often been seen as competing modalities in the assessment of blunt abdominal trauma. Each has its own strengths and weakness. A judicious use of both modalities can result in improved diagnostic accuracy. An algorithm for their appropriate use is suggested.