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Curriculum and Recommendations for Study
Abdomen: O.Clark West, MD
Case Illustration Editor: Cynthia Day, MD
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| Abdominal Trauma |
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Hemoperitoneum
and intraperitoneal
fluid  |
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Hemodynamic status assessment |
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Retroperitoneal hemorrhage |
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Gas collections: intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal |
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Active arterial extravasation on CT |
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Splenic injuries |
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Liver injuries |
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Gallbladder and biliary injuries |
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Bowel injuries |
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Mesenteric injuries |
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Pancreatic
injuries  |
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Renal injuries |
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Adrenal injuries |
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Bladder injuries: intraperitoneal and extraperitoneal |
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Abdominal wall injuries and diaphragmatic
hernias  |
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Jeffrey RB, Jrl, Ralls PW. CT and Sonography
of the Acute Abdomen. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1996.
McKenney KL. Ultrasound of
Blunt Abdominal Trauma, The Radiology Clinics of North America
1999;37-879-894.
Novelline RA, Rhea JT, Bell T. Helical
CT of Abdominal Trauma. The Radiology Clinics of North America
1999; 37; 591-612.
Rao PM, Rhea JT, Novelline RA.
Helical CT of Appendicitis and Diverticulitis. The Radiology Clinics
of North America 1999; 895-910
Smith RC, Levine
J, Rosenfeld AT, Helical CT of Urinary Tract Stones: Epidemiology,
Origin, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. The Radiology
Clinics of North America 1999; 37: 911-952.
West OC, Jarolimek AM. Abdomen:
Traumatic Emergencies In: The Radiology of Emergency Medicine.
4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:689-724.
West OC, Tamm EP, Kawashima A, Jarolimek AM. Abdomen:
Non-traumatic Emergencies In: The Radiology of Emergency Medicine.
4th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:583-657
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