Hepatic transaminases as predictors of liver injury in abdominal trauma
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Pediatric FAST and elevated liver transaminases: An effective screening tool in blunt abdominal trauma.
BACKGROUND The current standard for the evaluation of children with blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) consists of physical examination, screening lab values, and computed tomography (CT) scan. We sought to determine if the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) combined with elevated liver transaminases (AST/ALT) could be used as a screening tool for intra-abdominal injury (IAI) in ped...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2349-2902,2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20175891