Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 968-973 , July 2001

Emergency department ultrasonography in the evaluation of hypotensive and normotensive children with blunt abdominal trauma

Presented at the ACEP Research Forum, October 11, 1998, San Diego, CA.

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☆ Address reprint requests to James F. Holmes, MD, UC Davis Medical Center, Division of Emergency Medicine, 2315 Stockton Blvd, PSSB, Sacramento, CA 95817-2282.

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doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.24719

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 968-973 , July 2001

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