Delay in diagnosis of blunt abdominal injuries in children and adolescents: a pictorial review of CT abdomen in HTAA

Hassan, Radhiana and Abd. Aziz, Azian and Mohd Yusof, Mubarak and Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah and Sa'at@Yusof, Azlin and Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran (2009) Delay in diagnosis of blunt abdominal injuries in children and adolescents: a pictorial review of CT abdomen in HTAA. In: 9th Asian Oceanic Society of Paediatric Radiology (AOSPR) Congress, 19-21 November 2009, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Bluntabdominal injuries are often difficult to be accurately assessed clinically especially with concomitant external injury, in patients with head injury and in paediatric patients1. CT scan is the modality of choice for the evaluation of abdominal injury due to blunt trauma in hemodynamically stable children as it is widely available,rapidly performed with accurate depiction of various solid and hollow viscus injuries and associated retroperitoneal or pancreatic injuries2. Delay in diagnosis may not alter the mortality or choice of management but could significantly increase the rate of complications and prolong the length of hospital stay,hence timely and accurate diagnosis of intraabdominal injury is of utmost importance3.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Additional Information:	5685/1838
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Abdominal injury, head injury, paediatric patient
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Radiology
Depositing User:	Dr Radhiana Hassan
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2011 13:03
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2013 15:33
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/1838

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