title: [Abdominal sonography in primary diagnosis of blunt abdominal trauma].
abstract: 200 patients with blunt abdominal trauma were scanned by ultrasound primarily. 152 showed a normal sonographic examination. In 24 patients an organic injury was visualised. These 20 splenic injuries, 2 lesions of the kidney, 1 splenic and renal lesion and 1 hepatic and splenic rupture were confirmed by CT in 9 cases, by laparotomy in 9 cases, by sonographic follow-up in 2 cases. 23 patients showed an intraabdominal fluid collection, in 16 patients a decrease was seen by ultrasound. 7 patients were directly operated on because of a visible increase of intraabdominal fluid. The lesions consisted of 3 hepatic ruptures, 2 retroperitoneal bleedings. Ultrasound is a reliable tool in the diagnosis of blunt abdominal trauma on the day of admittance and in the evaluation of injuries in respect of operative or conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schnarkowski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brecht-Krauss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldmann
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Limmer
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Die Abdomensonographie in der Primärdiagnostik des stumpfen Bauchtraumas.