title: Advances in abdominal trauma.
abstract: Emergency practitioners routinely encounter patients who suffer from abdominal trauma, be it blunt or penetrating. These injuries are often confounded by altered mental status, distracting injuries, or lack of historical information, and may present challenges in management. However, in the last several years new approaches to the diagnosis and management of abdominal trauma, including bedside ultrasound, newer generation computed tomography scans, laparoscopy, and the ability for selected nonoperative management expedite identification of life threatening injury and offer new options in treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA. jennifer.isenhour@carolinashealthcare.org
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Isenhour
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D000465:Algorithms; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000293:injuries; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy