title: Computed tomography of blunt abdominal trauma in children.
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) plays a major role in diagnosis of blunt abdominal trauma of haemodynamically-stable children. The purpose of this article is to review the CT findings in children with hepatic, splenic, renal, adrenal, pancreatic, bowel, and mesentery injuries and in children with blunt abdominal trauma and active haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. pvisruta@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Visrutaratna
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Na-Chiangmai
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*