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Review
. 2008 Apr 26;336(7650):938-42.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.686192.80.

Investigation of blunt abdominal trauma

Jan O Jansen  1 , Steven R Yule, Malcolm A Loudon
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Review

Investigation of blunt abdominal trauma

Jan O Jansen et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Gas in small bowel mesentery (arrowed) from a tear at the duodenojejunal flexure
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Fig 2 Algorithm for the investigation of blunt abdominal trauma
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Fig 3 Computed tomography image of a grade III liver haematoma (A) and grade IV splenic haematoma (B), with minimal free fluid. The patient was managed without surgery
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