MDCT evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma: clinical significance of free intraperitoneal fluid in males with absence of identifiable injury.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on December 01, 2008

Authors

T Eric Drasin1, Stephan W Anderson, Amy Asandra, James T Rhea, Jorge A Soto

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Bldg., 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118, USA. teric.drasin@bmc.org

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