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16385297

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
Nonoperative management of hemodynamically stable patients with blunt hepatic injuries has become the standard of care over the past decade. However, controversy regarding the role of in-hospital follow-up computed tomographic (CT) scans as a part of this nonoperative management scheme is ongoing. Although many institutions, including our own, have advocated routine in-hospital follow-up scans, others have suggested a more selective policy. Over time, we have perceived a low yield from follow-up studies. The hypothesis for this study is that routine follow-up imaging of asymptomatic patients is unnecessary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-5282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1175-8; discussion 1178-80
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Routine follow-up imaging is unnecessary in the management of blunt hepatic injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article