Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 575-584, October 2009

Clinical Prediction Rules for Identifying Adults at Very Low Risk for Intra-abdominal Injuries After Blunt Trauma

Presented at the SAEM annual meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2007.

  • James F. Holmes, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: James F. Holmes, MD, MPH, UC Davis Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 2315 Stockton Blvd, PSSB 2100, Sacramento, CA 95817-2282; 916-734-1533, fax 916-734-7950
    • ,
  • David H. Wisner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
    • ,
  • John P. McGahan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
    • ,
  • William R. Mower, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA

Received 8 September 2008; received in revised form 8 January 2009 and 28 March 2009; accepted 15 April 2009. published online 20 May 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Judd E. Hollander, MD

 Author contributions: JFH was responsible for the study concept and supervision, analyzing and interpreting the data, and drafting the article. JFH, WRM, and NK were responsible for the study design. JFH, DHW, and JPM acquired the data. All authors were responsible for critical revision of the article for important intellectual content. JFH and NK provided statistical expertise and obtained funding. JH takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Funded in part by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Training Grant.

 Publication date: Available online May 19, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00398-9

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.04.007

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 575-584, October 2009

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