Citation

Spitz DJ. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 1999; 17(3): 244.

Affiliation

Office of the Medical Examiner, County of Monroe, Monroe, MI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10337880

Abstract

Patterned injuries often remain unrecognized by emergency department personnel. Immediate recognition of a simple, superficial patterned injury may result in prompt and possibly life-saving treatment. A fall off a bicycle with a patterned abdominal bruise should suggest potentially life-threatening trauma.

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