PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of the ultrasonographic finding of pelvic fluid after blunt @entity1661 in @entity1 as a predictor of an abdominal @entity130 . METHODS: The clinical and imaging data of 183 @entity1 with blunt @entity1661 were reviewed retrospectively. All @entity1 had an abdominal sonography as the primary screening study. The ultrasound results were divided into 3 groups: group A, normal examination; group B, pelvic fluid only; group C, peritoneal fluid outside the pelvis. The results of the initial ultrasound examinations were compared with the findings of the CT scan, or a second ultrasound examination or the clinical course during the hospitalization. RESULTS: Group A included 87 @entity1 ; group B, 57, and group C, 39. Four abdominal organ injuries were missed by the ultrasound examination. The sensitivity and specificity of the ultrasound examinations to predict @entity130 in presence of peritoneal fluid outside the pelvis were, respectively, 89.5% and 96.6%; the positive and negative predictive value were 87.2% and 97.3%. No statistically significant difference was seen between group A and group B, whereas the presence of peritoneal fluid outside the pelvic cavity (group C) was associated strongly with an @entity130 (P <.001). CONCLUSIONS: A normal ultrasound examination or the presence of pelvic fluid are associated with a low probability of an @entity130 . In the presence of peritoneal fluid outside the pelvis, the probability of an @entity130 is very high.

Minimal pelvic fluid in blunt XXXX in @entity1 : the significance of this sonographic finding.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children'] @entity1661 :: ('MESH:D000008', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal trauma'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['organ injury']
@entity1661 :: (MESH:D000008,Disease) :: ['abdominal trauma']
