Routine helical computed tomographic evaluation of the mediastinum in high-risk blunt trauma patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1084-1088

  Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Gomez, Hugo ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Asensio, Juan A ^a   Murray, James ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a   Alo, Kathleen ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECELERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031755681     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.10.1084     Document Type: Article

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