Efficacy of chest CT in a pediatric ICU: A prospective study

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1697-1705

  Thomas, Karen E ^a,b   Owens, Catherine M ^a   Britto, Joseph ^a   Nadel, Simon ^a   Habibi, Parviz ^a   Nicholson, Rosemary ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Mechanical ventilation; Pediatric ICU; Radiation dosage; Radiography; Tomography, computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034126612     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.6.1697     Document Type: Article

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