Should helical CT scanning of the thoracic cavity replace the conventional chest x-ray as a primary assessment tool in pediatric trauma? An efficacy and cost analysis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 793-797

  Renton, J ^b   Kincaid, S ^b   Ehrlich, P F ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Helical thoracic computerized tomography; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037997929     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/jpsu.2003.50169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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