Prospective validation of computed tomographic screening of the thoracolumbar spine in trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-235

  Hauser, Carl J ^a   Visvikis, George ^b   Hinrichs, Clay ^b   Eber, Corey D ^b   Cho, Kyunghee ^c   Lavery, Robert F ^a   Livingston, David H ^a  

^a Section of Trauma   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 0042821743     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000076622.19246.CF     Document Type: Article

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