Clinical prediction rules in trauma imaging: Who, how, and why?

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Blackmore, C Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17644412027     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2352040307     Document Type: Review

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