Penetrating torso trauma: Triple-contrast helical CT in peritoneal violation and organ injury - A prospective study in 200 patients

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 775-784

  Shanmuganathan, K ^a   Mirvis, Stuart E ^a   Chiu, William C ^a   Killeen, Karen L ^a,b   Hogan, Gerald J F ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Radiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Computed tomography (CT), multidetector row; Emergency radiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIATRIZOATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR ROW HELICAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN INJURY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VISCERA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 2442674180     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2313030126     Document Type: Article

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