Old fashion clinical judgment in the era of protocols: Is mandatory chest X-ray necessary in injured patients?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 324-332

  Sears, Benjamin W ^a   Luchette, Fred A ^a,b   Esposito, Thomas J ^a   Dickson, Elizabeth L ^a   Grant, Mark ^a   Santaniello, John M ^a   Jodlowski, Christopher R ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a   Poulakidas, Stathis J ^a   Gamelli, Richard L ^a   Brandt, Mary Margaret ^b   Nagy, Kimberly K ^b   Rhee, Peter ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Adult; ATLS ; Chest trauma; Chest x ray; Evaluation; Injuries; Pediatric; Selection; Thoracic injury; Trauma surgeon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIB FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27844508573     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000179450.01434.90     Document Type: Article

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