Head CT evaluation in clinically stable motor vehicle collision patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 328-335

  Gupta, Rahul ^a   Taha, Margaret D ^a   McCarroll, Kathleen ^a   Bair, Holly ^a   Wu, Jinglan ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head injury; Management; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29044444696     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-005-0419-y     Document Type: Article

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