Utility of screening for blunt vascular neck injuries with computed tomographic angiography

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Schneidereit, Nathan P ^a   Simons, Richard ^a,d   Nicolaou, Savvas ^a   Graeb, Douglas ^a   Brown, D Ross ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew ^b   Redekop, Gary ^a   McKevitt, Elaine C ^c   Neyestani, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Trauma Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid artery injury; Computed tomographic angiography; Outcomes; Screening; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INJURY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646102475     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000195651.60080.2c     Document Type: Article

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