Prospective evaluation of screening multislice helical computed tomographic angiography in the initial evaluation of penetrating neck injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-149

  Inaba, Kenji ^a,e   Munera, Felipe ^b   McKenney, Mark ^b   Rivas, Luis ^b   De Moya, Marc ^c   Bahouth, Hany ^b   Cohn, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Neck; Penetrating injury; Radiography; Trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; MULTISLICE HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STAB WOUND; STANDARD; TRACHEA INJURY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33746257290     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000222711.01410.bc     Document Type: Article

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