Initial chest CT obviates the need for repeat chest radiograph after penetrating thoracic trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-572

  Magnotti, Louis J ^a,b   Weinberg, Jordan A ^a   Schroeppel, Thomas J ^a   Savage, Stephanie A ^a   Fischer, Peter E ^a   Bee, Tiffany K ^a   Maish III, George O ^a   Minard, Gayle ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 34548588542     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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