Scout anteroposterior and lateral CT scans as a screening test for thoracolumbar spine injury in blunt trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 780-785

  Sroka, Nicole L ^a,b   Combs, James ^a   Mood, Rochella ^a   Henderson, Vernon ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECCHYMOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SPINE INJURY; SUBLUXATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34848833872     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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