If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a trauma computerized tomography panel worth?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 734-740

  Aucar, John A ^a   Fernandez, Luiz ^b   Wagner Mann, Colette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Mother Francis Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Radiography; Technology assessment; Tomography, Radiograph computed (adverse effects); Tomography, X ray computed (utilization); Trauma (wounds and injuries)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36048943925     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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