Postmortem computed tomography, "CATopsy", predicts cause of death in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 979-985

  Hoey, Brian A ^a   Cipolla, James ^a   Grossman, Michael D ^a   McQuay, Nathaniel ^a   Shukla, Pratik R ^a   Stawicki, Stanislaw P ^a   Stehly, Christy ^a   Hoff, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; CATopsy; Mortality; Performance improvement; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36048957500     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318154011f     Document Type: Article

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