Whole-body multislice computed tomography as the primary and sole diagnostic tool in patients with blunt trauma: searching for its appropriate indication

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1057-1062

  Wurmb, Thomas Erik ^a   Frühwald, Peter ^b   Hopfner, Wittiko ^c   Roewer, Norbert ^a   Brederlau, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Heinrich Braun Krankenhaus Zwickau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; WHOLE BODY MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 36148962902     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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