Thoracic CT in the intensive care unit: Assessment of clinical usefulness

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 491-498

  Miller Jr , Wallace T ^a   Tino, Greggory ^a   Friedburg, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy study, CT; Thorax, abnormalities; Thorax, CT; Thorax, diseases; Thorax, radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3643091613     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.2.9807579     Document Type: Article

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