The value of indicated computed tomography scan of the chest and abdomen in addition to the conventional radiologic work-up for blunt trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 757-763

  Deunk, Jaap ^a   Dekker, Helena M ^a   Brink, Monique ^a   Van Vugt, Raoul ^a   Edwards, Michael J ^a   Van Vugt, Arie B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Computed tomography; Conventional radiography; Value

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 37349014815     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000235878.42251.8d     Document Type: Article

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