Left mediastinal width and mediastinal width ratio are better radiographic criteria than general mediastinal width for predicting blunt aortic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-94

  Wong, Yon Cheong ^a   Ng, Chip Jin ^b   Wang, Li Jen ^a   Hsu, Kuang Hung ^b   Chen, Chi Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blunt aortic injury; Chest radiography; Left mediastinal width; Mediastinal width ratio; Predictive values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT MEDIASTINAL WIDTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIASTINAL WIDTH RATIO; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INJURY; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 4043176947     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000082158.49654.E7     Document Type: Article

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