Cumulative radiation dose caused by radiologic studies in critically ill trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 510-514

  Kim, Patrick K ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a   Maidment, Andrew D A ^a   O'Shea, Michael ^a   Reilly, Patrick M ^a   Schwab, C William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriography; Computed tomography; Critical illness; Effective dose; Radiation; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRUSH TRAUMA; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IONIZING RADIATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; X RAY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4744352555     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000141028.97753.67     Document Type: Article

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