Predictors of abnormal chest CT after blunt trauma: a critical appraisal of the literature

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-283

  Brink, M ^a   Kool, D R ^a   Dekker, H M ^a   Deunk, J ^a   Jager, G J ^a   van Kuijk, C ^a   Edwards, M J R ^a   Blickman, J G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 58649089792     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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