Prevalence of incidental findings in trauma patients detected by computed tomography imaging

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 428-435

  Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Schierling, Michelle ^a   Zhou, Chuan ^a   Colfax, J Drew ^a   Russ, Stephan ^a   Conatser, Paige ^a   Lancaster, Penny ^a   Wrenn, Keith ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST METASTASIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 65449157626     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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