Impact on trauma patient management of installing a computed tomography scanner in the emergency department

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 873-875

  Lee, K L ^a   Graham, Colin A ^a   Lam, Jenny M Y ^a   Yeung, Janice H H ^a   Ahuja, A T ^a   Rainer, Timothy H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic radiology; Emergency department; Major trauma; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650114034     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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