Whole-body multislice computed tomography as the first line diagnostic tool in patients with multiple injuries: The focus on time

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 658-665

  Wurmb, Thomas Erik ^a,e   Frühwald, Peter ^b   Hopfner, Witiko ^c   Keil, Thorsten ^d   Kredel, Markus ^a   Brederlau, Jörg ^a   Roewer, Norbert ^a   Kuhnigk, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Heinrich Braun Hospital Zwickau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Sozialstiftung Bamberg   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple injuries; Multislice computed tomography; Resuscitation time; Trauma emergency radiology; Trauma management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ALGORITHM; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TRIAGE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149172170     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817de3f4     Document Type: Article

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