The reliability of nonreconstructed computerized tomographic scans of the abdomen and pelvis in detecting thoracolumbar spine injuries in blunt trauma patients with altered mental status

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2342-2349

  Smith, Micah W ^a   Reed, J D ^a,b   Facco, R ^a,b   Hlaing, T ^a   McGee, Alan ^a,c   Hicks, B Matthew ^a,d   Aaland, Mary ^a  

^a Parkview Hospital   (United States)

^b Fort Wayne Radiology   (United States)

^c Orthopaedics Northeast PC   (United States)

^d Fort Wayne Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX;

EID: 70349906546     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01304     Document Type: Article

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