The utility of computed tomography as a screening tool for the evaluation of pediatric blunt chest trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Markel, Troy A ^a   Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Koontz, Nicholas A ^a   Scherer, L R ^a   Applegate, Kimberly E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Children; Computed tomography; Portable chest radiography; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIB FRACTURE; SCAPULA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STERNUM; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX INJURY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70350452390     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318184ba9a     Document Type: Article

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