CT imaging in motorcycle collision victims: Routine or selective?

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 892-896

  Compoginis, John M ^a   Akopian, Gabriel ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTORCYCLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURY; PELVIS INJURY; SCREENING TEST; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70450267751     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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