Routine versus selective multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in blunt trauma patients: Level of agreement on the influence of additional findings on management

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1080-1086

  Deunk, Jaap ^a   Brink, Monique ^a   Dekker, Helena M ^a   Kool, Digna R ^a   Blickman, Johan G ^a   Van Vugt, Arie B ^a   Edwards, Michael J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Computed tomography; Efficacy; Interobserver; Intraobserver

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 73649083001     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318189371d     Document Type: Article

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