Use of diffusion-weighted MRI in the emergency department for unconscious trauma patients with negative brain CT

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-132

  You, Je Sung ^a   Kim, Seung Whan ^b   Lee, Hahn Shick ^c   Chung, Sung Pil ^c  

^a Seo Ulsan Boram Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FAT EMBOLISM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLISM, FAT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 76749117525     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.066399     Document Type: Article

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