Pan-computed tomography for blunt trauma patients may be overused

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1266-

  Sakorafas, Lois U ^a   Rogers, Frederick B ^a  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77952262659     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d9d7d1     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Fazel R, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, et al. Exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation from medical imaging procedures. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:849-857.