Correlating first- and second-rib fractures noted on spine computed tomography with major vessel injury

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 461-464

  Khosla, Ankaj ^b   Ocel, Joseph ^a   Rad, Arash Ehteshami ^a   Kallmes, David F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CT angiography; First and second rib fractures; Major vessel injury

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIB FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78149361881     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-010-0879-6     Document Type: Article

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