Prediction of blunt traumatic injury in high-acuity patients: Bedside examination vs computed tomography

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Smith, Clay B ^a   Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Berger, Craig L ^b   Zhou, Chuan ^c   Thurman, R Jason ^a   Wrenn, Keith D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Carson Tahoe Emergency Physicians   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS INJURY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE INJURY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; WHOLE BODY CT;

EID: 78649933365     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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