Missed injuries in the era of the trauma scan

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 452-458

  Lawson, Christy M ^a   Daley, Brian J ^a   Ormsby, Christine B ^a   Enderson, Blaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed diagnosis; Missed injury; Trauma; Trauma scan

Indexed keywords

AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLAVICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MESENTERY DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS INJURY; PELVIS INJURY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SKULL INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPLEEN INJURY; STERNUM; URETHRA INJURY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951655950     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182028d71     Document Type: Article

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