Whole-body multislice computed tomography (MSCT) improves trauma care in patients requiring surgery after multiple trauma

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-304

  Wurmb, Thomas Erik ^a   Quaisser, C ^a   Balling, H ^a   Kredel, M ^a   Muellenbach, R ^a   Kenn, W ^a   Roewer, N ^a   Brederlau, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Hospital of Hanau GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79953221872     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.082164     Document Type: Article

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