The increasing burden of radiation exposure in the management of trauma patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1366-1370

  Inaba, Kenji ^a   Branco, Bernardino C ^a   Lim, George ^a   Russell, Katie ^b   Teixeira, Pedro G R ^a   Lee, Kai ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Reddy, Sravanthi ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Effective dose; Radiation exposure; Radiography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; X RAY PICTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79958861366     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ebb4d4     Document Type: Article

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