Value of postmortem thoracic CT over radiography in imaging of pediatric rib fractures

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 736-748

  Hong, Terence S ^a   Reyes, Jeanette A ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Chiasson, David A ^a   Berdon, Walter E ^c   Babyn, Paul S ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^d ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; CT; Nonaccidental injury; Postmortem imaging; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIB FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 79959955772     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1953-7     Document Type: Article

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