Derivation of a decision instrument for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-553

  Rodriguez, Robert M ^a   Hendey, Gregory W ^b   Mower, William ^c   Kea, Bory ^a   Fortman, Jonathan ^a   Merchant, Guy ^c   Hoffman, Jerome R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Chest CT; Chest radiography; Decision instrument

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; DECELERATION; DECISION INSTRUMENT; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNIFICANT INTRATHORACIC INJURY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 80052755541     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f2ac9d     Document Type: Article

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