Selective use of computed tomography compared with routine whole body imaging in patients with blunt trauma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Gupta, Malkeet ^a   Schriger, David L ^a   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a   Cryer, Henry G ^a   Tillou, Areti ^a   Hoffman, Jerome R ^a   Baraff, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SURGEON; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 80055009631     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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