Comparison of radiation exposure of trauma patients from diagnostic radiology procedures before and after the introduction of a panscan protocol

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-51

  Asha, Stephen ^a,b   Curtis, Kate Anne ^a,c,d   Grant, Nicole ^a   Taylor, Colman ^d   Lo, Serigne ^d   Smart, Richard ^a,b   Compagnoni, Katherine ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Radiation dosage; Tomography; Whole body imaging; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART CONTUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SHOULDER FRACTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856779613     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01504.x     Document Type: Article

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