An evaluation of the use of whole-body computed tomography in trauma patients at a United Kingdom trauma centre

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-195

  Venugopal, Kuhan ^a   Kinghorn, Alison F ^a   Emordi, Curtis E ^a   Atkinson, Paul R ^a,b   Kendall, Richard J ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Hospital; Tomography scanners; Trauma; Whole body imaging; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84860784413     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834ada14     Document Type: Article

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