Effects on mortality, treatment, and time management as a result of routine use of total body computed tomography in blunt high-energy trauma patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 553-559

  Van Vugt, Raoul ^a   Kool, Digna R ^a   Deunk, Jaap ^a   Edwards, Michael J R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT; Mortality; Outcome; Time; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TIME MANAGEMENT; ULTRASOUND; WHOLE BODY CT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84862666472     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822dd93b     Document Type: Review

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