Selective versus mandatory whole-body computed tomography scanning in the multiply injured patient

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-116

  Cowan, Ian ^a   Cresswell, Chris ^b   Liu, Henry ^a   Siew, Teck ^c   Ardagh, Michael ^a   Than, Martin ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b WHANGAREI HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; DECISION MAKING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863011812     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01528.x     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Gupta M, Schriger DL, Hiatt JR etal. Selective use of computed tomography compared with routine whole body imaging in patients with blunt trauma. Ann. Emerg. Med. 2011; 58: 407-16.