Whole-Body CT in Haemodynamically Unstable Severely Injured Patients - A Retrospective, Multicentre Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Huber Wagner, Stefan ^a   Biberthaler, Peter ^a   Häberle, Sandra ^a   Wierer, Matthias ^c   Dobritz, Martin ^a   Rummeny, Ernst ^a   van Griensven, Martijn ^a   Kanz, Karl Georg ^a   Lefering, Rolf ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; WHOLE BODY CT;

EID: 84880826630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068880     Document Type: Article

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