Trend in the utilization of CT for adolescents admitted to an adult level i trauma center

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 796-801

  Roudsari, Bahman ^a,c   Moore, Daniel S ^b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; computed tomography; CT; level 1 trauma center; Trend analysis; utilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84928095956     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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