Yield and Clinical Predictors of Thoracic Spine Injury from Chest Computed Tomography for Blunt Trauma

INTRODUCTION: Cost and radiation risk have prompted intense examination of trauma patient imaging. A proposed decision instrument (DI) for the use of chest computed tomography (CT), (CCT) in blunt trauma patients includes thoracic spine (TS) tenderness, altered mental status (AMS) and distracting pa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Langdorf, Mark I., Zuabi, Nadia, Khan, Nooreen A., Bithell, Chelsey, Rowther, Armaan A., Reed, Karin, Anderson, Craig L., Lotfipour, Shahram, Rodriguez, Robert
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2014
Subjects:
Injury Outcomes
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100853/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035753
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20672
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items