Derivation and Validation of Two Decision Instruments for Selective Chest CT in Blunt Trauma: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study (NEXUS Chest CT)

BACKGROUND: Unnecessary diagnostic imaging leads to higher costs, longer emergency department stays, and increased patient exposure to ionizing radiation. We sought to prospectively derive and validate two decision instruments (DIs) for selective chest computed tomography (CT) in adult blunt trauma...

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Published in:PLoS Med
Main Authors: Rodriguez, Robert M., Langdorf, Mark I., Nishijima, Daniel, Baumann, Brigitte M., Hendey, Gregory W., Medak, Anthony J., Raja, Ali S., Allen, Isabel E., Mower, William R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595216/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26440607
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001883
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