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Criteria for the selective use of chest computed tomography in blunt trauma patients

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to derive parameters that predict which high-energy blunt trauma patients should undergo computed tomography (CT) for detection of chest injury. METHODS: This observational study prospectively included consecutive patients (≥16 years old) who underwent multidet...

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Autores principales: Brink, Monique, Deunk, Jaap, Dekker, Helena M., Edwards, Michael J. R., Kool, Digna R., van Vugt, Arie B., van Kuijk, Cornelis, Blickman, Johan G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19760233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-009-1608-y