Retrospective review of the use and costs of routine chest x rays in a trauma setting

INTRODUCTION: Chest x-rays (CXR) are routinely obtained on blunt trauma patients. Many patients also receive additional imaging with thoracic computed tomography scans for other indications. We hypothesized that in hemodynamically normal, awake and alert blunt trauma patients, CXR can be deferred in...

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Autores principales: Ziegler, Kristina, Feeney, James M, Desai, Colleen, Sharpio, David, Marshall, Wiiliam T, Twohig, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-2897-7-2

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