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...

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Autores principales: Langdorf, Mark I., Zuabi, Nadia, Khan, Nooreen A., Bithell, Chelsey, Rowther, Armaan A., Reed, Karin, Anderson, Craig L., Lotfipour, Shahram, Rodriguez, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2014
Materias:
Injury Outcomes
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035753
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20672

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25035753
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2014.4.20672

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