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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...
Autores principales: | Langdorf, Mark I., Zuabi, Nadia, Khan, Nooreen A., Bithell, Chelsey, Rowther, Armaan A., Reed, Karin, Anderson, Craig L., Lotfipour, Shahram, Rodriguez, Robert |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
2014
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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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