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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26440607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001883

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26440607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001883

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