Routine whole body CT of high energy trauma patients leads to excessive radiation exposure

BACKGROUND: Whole body computed tomography (WBCT) is an important adjunct in trauma care, which is often part of standard protocol in initial management of trauma patients. However, WBCT exposes patients to a significant dose of radiation. The use of WBCT was assessed in a modern trauma cohort in Sw...

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Autores principales: Linder, Fredrik, Mani, Kevin, Juhlin, Claes, Eklöf, Hampus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0199-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26817669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0199-2

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