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Effect of spinal immobilisation devices on radiation exposure in conventional radiography and computed tomography

Trauma patients at risk for, or suspected of, spinal injury are frequently transported to hospital using full spinal immobilisation. At the emergency department, immobilisation is often maintained until radiological work-up is completed. In this study, we examined how these devices influence radiati...

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Autores principales: Hemmes, Baukje, Jeukens, Cécile R. L. P. N., Kemerink, Gerrit J., Brink, Peter R.G., Poeze, Martijn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4805719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26754428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10140-015-1371-0