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Detection of fractures of hand and forearm in whole-body CT for suspected polytrauma in intubated patients

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of whole-body CT for diagnosis of hand and forearm fractures in intubated patients with suspected polytrauma. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis on data collected from two trauma centres in Germany, including demographics, I...

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Autores principales: Münn, F., Laun, R. A., Asmus, A., Bülow, R., Bakir, S., Haralambiev, L., Eisenschenk, A., Kim, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6977285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31969135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3068-0
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of whole-body CT for diagnosis of hand and forearm fractures in intubated patients with suspected polytrauma. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis on data collected from two trauma centres in Germany, including demographics, ISS, clinical symptoms, depiction in whole-body CT, and time to diagnosis. RESULTS: Out of 426 patients included in the study, 66 (15.5%) suffered a hand or forearm fracture. The total number of fractures was 132, the whole-body CT report mentioned 98 (74.2%). 16 (12,1%) fractures of 12 patients were diagnosed later than 24 h after admission. Late diagnoses of fractures of the hand occurred more often if the hand was not fully included in the CT scan field. The sensitivity of whole-body CT for cases with fractures of hand and/or forearm with full inclusion of the corresponding area in the scan field was 80.2%. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that whole-body CT is a valuable diagnostic tool for hand fractures in polytrauma patients. Hands should be evaluated regardless of clinical presentation in intubated patients after suspected polytrauma if they are included in the whole-body CT.