Clinical Characteristics Predict the Yield of Head Computed Tomography Scans among Intoxicated Trauma Patients: Implications for the Initial Work-up

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Alcohol intoxication may confound the clinical assessment of the trauma patient. Head computed tomography (h-CT) is the standard imaging technique to rule out intracranial injury in most intoxicated trauma patients. The objective of this study was to determine whether certain cl...

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Autores principales: McIntyre, Matthew K., Kumar, Nikathan S., Tilley, Elizabeth H., Samson, David J., Latifi, Rifat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7472815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013093
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_74_19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7472815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013093
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_74_19

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