Physical exam is not an accurate predictor of injury in geriatric patients with low-energy blunt trauma - A retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: When evaluating trauma patients, many centers perform computed tomography of the head, cervical spine, chest, abdomen, and pelvis, the so-called “pan-scan.” Here, we evaluate the utility of physical exam against pan-scan in geriatric patients who sustained ground-level falls. METHODS: We...

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Autores principales: Kania, T., Pandya, S., Demissie, S., Abdelhalim, D., Governo, C., Hawkins, S., Younan, D., Atanassov, K., Gave, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Diagnostic Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9486729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36147051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104503

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9486729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36147051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104503

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