Skeletal surveys lack efficacy in obtunded polytrauma patients

Abstract. Objectives:. To evaluate if a skeletal survey protocol initiated after 48 hours of intubation will decrease time to diagnosis and the treatment of occult fractures in the obtunded polytrauma patient. Design:. Prospective cohort trial with a retrospective cohort comparison arm. Setting:. A...

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Main Authors: Jakub M. Dmochowski, MD, Cole Wendell, BS, Jennifer L. Bruggers, MD, Stephen J. Becher, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-12-01
Series:OTA International
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000022