Yield and Clinical Predictors of Thoracic Spine Injury from Chest Computed Tomography for Blunt Trauma

Yield and Clinical Predictors of Thoracic Spine Injury from Chest Computed Tomography for Blunt Trauma

Introduction: Cost and radiation risk have prompted intense examination of trauma patient imaging. A proposed decision instrument (DI) for the use of chest computed tomography (CT), (CCT) in blunt trauma patients includes thoracic spine (TS) tenderness, altered mental status (AMS) and distracting pa...

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Main Authors: Mark I. Langdorf, Nadia Zuabi, Nooreen A. Khan, Chelsey Bithell, Armaan A. Rowther, Karin Reed, Craig L. Anderson, Shahram Lotfipour, Robert Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2014-07-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/08q5w191

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