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Plain Radiography May Be Safely Omitted for Selected Major Trauma Patients Undergoing Whole Body CT: Database Study

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العنوان: Plain Radiography May Be Safely Omitted for Selected Major Trauma Patients Undergoing Whole Body CT: Database Study
المؤلفون: Sarah Hudson, Adrian Boyle, Stephanie Wiltshire, Lisa McGerty, Sara Upponi
المصدر: Emergency Medicine International, Vol 2012 (2012)
بيانات النشر: Hindawi Limited, 2012.
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
الوصف: Introduction. Whole body CT is being used increasingly in the primary survey of major trauma patients. We evaluated whether omitting plain films of the chest and pelvis in the primary survey was safe. We compared the probability of survival of patients and time to CT who had plain X-rays to those who did not. Method. We performed a database study on major trauma patients admitted between 2008 and 2010 using data from Trauma, Audit and Research Network (TARN) and our PACS system. We included adult major trauma patients who has an ISS of greater than 15 and underwent whole body CT. Results. 245 patients were included in the study. 44 (17.9%) did not undergo plain films. The median time to whole body CT from the time of admission was longer (47 minutes) in patients having plain films, than those who did not have plain films performed (30 minutes), P
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2090-2840
2090-2859
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2090-2840; https://doaj.org/toc/2090-2859
DOI: 10.1155/2012/432537
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/6b31ab8b1e4a47a384ba0b56032d3231
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.6b31ab8b1e4a47a384ba0b56032d3231
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20902840
20902859
DOI:10.1155/2012/432537