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Complete ultrasonography of trauma in screening blunt abdominal trauma patients is equivalent to computed tomographic scanning while reducing radiation exposure and cost

  • Zia A. Dehqanzada
  • , Quinn Meisinger
  • , Jay Doucet
  • , Alan Smith
  • , Giovanna Casola
  • , Raul Coimbra

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-205
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Volume79
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 6 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Keywords

  • Abdominal trauma
  • CT scan
  • fast ultrasound
  • trauma screening
  • ultrasound
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating/diagnostic imaging
  • Abdominal Injuries/diagnostic imaging
  • Mass Screening
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed/economics
  • Ultrasonography
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Registries
  • Aged
  • Retrospective Studies

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