Search Results - "Zucker, Michael I."

Validity of a Set of Clinical Criteria to Rule Out Injury to the Cervical Spine in Patients with Blunt Trauma by Hoffman, Jerome R, Mower, William R, Wolfson, Allan B, Todd, Knox H, Zucker, Michael I

“…Because unrecognized injury to the cervical spine can produce catastrophic neurologic disability, clinicians liberally order radiographs of the cervical spine,…”
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Nonconcordance between Clinical and Head CT Findings: The Specter of Overdiagnosis by O'Laughlin, Kelli N., Hoffman, Jerome R., Go, Steven, Gabayan, Gelareh Z., Iqbal, Erum, Merchant, Guy, Lopez-Freeman, Roberto A., Zucker, Michael I., Mower, William R.

“…Background. It is unclear whether history and physical examination findings can predict abnormalities on head computed tomography (CT) believed to indicate…”
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Use of plain radiography to screen for cervical spine injuries by Mower, William R., Hoffman, Jerome R., Pollack, Charles V., Zucker, Michael I., Browne, Brian J., Wolfson, Allan B.

“…Study Objective: Standard radiographic screening may fail to reveal any evidence of injury in some patients with spinal injury. The purposes of this…”
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Injuries Missed by Limited Computed Tomographic Imaging of Patients With Cervical Spine Injuries by Barrett, Tyler W., Mower, William R., Zucker, Michael I., Hoffman, Jerome R.

“…It has been prominently suggested that computed tomographic (CT) imaging is unnecessary in evaluating patients who have one of a number of specific index…”
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Developing a clinical decision instrument to rule out intracranial injuries in patients with minor head trauma: Methodology of the NEXUS II investigation by Mower, William R., Hoffman, Jerome R., Herbert, Mel, Wolfson, Allan B., Pollack, Charles V., Zucker, Michael I.

“…The fear of failing to identify brain injury has led to the liberal and potentially excessive use of computed tomographic (CT) scanning of patients with blunt…”
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Developing a Decision Instrument to Guide Computed Tomographic Imaging of Blunt Head Injury Patients by Mower, William R., Hoffman, Jerome R., Herbert, Mel, Wolfson, Allan B., Pollack, Charles V., Zucker, Michael I.

“…BACKGROUND:Computed tomographic (CT) head scanning of blunt trauma patients is expensive, delays care, and necessitates radiation exposure, while detecting…”
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Postexercise Peril by Zucker, Michael I

“…To the Editor.—As a radiologist involved with nuclear medicine cardiac stress testing, I read with interest the article by Dimsdale et al.1 However, as an…”
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Infections in emergency medicine--newer imaging strategies by Zucker, M. I., Yao, L.

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A problem in hemodialysis management: fibromuscular dysplasia of radial and ulnar arteries--report of a case by Zucker, M I, Craven, J D, Eisenman, J I, Lynch, K

“…Fibromuscular dysplasia (medial type) of the radial and ulna arteries, hitherto unreported, has been demonstrated angiographically following the malfunction of…”
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