Total-body CT for initial diagnosis of severe trauma

Total-body CT for initial diagnosis of severe trauma

Imagine giving a total-body CT during the initial diagnostic work-up of patients with trauma without radiation exposure; nobody would seriously doubt the role of total-body CT as the gold standard in the assessment of patients with serious trauma. But since total-body CT is not currently available w...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 388; no. 10045; pp. 636 - 638
Main Authors: Wurmb, Thomas Erik, Bernhard, Michael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 13-08-2016
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Emergency medical care
Humans
Injuries
Injury Severity Score
Internal Medicine
Medical diagnosis
Medical imaging
Multiple Trauma - diagnostic imaging
Patients
Retrospective Studies
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Trauma
Whole Body Imaging
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Summary:Imagine giving a total-body CT during the initial diagnostic work-up of patients with trauma without radiation exposure; nobody would seriously doubt the role of total-body CT as the gold standard in the assessment of patients with serious trauma. But since total-body CT is not currently available without radiation, a rigorous discussion of the indications for and potential harms of doing such an imaging test, as well as alternative diagnostic approaches, is urgently needed.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30933-3