Immediate total-body CT scanning versus conventional imaging and selective CT scanning in patients with severe trauma (REACT-2): a randomised controlled trial

Summary Background Published work suggests a survival benefit for patients with trauma who undergo total-body CT scanning during the initial trauma assessment; however, level 1 evidence is absent. We aimed to assess the effect of total-body CT scanning compared with the standard work-up on in-hospit...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 388; no. 10045; pp. 673 - 683
Main Authors:	Sierink, Joanne C, MD, Treskes, Kaij, MD, Edwards, Michael J R, Prof, Beuker, Benn J A, MD, den Hartog, Dennis, MD, Hohmann, Joachim, MD, Dijkgraaf, Marcel G W, PhD, Luitse, Jan S K, MD, Beenen, Ludo F M, MD, Hollmann, Markus W, Prof, Goslings, J Carel, Prof
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 13-08-2016 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult Brain Injuries - diagnostic imaging Brain Injuries - mortality Comparative studies Emergency medical care Female Hospital Mortality Humans Injury Severity Score Internal Medicine International Cooperation Male Medical imaging Middle Aged Mortality Multiple Trauma - diagnostic imaging Multiple Trauma - mortality Netherlands - epidemiology R&D Radiation Dosage Research & development Switzerland - epidemiology Time Factors Tomography Tomography, X-Ray Computed Trauma Whole Body Imaging - instrumentation
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