Computed Tomography as a Screening Exam in Patients with Suspected Blunt Aortic Injury
Durham R, Zuckerman D, Wolverson M, Heiberg E, Luchtefeld W, Herr D, Shapiro M, Mazuski J, Salimi Z, Sundaram M. Computed Tomography as a Screening Exam in Patients with Suspected Blunt Aortic Injury. Annals Of Surgery 1994, 220: 699-704. PMID: 7979620, PMCID: PMC1234460, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199411000-00015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAortic injuryComputed tomography scanClinical courseBlunt traumaTomography scanNegative predictive value 99Blunt aortic injuryThoracic aortic injuryPatient's clinical courseSensitivity of CTPositive predictive valueAngiographic findingsTomography screeningCT manifestationsScreening examCT scanComputed tomographyPatientsPredictive valueInjuryAortographyValue 99ScansCTTraumaComputed tomography in the diagnosis of blunt thoracic injury
Marts B, Durham R, Shapiro M, Mazuski J, Zuckerman D, Sundaram M, Luchtefeld W. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of blunt thoracic injury. The American Journal Of Surgery 1994, 168: 688-692. PMID: 7978020, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80146-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChest X-rayBlunt thoracic traumaThoracic traumaLung fieldsInitial chest X-rayBlunt thoracic injuryBlunt chest traumaImportant diagnostic modalityDiaphragmatic injuryChest traumaAbdominal injuriesStable patientsParenchymal abnormalitiesPleural injuryChest tubeThoracic injuriesDiagnostic evaluationDiagnostic modalitiesComputed tomographyPrimary modalityPatientsCT scanningInjuryCTBlunt head