Computed 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