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Whole-Body Computed Tomography During Initial Management and Mortality Among Adult Severe Blunt Trauma Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Yusuke TsutsumiShingo FukumaAsuka TsuchiyaYosuke YamamotoShunichi Fukuhara
Published in: World journal of surgery (2019)
WBCT can be beneficial in patients with blunt trauma which has compromised vital signs. These findings from a nationwide study suggest that physicians should consider WBCT for blunt trauma patients when warranted by vital signs.
Keyphrases
  • trauma patients
  • computed tomography
  • primary care
  • positron emission tomography
  • cardiovascular events
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • early onset
  • type diabetes
  • coronary artery disease
  • young adults