Incidence of intra-abdominal injuries in hemodynamically stable blunt trauma patients with a normal computed tomography scan admitted to the emergency department.
Virginia ZaramaNicolás TorresEsteban DuqueJuan Pablo Arango-IbanezKarina DuranValeria AzcárateDuban A MayaÁlvaro Ignacio Sánchez-OrtizPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2024)
The incidence of intra-abdominal injury in patients with hemodynamically stable blunt trauma and a negative abdominal CT scan is extremely low, and prolonged observation may not be justified in these patients.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- trauma patients
- emergency department
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance
- patient reported
- drug induced
- adverse drug
- electronic health record