Original Research Article I Volume 3 I Issue 4 I 2015

Predictors of the selective use of chestcomputed tomography in road traffic accident patients with none clinically evident chest trauma

Mohamed Nassef Ismail; Habashy abd-elbaset Elhammdy; Adel Mohamed Risk; Ayman Ahmed Nosseir

Biolife; 2015, 3(4), pp 802-806

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7302823

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to identify predictors that select road traffic accident patients with no clinical evidence of chest trauma who will need to do Chest CT. This prospective study was conducted to include one hundred patients with Road traffic accident injuries admitted to the Emergency Department of Alexandria main university hospital. Primary survey and secondary survey, radiological investigations including CT chest and other radiological investigations were done to all patients.

Keywords:

blunt chest trauma, chest imaging, chest computed tomography

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Article Dates:

Received: 3 October 2015; Accepted: 18 November 2015; Published: 5 December 2015

How To Cite:

Mohamed Nassef Ismail, Habashy abd-elbaset Elhammdy, Adel Mohamed Risk, & Ayman Ahmed Nosseir. (2022). Predictors of the selective use of chestcomputed tomography in road traffic accident patients with none clinically evident chest trauma. Biolife, 3(4), 802–806. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7302823

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