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Imaging in Blunt Trauma, “Answers”

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

1.     How do you decide which patients with abdominal trauma need a CT? Setting aside those patients with obvious abdominal injuries, for whom most every Emergency Physician would order an abdominal CT (or send directly to the OR with trauma … Continue reading →

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Imaging in Blunt Trauma, Questions

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

1. How do you decide which patients with abdominal trauma need a CT? 2. Do you order chest CTs on stable patients with focal chest wall tenderness and a normal AP chest X-ray? 3. Do you pan scan in stable … Continue reading →

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