Open AccessRisk Factors for Traumatic Injury Findings on Thoracic Computed Tomography Among Patients With Blunt Trauma Having a Normal Chest Radiograph
Author(s) -
Meghann L. Kaiser
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.56
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , chest radiograph , injury severity score , trauma center , logistic regression , blunt trauma , retrospective cohort study , blunt , surgery , abbreviated injury scale , poison control , radiography , injury prevention , emergency medicine
We sought to identify risk factors that might predict acute traumatic injury findings on thoracic computed tomography (TCT) among patients having a normal initial chest radiograph (CR).