Association of Whole-Body Computed Tomography With Mortality Risk in Children With Blunt Trauma | Zendy

James A. Meltzer | Zendy; Melvin E. Stone | Zendy; Srinivas H. Reddy | Zendy; Ellen J. Silver | Zendy

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Association of Whole-Body Computed Tomography With Mortality Risk in Children With Blunt Trauma

Author(s) -

James A. Meltzer,

Melvin E. Stone,

Srinivas H. Reddy,

Ellen J. Silver

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004

H-Index - 183

eISSN - 2168-6211

pISSN - 2168-6203

DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0109

Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , interquartile range , blunt trauma , pediatric trauma , emergency department , major trauma , retrospective cohort study , injury severity score , pelvis , confounding , blunt , intensive care unit , propensity score matching , emergency medicine , abbreviated injury scale , pediatrics , poison control , injury prevention , surgery , psychiatry

Although several studies have demonstrated an improvement in mortality for injured adults who receive whole-body computed tomography (WBCT), it is unclear whether children experience the same benefit.

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