thoracic (chest) trauma
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Radiology
- chest X-ray vs CT of thorax
- 25% of blunt thoracic trauma patients with injuries visible on CT but not chest X-ray*
* editorialist wonders if CT would lead to more procedures but not clinical benefit[1]
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- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Langdorf MI et al. Prevalence and clinical import of thoracic injury identified by chest computed tomography but not chest radiography in blunt trauma: Multicenter prospective cohort study. Ann Emerg Med 2015 Dec; 66:589 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26169926