Thoracic computed tomography in victims of blunt trauma: changes in utilization after the introduction of helical technology

1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-333
Author(s):  
J. A. Miller ◽  
H. Abu-Judeh ◽  
C. Mele
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Blunt Trauma ◽  
Thoracic Computed Tomography ◽  
Helical Technology

Utility of Thoracic Computed Tomography after Blunt Trauma: When is Chest Radiograph Enough?

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 966-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristobal Barrios ◽  
Darren Malinoski ◽  
Matthew Dolich ◽  
Michael Lekawa ◽  
David Hoyt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Blunt Trauma ◽  
Chest Radiograph ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Diagnostic Strategy ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Occult Pneumothorax ◽  
Thoracic Computed Tomography ◽  
Aortic Injuries ◽  
Additional Imaging

The purpose of this study was to identify the utility of thoracic computed tomography (TCT) in blunt trauma patients with a normal admission chest radiograph (CXR). A retrospective study was performed of 200 consecutive blunt trauma patients who received both CXR and TCT. One hundred and forty-three patients had a normal screening CXR; 36 of these patients (25%) had an abnormal TCT. TCT changed the management in only nine of these patients (6%): two required serial CXR for occult pneumothorax, four received additional imaging of the spine, and three were admitted to a monitored bed. Fifty-seven patients had an abnormal initial CXR. Of these, 41 (81%) had an abnormal TCT. TCT changed management in 21 (37%) of these patients: two aortic injuries identified, 12 aortic injuries excluded, two chest tubes placed, one patient taken to the Operating Room, and four patients required further diagnostic evaluation. TCT was significantly more likely to alter management in patients with an abnormal admission CXR (6% vs 37%, P < 0.001). TCT is of limited utility in patients with a normal admission CXR. A diagnostic strategy of obtaining TCT only in patients with abnormal CXR or high-risk mechanism of injury can result in significant cost savings without adversely affecting patient outcomes.

Thoracic computed tomography in newly diagnosed oral carcinomas

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. e32 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Morrison ◽  
G. Markose ◽  
A.T. Carton ◽  
W.S. Hislop
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Thoracic Computed Tomography

scholarly journals Clinical and biochemical parameters for the selective use of chest computed tomography in pediatric blunt trauma patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Demet Yaldız ◽  
Murat Anıl ◽  
Mustafa Onur Öztan ◽  
Funda Cansun Yakut ◽  
Mehmet Sadık Yaldız
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Blunt Trauma ◽  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Chest Computed Tomography

scholarly journals Structured thoracic computed tomography report for COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamilton Shoji ◽  
Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca ◽  
Gustavo Borges da Silva Teles ◽  
Rodrigo Bastos Duarte Passos ◽  
Elaine Yanata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Thoracic Computed Tomography
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