Chest X-rays in detecting injuries caused by blunt trauma

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Agladioglu K., Serinken M., Dal O., Beydilli H., Eken C., Karcioglu O.

WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.7, no.1, pp.55-58, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 7 Issue: 1
• Publication Date: 2016
• Doi Number: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.01.010
• Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
• Page Numbers: pp.55-58
• Keywords: Chest, Blunt trauma, X-Rays, Computed tomography, Emergency department, THORACIC COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, CT
• Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
• Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The appropriate sequence of different imagings and indications of thoracic computed tomography (TCT) in evaluating chest trauma have not yet been clarified at present. The current study was undertaken to determine the value of chest X-ray (CXR) in detecting chest injuries in patients with blunt trauma.