Developing a decision instrument to guide abdominal-pelvic imaging of blunt trauma patients: Methodology and protocol of the NEXUS abdominal-pelvic imaging study

Although computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis (A/P) can provide crucial information for managing blunt trauma patients, liberal and indiscriminant imaging is expensive, can delay critical interventions, and unnecessarily exposes patients to ionizing radiation. Currently no definitive r...

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Main Authors: Ali S. Raja, Robert M. Rodriguez, Malkeet Gupta, Eric D. Isaacs, Lucy Z. Kornblith, Anand Prabhakar, Noelle Saillant, Paul J. Schmit, Sindy H. Wei, William R. Mower
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9312398/?tool=EBI