Blunt aortic injury occurs after sudden deceleration, and it is second only to head injury as
the leading cause of death after automobile crashes. Helical computed tomography of the …

Background Over the past 50 years the management of vascular trauma has changed from
mandatory surgical exploration to selective non-operative treatment, where possible …

Importance Chest radiography (chest x-ray [CXR] and chest computed tomography [CT]) is
the most common imaging in blunt trauma evaluation. Unnecessary trauma imaging leads to …

In the setting of acute trauma where identification of critical injuries is time-sensitive, a
portable chest radiograph is broadly accepted as an initial diagnostic test for identifying …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to evaluate the added value of a low-threshold
routine thoracic MDCT algorithm compared with a selective MDCT algorithm in adult blunt …

Imaging is paramount in the setting of blunt trauma and is now the standard of care at any
trauma center. Although anteroposterior radiography has inherent limitations, the ability to …

Background Since the diagnostic yield of chest X‐ray (CXR) is not high enough, when it is
ordered for all the multiple trauma patients, this study was aimed to evaluate the relationship …

Blunt cardiac injuries range from myocardial concussion (commotio cordis) leading to fatal
ventricular arrhythmias to myocardial contusion, cardiac chamber rupture, septal rupture …

Background: There is a growing concern that computed tomography (CT) is being
unnecessarily overused for the evaluation of pediatric patients. The purpose of this study …

Acute traumatic aortic injury (ATAI) is a life-threatening injury. CT is the imaging tool of
choice, and the knowledge of direct and indirect signs of injury, grading system, and current …