STUDY OBJECTIVE Although many adult algorithms for evaluating cervical spine injury use computed tomography (CT) as the initial screening modality, this may not be appropriate in low-risk children, considering radiation risks. We determine the optimal initial evaluation strategy for cervical spine injury in pediatric blunt trauma. METHODS We constructed a decision analysis tree for a hypothet...

Purpose: Despite advances in diagnostic and imaging technologies, the diagnosis of traumatic hollow viscus injury (HVI) remains a great challenge clinical practice. This study aimed to determine accuracy computed tomography (CT) HVI emergent blunt trauma patients.Methods: The was conducted on patients with abdominal who were admitted our center, regional emergency Kyung Hee University Medical C...

The study was conducted to observe the spectrum of CT head findings in RTA presenting to a tertiary care hospital and also to correlate the clinical observations on admission with the CT findings using revised trauma score (RTS) (Foreman et al., 2007) and modified Marshall CT grading (Marshall et al., 1991) as well as the outcome of the patient. It was concluded that Modified Marshall CT Score ...

IMAGING STUDIES Gone are the days of the plain film radiology as the only means of diagnosing injury. Advances in computed tomography (CT) have allowed trauma surgeons to detect many more injuries at earlier stages, with less risk to the patient. Godfrey Hounsfield invented the first commercially available CT scanning machine at EMI laboratories in 1971, work that culminated in a Nobel Prize in...

We report two adult cases of congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction detected incidentally in the setting of blunt abdominal trauma. CT images are provided to describe the presentation, while review of the literature and management of renal trauma are discussed.

CONTEXT Isolated pancreatic injuries resulting from non-penetrating trauma are rare. CT is currently the modality of choice in evaluating pancreatic injury. Delay in recognizing patients who need immediate surgery is an important cause of increased morbidity due to specific pancreatic complications. CASE REPORT A 47-year-old man with blunt abdominal trauma after a car accident underwent a CT ...

CT is the technique of choice for initial examination of hemodynamically stable patients after blunt abdominal trauma. It is highly sensitive, specific, and accurate for use in detecting the presence or absence of injury and defining its extent. Nonoperative management of many posttraumatic injuries, particularly in the liver, spleen, and kidney, is possible in part because of the diagnostic us...

The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of head injuries, acute stroke and brain tumors obtained from computed tomography (CT) scans in the emergency department (ED) during a one-year period. We also assessed the potential effect of seasons on the occurrence of stroke, head trauma and tumors found on CT scans, expressed in monthly intervals. This retrospective review included all pat...

An intracranial saccular aneurysm is uncommonly diagnosed in a patient with closed head trauma. We herein present a patient with delayed rebleeding of a cerebral aneurysm misdiagnosed as traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A 26-year-old female visited our emergency department because of headache after a motorcycle accident. Brain computed tomography (CT) showed a right-side dominant SAH in...

Background Older trauma patients often undergo computed tomography (CT) as part of the initial work-up. CT imaging can also be used opportunistically to measure bone density and assess osteoporosis. Methods In this retrospective cohort study, osteoporosis was ascertained from admission CT scans in women aged ≥65 admitted to the ICU for traumatic injury during a 3-year period at a single, safe...