introduction: rapid diagnosis of traumatic intrathoracic injuries leads to improvement in patient management. this study was designed to evaluate the diagnostic value of chest radiography (cxr) in comparison to chest computed tomography (ct) scan in diagnosis of traumatic intrathoracic injuries. methods: participants of this prospective diagnostic accuracy study included multiple trauma patient...

introduction: focused assessment with sonography for trauma (fast) is a highly effective first screening tool for initial classification of abdominal trauma patients. the present study was designed to evaluate the outcome of patients with blunt abdominal trauma and positive fast findings. methods: the present prospective cross-sectional study was done on patients over 7 years old with normal ab...