• Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Jan 2009

    [Total body CT scan as the primary diagnostic modality in multi-trauma patients].

    • Teun Peter Saltzherr and J Carel Goslings.
    • Academisch Medisch Centrum-Universiteit van Amsterdam, Trauma Unit, afd. Chirurgie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. t.p.saltzherr@amc.uva.nl
    • Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2009 Jan 1;153:A982.

    AbstractRadiological imaging is highly protocolized during initial assessment of severely injured trauma patients. After an initial examination, radiography and ultrasound are performed. Imaging is frequently supplemented by CT scan of selective body areas. Technical features of CT scanners have improved drastically and the number of CT scanners located near or in trauma resuscitation rooms is increasing. These developments enable early CT scanning in trauma patients. Currently there is an ongoing discussion as to whether 'total body' CT scan (TBCT) should be used as a primary and sole diagnostic imaging tool during workup of trauma patients. Recent research on TBCT in multi-trauma patients shows promising results and several large European trauma centers have already protocolized this strategy. These studies lack a good study design, so more prospective research on clinical outcomes, cost effectiveness and radiation exposure is necessary. As part of a pilot study in preparation for a randomized multicenter study, the University Medical Centre in Amsterdam in the Netherlands is performing TBCT in severely injured trauma patients.

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