Annals of emergency medicine
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Multicenter Study
Use of Oral Contrast for Abdominal Computed Tomography in Children With Blunt Torso Trauma.
We compare test characteristics of abdominal computed tomography (CT) with and without oral contrast for identifying intra-abdominal injuries. ⋯ Oral contrast is still used in a substantial portion of children undergoing abdominal CT after blunt torso trauma. With the exception of a slightly better specificity, test characteristics for detecting intra-abdominal injury were similar between CT with and without oral contrast.