Diagnostic and interventional imaging
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Diagn Interv Imaging · May 2012
Benefit of the Vittel criteria to determine the need for whole body scanning in a severe trauma patient.
To evaluate the use of the Vittel criteria in addition to a clinical examination to determine the need for a whole body scan (WBS) in a severe trauma patient. ⋯ Using the Vittel criteria to determine the need for a WBS in a severe trauma patient makes it possible to find serious injuries not suspected on the clinical examination, but at the cost of an increased number of normal scans.