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Computed tomographic (CT) imaging is widely available in Australian rural and remote hospitals and is often performed prior to patient transfer to definitive tertiary hospital care. We hypothesised that critically… Click to show full abstract
Computed tomographic (CT) imaging is widely available in Australian rural and remote hospitals and is often performed prior to patient transfer to definitive tertiary hospital care. We hypothesised that critically ill trauma and neurosurgical patients might have CT scans repeated after interhospital transfer and that the utility of this practice might be low in relation to the additional financial cost and radiation exposure.
Keywords:
neurosurgical patients;
early repeat;
tomographic imaging;
computed tomographic;
trauma neurosurgical
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Year Published: 2018
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