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September 13, 2016Archives of Trauma Research61 citationsOpen Access

Clinical Utility of Chest Computed Tomography in Patients with Rib Fractures CT Chest and Rib Fractures

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BCBrandon C. ChapmanDODouglas M. OverbeyFTFeven Tesfalidet

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The chest X-ray missed ~75% of rib fractures seen on chest CT. Although patients with a clinical meaningful increase in the number of rib fractures were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit, there was no associated improvement in pulmonary outcomes.

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Chapman et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d834f852654bb436d18822https://doi.org/10.5812/atr.37070
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