Body Mass Index is not an Independent Predictor for Missed Injury on Chest X-ray compared with Chest Computed Tomography
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Accepted 30 October 1996 A 22-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a 14-kg weight-loss over the last 14 months, and an abnormal chest X-ray. Physical examination revealed signs of consolidation over the left hemithorax, fever, tachypnoea and tachycardia. Computed tomography (CT) was performed (figure 1) and one liter of bloody fluid was drained by thoracentesis. Abdominal CT scan was normal.
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عنوان ژورنال: Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2278-5388
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10030-1056