Routine total-body CT for trauma room patients-life saver or needless radiation exposure?

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Editorial

Sebastian Wutzler et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;8(11):3040-3041.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.15.

¹ Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Immediate total-body CT scanning versus conventional imaging and selective CT scanning in patients with severe trauma (REACT-2): a randomised controlled trial.
Sierink JC, Treskes K, Edwards MJ, Beuker BJ, den Hartog D, Hohmann J, Dijkgraaf MG, Luitse JS, Beenen LF, Hollmann MW, Goslings JC; REACT-2 study group. Sierink JC, et al. Lancet. 2016 Aug 13;388(10045):673-83. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30932-1. Epub 2016 Jun 28. Lancet. 2016. PMID: 27371185 Clinical Trial.

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