@article{JTD10472,
author = {Sebastian Wutzler and Ingo Marzi},
title = {Routine total-body CT for trauma room patients—life saver or needless radiation exposure?},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {8},
number = {11},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {To scan or not to scan, that is the question. Within the last two decades, in case of multiple trauma patients, this question has been more and more answered with a definite yes as most trauma surgeons believe that total-body CT scanning results in a survival benefit. This is expressed e.g., by the fact that the Annual Report of the Trauma Register of the German Society for Trauma Surgery reveals that 78% of all severely injured patients received total-body CT scan in 2015 (1).},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/10472}
}