Full CT scans improve chances of survival for severely injured: study
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 ”
It’s not clear the decrease in the expected death rate resulted from fewer missed injuries, earlier diagnosis of injuries leading to fewer deaths from hemorrhage, or better outcomes for traumatic brain injury, Timothy Fabian of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis said in a journal commentary accompanying the study. “Our results show the importance of having a CT scanner near the trauma room,” the study’s authors concluded. (more…)