Klinische Pädiatrie
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Klinische Pädiatrie · Jul 2015
Multicenter Study Comparative Study[Whole-body-CT in Severely Injured Children. Results of Retrospective, Multicenter Study with Patients from the TraumaRegsiter DGU®].
A fast and comprehensive diagnostic by means of whole-body CT has been shown to reduce mortality in the adult trauma population. Therefore whole-body CT seems to be the standard in adult trauma-patients. Due to the higher radiation exposure of whole-body CT the use of this diagnostic toll in pediatric trauma patients is still under debate. It is not yet clear if whole-body CT in children can increase the probability of survival. ⋯ Due to the missing advantage of whole-body CT in the pediatric trauma population and the higher radiation exposure of whole-body CT a non-whole-body CT approach seems equivalent with a lower radiation exposure.