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==={{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} |Trauma| Abdomen and pelvis | Choice of modality }}=== | ==={{#ifeq: {{PAGENAME}} |Trauma| Abdomen and pelvis | Choice of modality }}=== | ||
According to US guidelines:<ref name=ACR-abdomen>{{cite web|url=https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/69409/Narrative/|title=Blunt Abdominal Trauma, ACR Appropriateness Criteria|website=American College of Radiology}} Last review date: 2012 </ref> | According to US guidelines:<ref name=ACR-abdomen>{{cite web|url=https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/69409/Narrative/|title=Blunt Abdominal Trauma, ACR Appropriateness Criteria|website=American College of Radiology}} Last review date: 2012 </ref> | ||
| − | *The initial choice is generally '''[[CT of the abdomen in trauma]]''' if the patient is stable enough for the exam. | + | *The initial choice is generally '''[[CT of the abdomen and pelvis in trauma]]''' if the patient is stable enough for the exam. |
*In unstable patients, '''[[X-ray of the thorax]]''', '''[[X-ray of the abdomen and pelvis]]''' and '''[[FAST scan]]''' are preferable if they can be done with relatively little interference with resuscitation.<noinclude> | *In unstable patients, '''[[X-ray of the thorax]]''', '''[[X-ray of the abdomen and pelvis]]''' and '''[[FAST scan]]''' are preferable if they can be done with relatively little interference with resuscitation.<noinclude> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:37, 7 May 2019
Choice of modality
According to US guidelines:[1]
- The initial choice is generally CT of the abdomen and pelvis in trauma if the patient is stable enough for the exam.
- In unstable patients, X-ray of the thorax, X-ray of the abdomen and pelvis and FAST scan are preferable if they can be done with relatively little interference with resuscitation.
References
- ↑ . Blunt Abdominal Trauma, ACR Appropriateness Criteria. American College of Radiology. Last review date: 2012
