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Impact on trauma patient management of installing a computed tomography scanner in the emergency department

  • K.L. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Organ Imaging, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • ,
  • Colin A. Graham

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR. Tel.: +852 2632 1033; fax: +852 2648 1469.
    • ,
  • Jenny M.Y. Lam

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • ,
  • Janice H.H. Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • ,
  • A.T. Ahuja

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Organ Imaging, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • ,
  • Timothy H. Rainer

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
    • Trauma & Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR

,Accepted 1 December 2008.

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PII: S0020-1383(08)00538-X

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.12.001

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