Prospective Evaluation of a Protocol of Whole Body CT based only in Mechanism of Injury in Major Trauma Patients
Eduardo Rissi Silva, Felipe Rossi, Newton Djin Mori, Diogo FV Garcia, Edvaldo Utiyama
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Silva ER, Rossi F, Mori ND, Garcia DF, Utiyama E. Prospective Evaluation of a Protocol of Whole Body CT based only in Mechanism of Injury in Major Trauma Patients. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2015; 4 (2):66-69.
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