<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kailidou, E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pikoulis, E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katsiva, V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karavokyros, I G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athanassopoulou, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papakostantinou, I</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leppaniemi, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bramis, I</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tibishrani, M</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Contrast-enhanced spiral CT evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JBR-BTR</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JBR-BTR</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abdominal Injuries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged, 80 and over</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Contrast Media</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">False Negative Reactions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Image Processing, Computer-Assisted</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Intestines</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kidney</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liver</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mesentery</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Predictive Value of Tests</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radiographic Image Enhancement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retrospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sensitivity and Specificity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spleen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tomography, Spiral Computed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Urinary Bladder</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wounds, Nonpenetrating</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005 Mar-Apr</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">88</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">61-5</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness and validity of contrast enhanced-spiral computerized tomography in assessing blunt abdominal trauma. 257 patients were admitted in a general hospital over a period of five years and were examined with computed tomography. Two-dimension reconstruction and delayed imaging were used when appropriate. 169 patients underwent a laparotomy, while 88 were treated conservatively. Scans were true positive for intraabdominal damage in 212 patients depicting chiefly splenic, liver, renal, urinary bladder, and mesenteric/intestinal injuries (41%, 18%, 6.6%, 6.6%, and 13.7% respectively). True negative examinations amounted up to 35. 10 non-specific examinations displayed the existence of hemoperitoneum but not the actual damage itself, therefore they were considered false negative. No false positive examination existed. Overall sensitivity was 95%, specificity 100%, positive predictive value 100% and negative predictive value 78%. In conclusion spiral computed tomography is a valuable examination in blunt abdominal trauma as it facilitates diagnosis of intraabdominal damage, assists in defining treatment and occasionally allows foretelling the outcome.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15906574?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>