Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Statscan critical imaging system (Lodox Systems (Pty) Ltd.) for evaluation of patients with trauma or injury. Lansdale: HAYES, Inc.. Healthcare Technology Brief Publication. 2012 Authors' conclusions There were 32 million initial injury-related visits to emergency departments in the United States in 2009, 2 million hospitalizations due to injury (fractures accounted for 54%), and over 177,000 deaths due to injury. Radiography is an important component of the initial survey of a trauma patient in the emergency department. Typically three X-ray views are obtained: chest, pelvis, and cervical spine. In cases where resuscitation efforts cannot be interrupted, information from these x rays that could inform treatment decision making may not be available until the second survey when the patient is better stabilized. Since the risk of mortality increases with an increasing length of time to diagnosis and treatment, faster methods for assessing the patient's clinical status would improve survival. Radiological evaluation of polytrauma patients is challenging and time-consuming. In addition, each radiograph obtained increases the radiation exposure to the patient. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Fractures, Bone; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Radiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed Language Published English Country of organisation United States English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence HAYES, Inc., 157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218 Email: hayesinfo@hayesinc.com AccessionNumber 32013000147 Date abstract record published 20/03/2013 |