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Accuracy of single-pass whole-body computed tomography for detection of injuries in patients with major blunt trauma
Dirk Stengel, Caspar Ottersbach, Gerrit Matthes, Moritz Weigeldt, Simon Grundei, Grit Rademacher, Anja Tittel, Sven Mutze, Axel Ekkernkamp, Matthias Frank, Uli Schmucker and Julia Seifert
CMAJ May 15, 2012 184 (8) 869-876; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111420
Dirk Stengel
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Caspar Ottersbach
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Gerrit Matthes
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Moritz Weigeldt
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Simon Grundei
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Grit Rademacher
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Anja Tittel
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Sven Mutze
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Axel Ekkernkamp
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Matthias Frank
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Uli Schmucker
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.
Julia Seifert
From the Centre for Clinical Research (Stengel, Ottersbach, Grundei), Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (Matthes, Weigeldt, Seifert) and the Department of Radiology (Rademacher, Tittel, Mutze), Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery (Stengel, Ottersbach, Ekkernkamp, Frank, Schmucker, Seifert), Ernst Moritz Arndt University Medical Center, Greifswald, Germany.

Data supplements
Online Appendices
- Appendix 1: Details of the whole-body computed tomography (pan-pan) examination protocol
- Appendix 2: Definition of injuries
- Appendix 3: Accuracy of the initial single-pass pan-scan for individual injuries, derived from the entire cohort and the subgroup of patients with multiple trauma. Values are percentages, with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. PPV=positive predicti
- Appendix 4: Sensitivity analysis for partial verification bias (1). Association between diagnostic accuracy of the initial trauma pan-scan and the type of subsequent reference tests
- Appendix 5: Sensitivity analysis for partial verification bias (2). Association between diagnostic accuracy of the initial trauma pan-scan and duration of follow-up
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Accuracy of single-pass whole-body computed tomography for detection of injuries in patients with major blunt trauma
Dirk Stengel, Caspar Ottersbach, Gerrit Matthes, Moritz Weigeldt, Simon Grundei, Grit Rademacher, Anja Tittel, Sven Mutze, Axel Ekkernkamp, Matthias Frank, Uli Schmucker, Julia Seifert
CMAJ May 2012, 184 (8) 869-876; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111420
Accuracy of single-pass whole-body computed tomography for detection of injuries in patients with major blunt trauma
Dirk Stengel, Caspar Ottersbach, Gerrit Matthes, Moritz Weigeldt, Simon Grundei, Grit Rademacher, Anja Tittel, Sven Mutze, Axel Ekkernkamp, Matthias Frank, Uli Schmucker, Julia Seifert
CMAJ May 2012, 184 (8) 869-876; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111420