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Whole Body CT Scanning in Trauma: Right or Wrong - Presented at AZTrACC 2012

During the 2012 Annual Southwest Trauma & Acute Care Symposium, Whole Body CT Scanning in Trauma was presented by Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD. Discusses the biases between ultrasounds and CT scans to examine the whole body. Dr. Coimbra highlights how the results of the CT scans have had influence in change of treatment plan in multiple studies. In multiple cases, it presented a greyline of identifying more injuries but often led to higher recommendations of discharge. Dr. Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, is a Monroe E. Trout Professor of Surgery, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and Division Chief of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Burns at the UC San Diego Health System in California.