Revised protocol for whole-body CT for multi-trauma patients applying triphasic injection followed by a single-pass scan on a 64-MDCT

To evaluate a revised protocol for whole-body computed tomography (CT) for multi-trauma patients in an emergency department and compare it to conventional protocols.Forty-two of 82 multi-trauma patients underwent unenhanced CT examinations of the head, cervical spine, and upper abdomen, followed by an arterial-phase contrast-enhanced CT examination of the thorax and a porto-venous scan of the abdomen and pelvis (conventional protocol). The other...