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Trauma Imaging in Global Health Radiology

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The worldwide incidence of morbidity and mortality related to trauma is increasing as low-income countries continue to undergo economic development and urbanization. It is important to understand the socioeconomic and the demographic data as related to trauma in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, abdominal injury, and extremity injury. An understanding of trauma in the LMICs, and the challenges that exist for both the prevention and the treatment of traumatic injuries, may inform future plans for the implementation of medical imaging and organized trauma responders, thereby minimizing the impact of post-traumatic morbidity and mortality in low-income countries.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Tiffany M. Sills

  2. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    John M. Campbell

  3. Pinehurst Radiology Associates, Pinehurst, NC, USA

    Rodney D. Welling

  4. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Matthew P. Lungren

  5. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Matthew P. Lungren

  6. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Matthew P. Lungren

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Sills, T.M., Campbell, J.M., Welling, R.D., Lungren, M.P. (2019). Trauma Imaging in Global Health Radiology. In: Mollura, D., Culp, M., Lungren, M. (eds) Radiology in Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98485-8_23

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