CT Chest With IV Contrast CT chest with IV contrast or CTA chest with IV contrast is regarded as the reference standard for the noninvasive assessment of thoracic injury in patients with chest trauma, regardless of severity, and a clinical indication for imaging [42]. The goal of CT chest with IV contrast is to identify hemothorax and contrast extravasation. The incidence of pleural effusion on chest CT in minor blunt trauma is unknown; however, in a retrospective study of 2,440 multiple trauma patients undergoing whole body CT with IV contrast, 2.2% had an incidental pleural effusion [43]. In a secondary analysis of the prospective observational NEXUS Chest and NEXUS Chest CT studies of patients with major or minor blunt trauma, 1.8% of patients had a hemothorax on CTA chest with IV contrast [44]. CT Chest Without and With IV Contrast There is no relevant literature to support the use of CT chest without and with IV contrast in the initial imaging of recent minor blunt trauma with suspected pleural effusion. CTA Chest With IV Contrast CTA chest with IV contrast or CT chest with IV contrast is regarded as the reference standard for the noninvasive assessment of thoracic injury in patients with chest trauma and a clinical indication for imaging [42]. The goal of Workup of Pleural Effusion or Pleural Disease CTA chest with IV contrast is to identify hemothorax and contrast extravasation. The incidence of pleural effusion on chest CT in minor blunt trauma is unknown; however, in a retrospective study of 2,440 multiple trauma patients undergoing whole body CT with IV contrast, 2.2% had an incidental pleural effusion [43]. In a secondary analysis of the prospective observational NEXUS Chest and NEXUS Chest CT studies of patients with major or minor blunt trauma, 1.8% of patients had a hemothorax on CTA chest with IV contrast [44].
Workup of Pleural Effusion or Pleural Disease. CT Chest With IV Contrast CT chest with IV contrast or CTA chest with IV contrast is regarded as the reference standard for the noninvasive assessment of thoracic injury in patients with chest trauma, regardless of severity, and a clinical indication for imaging [42]. The goal of CT chest with IV contrast is to identify hemothorax and contrast extravasation. The incidence of pleural effusion on chest CT in minor blunt trauma is unknown; however, in a retrospective study of 2,440 multiple trauma patients undergoing whole body CT with IV contrast, 2.2% had an incidental pleural effusion [43]. In a secondary analysis of the prospective observational NEXUS Chest and NEXUS Chest CT studies of patients with major or minor blunt trauma, 1.8% of patients had a hemothorax on CTA chest with IV contrast [44]. CT Chest Without and With IV Contrast There is no relevant literature to support the use of CT chest without and with IV contrast in the initial imaging of recent minor blunt trauma with suspected pleural effusion. CTA Chest With IV Contrast CTA chest with IV contrast or CT chest with IV contrast is regarded as the reference standard for the noninvasive assessment of thoracic injury in patients with chest trauma and a clinical indication for imaging [42]. The goal of Workup of Pleural Effusion or Pleural Disease CTA chest with IV contrast is to identify hemothorax and contrast extravasation. The incidence of pleural effusion on chest CT in minor blunt trauma is unknown; however, in a retrospective study of 2,440 multiple trauma patients undergoing whole body CT with IV contrast, 2.2% had an incidental pleural effusion [43]. In a secondary analysis of the prospective observational NEXUS Chest and NEXUS Chest CT studies of patients with major or minor blunt trauma, 1.8% of patients had a hemothorax on CTA chest with IV contrast [44].