A Review of Full-Body Radiography in Nontraumatic Emergency Medicine

Table 1

Publications of full-body radiography applications to nontraumatic patients.

1st Author/year	Baseline population	Study method	Number of patients	Full-body radiography application
Klenke, 2012 [22]		Case report	1	Foreign body detection
Mantokoudis, in press [23]	Adults with ingested foreign bodies	Cross-sectional	38	Foreign body detection
Fathi, 2011 [19]	Adults with suspected VP shunt malfunction	Comparative study	46	Ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Daya, 2009 [24]	Pediatric patients	3-month comparative study	33	Paediatric erect chest imaging
Szucs-Farkas, 2009 [25]		Phantom study		Urinary stones
Pitcher, 2009 [21]	Pediatric patients	3-year review	867	Pediatric imaging, major airways,; childhood tuberculosis
Ball, 2007 [26]	Adults with suspected vascular occlusions	24-month retrospective review	10	Arteriography
Schaller, 2007 [20]	Adults with suspected VP shunt malfunction	Report on trial series	8	Ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Douglas, 2007 [27]	Paediatric patients	Comparative study	101	Paediatric imaging, orthopaedic measurements