ABSTRACT
During the Lebanon War, 1982, over 80% of the wounded were sent from the triage area of the hospital directly to the radiology department. This article reports changes in the working pattern and organization of the department that were instituted for emergency treatment in wartime, and describes radiological examination methods for different organs. Computerized tomography is emerging as the most important diagnostic tool in addition to conventional radiological examinations.
Subject(s)
Hospital Departments , Military Medicine , Radiology Department, Hospital , Warfare , Wounds and Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Abdominal Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Lebanon , Radiography, Thoracic , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Diagnostic radiology in wartime: During the Lebanon war, 1982, over 80 percent of the wounded were sent from the triage area of the hospital directly to the radiology department. This article reports chances in the working pattern and organization of the department that were instituted for emergency treatment in wartime and describes radiological examinations methods for different organs. Computarized tomography is emerging as the most important diagnostic tool in addition to conventional radiological examinations (AU)
