Promising initial evaluation: the Shock Thyroid Imaging Score (STIS) could predict mortality in hemodynamically
Matthew C Mueller1,2,3, Jacques du Plessis1,3, Abdelazim M E Mohammed4
1Emergency and Trauma Radiology Division, Department of Medical Imaging, Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Emergency Radiology
|June 13, 2025
Summary
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