Sustained effect of an intervention to limit ordering of emergency department lumbosacral spine films

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-401

  Gallagher, E John ^a   Trotzky, Samuel W ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Student Albert Einstein Coll of M   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Clinical algorithm; Decision rule; Diagnostic tests; Lumbosacral spine; Lumbosacral spine radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032076723     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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