Evaluation of chest X-ray readings by emergency room physicians of a universitary hospital

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 332-333

  Urrutia, A ^a   Bechini, J ^a   Tor, J ^a   Olazabal A ^b   Rey Joly, C ^a  

^a Servicio de Medicina   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGIST; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPAIN;

EID: 0035968524     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(01)72104-5     Document Type: Article

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