Comparing the interpretations of CT pulmonary angiograms by attending and resident radiologists: Can residents identify life-threatening pulmonary emboli in hospitalized patients?

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Safriel, Yair ^a   Sclafani, Salvatore ^a   Gale, Brian ^a   Patel, Divyang ^a   Gordon, David ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; Education; Emboli; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE;

EID: 0036093453     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-001-0192-5     Document Type: Article

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