Are accident and emergency consultants as accurate as consultant radiologists in interpreting plain skeletal radiographs taken at a minor injury unit?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-134

  Tachakra, S ^a   Mukherjee, P ^a   Smith, C ^a   Dutton, D ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Emergency; Minor injury unit; Npv; Ppv; Radiology; Skeletal radiographs

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; BONE AND BONES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSULTANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036593797     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200206000-00006     Document Type: Article

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