Patterns of diagnostic error in trauma abdominal CT

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 195-200

  West, Clark O ^a   Anderson, Jon ^a   Lee, Jody S ^a   Finnell, Christopher W ^a   Raval, Bharat K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Diagnostic errors; Tomography; Wounds and injuries; X Ray computed

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROPERITONEUM; SPLEEN; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0036808849     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-002-0225-8     Document Type: Article

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