Chest radiographs in the emergency department: Is the radiologist really necessary?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 930, 2003, Pages 214-217

  Gatt, Moshe E ^a   Spectre, G ^a   Paltiel, O ^b   Hiller, N ^c   Stalnikowicz, R ^d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Radiology Department   (United States)

^d Franciscan Skemp Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037514192     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.930.214     Document Type: Article

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