Cranial computed tomography in trauma: The accuracy of interpretation by staff in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 538-540

  Mucci, Brian ^a   Brett, C ^a   Huntley, L S ^a   Greene, M K ^a  

^a WEST CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23344441874     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.013755     Document Type: Article

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