The association between operator confidence and accuracy of ultrasonography performed by novice emergency physicians

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Davis, Daniel P ^a,b   Campbell, Colleen J ^a   Poste, Jennifer C ^a   Ma, Gene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Operator confidence; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATOR; PATIENT; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABDOMEN; AORTA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25644442575     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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