Abdominal radiograph requesting in the setting of acute abdominal pain: Temporal trends and appropriateness of requesting

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-274

  Morris Stiff, Gareth ^a,b   Stiff, R E ^a   Morris Stiff, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal radiograph; Acute abdominal pain; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGEON; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 33646572570     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X98586     Document Type: Article

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