Residents managed trauma adequately using their own radiological interpretation as compared with "nighthawk" radiologists

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-556

  Ahmed, Naveed ^a   Guo, Alan ^a   Elhassan, Hisham ^a   Qaiser, Rabia ^a   Chung, Raphael ^a  

^a Huron Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Nighthawk; Residency training in trauma; Surgical trauma team; Trauma radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTRACT SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748742164     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000236574.61357.e3     Document Type: Article

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