Overnight resident preliminary interpretations on CT Examinations: Should the process continue?

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-23

  Strub, William M ^a   Vagal, Achala A ^a   Tomsick, Thomas ^a   Moulton, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Imaging; Independent; Interpretation; Preliminary; Resident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; SKILL; STANDARD; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAPHRAGM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GONADS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RUPTURE; TELERADIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33748979313     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0498-4     Document Type: Article

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