Increasing utilization of computed tomography in the adult emergency department, 2000-2005

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Broder, Joshua ^a   Warshauer, David M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emergency treatment; Process assessment; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748986188     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0493-9     Document Type: Article

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