Can an evidence-based guideline reduce unnecessary imaging of road trauma patients with cervical spine injury in the emergency department?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 563-569

  Goergen, S K ^a   Fong, C ^a   Dalziel, K ^a   Fennessy, G ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Clinical; Decision support system; Evidence based medicine; Guideline; Multiple trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33750976187     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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