Preliminary Reports in the Emergency Department: Is a Subspecialist Radiologist More Accurate Than a Radiology Resident?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-206

  Branstetter IV, Barton F ^a   Morgan, Matthew B ^a   Nesbit, Chadd E ^b   Phillips, Jinnah A ^a   Lionetti, David M ^a   Chang, Paul J ^a   Towers, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency radiology; overnight call; preliminary reports; resident errors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33846212789     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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