Operator Confidence Correlates with More Accurate Abdominal Ultrasounds by Emergency Medicine Residents

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Jang, Timothy ^a,b   Naunheim, Rosanne ^b   Sineff, Sanford ^b   Aubin, Chandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal ultrasound; accuracy; confidence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCURACY; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547574446     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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