Dose versus diagnosis: Iatrogenic radiation exposure by multidetector computerised tomography in an academic emergency department with measurement of clinically actionable results and emergently treatable findings

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Baskerville, J R ^a   Chang, J H ^a   Viator, M ^a   Rutledge, W ^a   Miryala, R ^a   Duval, K E ^a   Nishino, T K ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58249100139     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059543     Document Type: Article

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