Overnight Resident Interpretation of Torso CT at a Level 1 Trauma Center. An Analysis and Review of the Literature

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1155-1160

  Chung, Jonathan H ^a   Strigel, Roberta M ^a   Chew, Annemarie Relyea ^a   Albrecht, Emily ^a   Gunn, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic errors; Discrepancies; residents, on call coverage

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 67849119419     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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