Frequency of use of imaging tests in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: Effects of physician specialty, patient characteristics and region

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1018-1026

  Bhargavan, Mythreyi ^a,b   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^a,c   Lewis, Rebecca S ^a   Jha, Saurabh ^d   Owen, Jean B ^a   Vializ, Joyce ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; CT angiography; Geographic variation; Pulmonary embolism; Specialty practice patterns; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950604778     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3215     Document Type: Article

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