The learning curve of resident physicians using emergency ultrasonography for obstructive uropathy

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1024-1027

  Jang, Timothy B ^a   Jack Casey, R ^a   Dyne, Pamela ^a   Kaji, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency ultrasound; learning curve; obstructive uropathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROLITHIASIS;

EID: 78349238896     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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