Inappropriate application of nodule management guidelines in radiologist reports before and after revision of exclusion criteria

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1115-1119

  Feely, Meghan A ^a   Hartman, Thomas E ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest; CT; Management guidelines; Pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959620874     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5141     Document Type: Article

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