National trends in use of computed tomography in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kocher, Keith E ^a,b   Meurer, William J ^a   Fazel, Reza ^c   Scott, Phillip A ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^d,e   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Section of Health Policy and Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; TREND STUDY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 80055018751     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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