Head multidetector computed tomography: Emergency medicine physicians overestimate the pretest probability and legal risk of significant findings

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-370

  Baskerville, Jerry Ray ^a   Herrick, John ^a  

^a CHRISTUS Spohn Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEAD; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84856521917     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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