Effect of computerized clinical decision support on the use and yield of CT pulmonary angiography in the emergency department

Radiology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 468-474

  Raja, Ali S ^a   Ip, Ivan K ^a   Prevedello, Luciano M ^a   Sodickson, Aaron D ^a   Farkas, Cameron ^a   Zane, Richard D ^a   Hanson, Richard ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a   Gill, Ritu R ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857380279     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11110951     Document Type: Article

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