Variation in use of head computed tomography by emergency physicians

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-364

  Prevedello, Luciano M ^a,b   Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Zane, Richard D ^a,b   Sodickson, Aaron ^a,b   Lipsitz, Stuart ^a,b   Schneider, Louise ^a   Hanson, Richard ^a   Mukundan, Srinivasan ^a,b   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emergency department; Head; Ordering; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEAD; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858997086     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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