Reporting of critical findings in neuroradiology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1132-1137

  Viertel, Valentina G ^a   Trotter, Stacey A ^a   Babiarz, Lukasz S ^a   Alluwaimi, Fatma ^a   Nagy, Paul G ^a   Lewin, Jonathan S ^a   Yousem, David M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Critical finding; Neuroradiology; Quality initiative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BALTIMORE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879301343     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9041     Document Type: Article

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