Recommendations for additional imaging on emergency department CT examinations: Comparison of emergency- and organ-based subspecialty radiologists

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-153

  Rosenkrantz, Andrew B ^a   Matza, Brent W ^a   Foran, Mark P ^b   McMenamy, John M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Emergency department; Pulmonary nodules; Recommendations for additional imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879499677     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-012-1079-3     Document Type: Article

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