Using radiology reports to encourage evidence-based practice in the evaluation of small, incidentally detected pulmonary nodules: A preliminary study

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-214

  Woloshin, Steven ^a,b   Schwartz, Lisa M ^a,b   Dann, Elizabeth ^c   Black, William C ^b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Pulmonary nodule; Radiology report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LUNG NODULE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY REPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898765293     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201307-242BC     Document Type: Article

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