A conceptual model of emergency physician decision making for head computed tomography in mild head injury

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 645-650

  Probst, Marc A ^a   Kanzaria, Hemal K ^a   Schriger, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPENSATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EQUIPOISE; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROIMAGING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICIANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901654330     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.003     Document Type: Note

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