Variability in management recommendations for incidental thyroid nodules detected on CT of the cervical spine in the emergency department

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 681-685

  Lehnert, Bruce E ^a   Sandstrom, Claire K ^a   Gross, Joel A ^a   Dighe, Manjiri ^b   Linnau, Ken F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; CT; emergency department; Incidental thyroid nodule; management guidelines; management recommendations; practice variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; SCINTIGRAPHY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84904040379     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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