Emergency physicians' attitudes and preferences regarding computed tomography, radiation exposure, and imaging decision support

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 768-777

  Griffey, Richard T ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,c   Bailey, Thomas ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MISSOURI; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84906229997     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12410     Document Type: Article

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