Familiarity with radiation exposure dose from diagnostic imaging for acute pulmonary embolism and current patterns of practice

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 393-404

  Ahn, Justin S ^a   Edmonds, Marcia L ^a   McLeod, Shelley L ^a   Dreyer, Jonathan F ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography; Diagnostic imaging tests; Pulmonary embolism; Radiation exposure; Ventilation perfusion scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907145150     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2013.131118     Document Type: Article

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