Impact of clinical decision support on head computed tomography use in patients with mild traumatic brain injury in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 320-325

  Ip, Ivan K ^a,b   Raja, Ali S ^a,b   Gupta, Anurag ^a,b   Andruchow, James ^a,b   Sodickson, Aaron ^a,b   Khorasani, Ramin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930361449     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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