Overnight Emergency CT Imaging: A 10-Year Experience at an Irish Tertiary Referral Hospital.

Autor:	Hynes J; Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland., Redmond CE; Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland., Healy GM; Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland., Cronin J; Emergency Department, Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland., Heffernan EJ; Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Irish medical journal [Ir Med J] 2018 Jan 10; Vol. 111 (1), pp. 669. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jan 10.
Abstrakt:	In recent years there has been increased utilisation of computed tomography (CT) imaging in developed countries, however there is a paucity of data regarding the utilisation of CT in the emergency overnight setting. We retrospectively analysed trends in 'overnight' (midnight to 8am) CT utilisation over a ten-year period at a single Irish tertiary referral hospital. Over the study period, we observed a significant increase in the proportion of CT imaging that was carried out overnight. There was no significant variation in the yield of pathological findings over the study period, which remained low (64% of CT studies were normal or had non-critical findings). The multiple factors which have contributed to the increased utilization of overnight emergency CT in recent years, the potential for reporting errors overnight and the implications therein for patient safety warrant consideration.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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