Use of emergency department imaging in patients with minor trauma
| Autor: | Kristan Staudenmayer, Renee Y. Hsia, Feng Lin, Gregory E. Tong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Adolescent Population Logistic regression California 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Injury Severity Score medicine Focused assessment with sonography for trauma Humans Poisson Distribution Practice Patterns Physicians' education Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Emergency department Middle Aged Logistic Models Emergency medicine Ambulatory Population study Wounds and Injuries Surgery Female business Emergency Service Hospital Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of surgical research. 203(1) |
| ISSN: | 1095-8673 |
| Popis: | Background Advanced radiographic studies have detrimental risks, yet the prevalence of CT utilization in patients with minor trauma presenting to the emergency department (ED) has never been fully evaluated. Our objective was to evaluate the frequency of CT imaging in patients presenting to the ED for minor trauma. Materials and methods A retrospective analysis of the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Emergency Department and Ambulatory Surgery Data from 2005 to 2013 was performed. A total of 8,535,831 patients were identified using the following inclusion criteria: adult patients (age ≥18 y); with a traumatic ECODE diagnosis and injury severity score |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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