Impact of clinical history on choice of abdominal/pelvic CT protocol in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Radiologists and other specialty consultants play a role in diagnosing patients with acute abdominal conditions. Numerous Computed Tomography (CT) protocols are available and radiologists' choices are influenced by the clinical history provided. We hypothesize that the quality of the initial communication between referring physicians and radiologists greatly affects the utilization of health resources and subsequent patient care. The purpose of this pilot study was to employ a grading system to quantitatively evaluate a provided history. We also sought to evaluate inter-rater reliability by having radiologists evaluate sample histories and finally, to assess whether the quality of history has an impact on the number of CT protocols radiologists choose as potentially ap

SUBMITTER: Dang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6080782 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature