Ordering CT pulmonary angiography to exclude pulmonary embolism: defense versus evidence in the emergency room
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BORIS DOI
Date of Publication
2012
Publication Type
Article
Division/Institute
Contributor
Buatsi, Janet | |
Szucs-Farkas, Zsolt | |
Kleim, Birgit | |
Stoupis, Christoforos |
Series
Intensive care medicine
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
0342-4642
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Language
English
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
22584801
Description
To identify reasons for ordering computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), to identify the frequency of reasons for CTPA reflecting defensive behavior and evidence-based behavior, and to identify the impact of defensive medicine and of training about diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) on positive results of CTPA.
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