Variation in use of head computed tomography by emergency physicians.

Abstract

Emergency physicians vary significantly in their use of head CT both overall and in patients with atraumatic headaches.

Further studies are needed to identify strategies to reduce interphysician variation in head CT use.

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Subjects

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Child
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Emergency Medical Services
• Female
• Head
• Headache
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Physician's Practice Patterns
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Young Adult

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Authors

• Luciano M Prevedello
• Ali S Raja
• Richard D Zane
• Aaron Sodickson
• Stuart Lipsitz
• Louise Schneider
• Richard Hanson
• Srinivasan Mukundan
• Ramin Khorasani

Publication date

2012-03-26

Journal

Journal topics

• Medicine

Language

Eng.

Copyright

The American journal of medicine

Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA. lprevedello [at] partners.org

Release reference

Am J Med. 2012 Apr;125(4):356-64

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