Objectives Double reading in diagnostic radiology can find discrepancies in the original
report, but a systematic program of double reading is resource consuming. There are …

Study objectives The goal of this study was to identify publications in the medical literature
that support the efficacy or value of Emergency Medicine (EM) as a medical specialty and of …

Context.—The Ottawa Knee Rule is a previously validated clinical decision rule that was
developed to allow physicians to be more selective and efficient in their use of plain …

OBJECTIVES: A review of radiology discrepancies of emergency department (ED)
radiograph interpretations was undertaken to examine the types of error made by …

Background Many patients are brought to crowded emergency departments (ED) of
hospitals every day for evaluation of head injuries, headaches, neurologic deficits etc. CT …

Just as radiologic studies allow us to see past the surface to the vulnerable and broken parts
of the human body, medical malpractice claims help us see past the surface of medical …

Self-referral was known as early as the 1920s, well before the advent of high-technology
radiology [3], but observers generally agree its volume has increased in the last 20–30 years …

The aims of the present study were to determine the rate of misinterpretation of non‐contrast
cranial CT scans by emergency specialists and trainees compared with specialist …

ObjectivesEmergency physicians (EPs) interpret plain radiographs for management and
disposition of patients. Radiologists subsequently conduct their own interpretations, which …

OBJECTIVE: To, assess the emergency department use of cervical spine radiography for
alert, stable adult trauma patients in terms of utilization, yield for injury and variation in …