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- Title
Ordering CT pulmonary angiography to exclude pulmonary embolism: defense versus evidence in the emergency room.
- Authors
Rohacek, Martin; Buatsi, Janet; Szucs-Farkas, Zsolt; Kleim, Birgit; Zimmermann, Heinz; Exadaktylos, Aristomenis; Stoupis, Christoforos
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Intensive care medicine, 2012, Vol 38, Issue 8, p1345
- ISSN
1432-1238
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-012-2595-z