Consequences of increased use of computed tomography imaging for trauma patients in rural referring hospitals prior to transfer to a regional trauma centre.

Berkseth, Timothy J; Mathiason, Michelle A; Jafari, Mary Ellen; Cogbill, Thomas H; Patel, Nirav Y

Berkseth, Timothy J; Mathiason, Michelle A; Jafari, Mary Ellen; Cogbill, Thomas H; Patel, Nirav Y.

Affiliation

Berkseth TJ; Department of Medical Education, Gundersen Medical Foundation, La Crosse, WI, USA.
Mathiason MA; Department of Medical Research, Gundersen Medical Foundation, La Crosse, WI, USA.
Jafari ME; Department of Diagnostic Physics, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI, USA.
Cogbill TH; Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI, USA. Electronic address: thcogbil@gundersenhealth.org.
Patel NY; Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI, USA.

Injury ; 45(5): 835-9, 2014 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24485008

Subject(s)

Patient Transfer/statistics & numerical data; Radiation Dosage; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Trauma Centers; Unnecessary Procedures/statistics & numerical data; Wounds and Injuries/diagnostic imaging; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Female; Guidelines as Topic; Hospitals, Rural; Humans; Information Dissemination; Injury Severity Score; Male; Medical Records; Middle Aged; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Radiation, Ionizing; Retrospective Studies; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/adverse effects; Tomography, X-Ray Computed/statistics & numerical data; Unnecessary Procedures/adverse effects; Wounds and Injuries/mortality

Key words

Computed tomography; Critical care; Diagnostic imaging; Radiation exposure; Referral hospital; Trauma centres

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Radiation Dosage / Trauma Centers / Wounds and Injuries / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Patient Transfer / Unnecessary Procedures Type of study: Guideline / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Injury Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: Netherlands

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