Yazarlar |
Erdem Fatihoğlu
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Sonay Aydın
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Fatma Dilek Gökharman
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Bünyamin ECE
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Pınar Nercis Koşar
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Özet |
The increasing use of imaging in the emergency department (ED) services has become an important problem on the basis of cost and unnecessary exposure to radiation. Radiographic examination of the chest has been reported to be performed in 34.4% of ED visits, and chest computerized tomography (CCT) in 15.8%, whereas some patients receive both chest radiography and CCT in the same visit. In the current study, it was aimed to establish instances of medical waste and unnecessary radiation exposure and to show how the inclusion of radiologists in the ordering process would affect the amount of unnecessary imaging studies. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Chest imaging,emergency department,cost,unnecessary,duplicating |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY |
Dergi ISSN | 1076-6332 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Dergi Grubu | Q2 |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 10-2016 |
Cilt No | 23 |
Sayı | 10 |
Sayfalar | 1239 / 1245 |
Doi Numarası | 10.1016/j.acra.2016.05.008 |
Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2016.05.008 |