Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Czarina E Sanchez

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• Research Article
  Emergency Medicine Physician Ordering of Abdominal Radiographs for Acute, Non Traumatic, Abdominal Pain
  Author(s): Leon D Sanchez, Marc A Camacho, Czarina E Sanchez, Amina Saghir, Christopher Fischer and Ronald L Eisenberg Leon D Sanchez, Marc A Camacho, Czarina E Sanchez, Amina Saghir, Christopher Fischer and Ronald L Eisenberg
  
  Introduction: The purpose of this study was to document, classify, and analyze the rationale behind the use of abdominal radiography (AXR) by Emergency Department physicians (EDMDs) in the setting of acute non-traumatic abdominal pain. Methods: A prospective observational cohort study of EDMDs in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with acute, non-traumatic abdominal pain for whom AXR was requested. Prospectively acquired data included the experience level of the EDMD, the provisional diagnosis prior to AXR, the likely impact of the results on the decision to order further imaging, and the EDMDs’ estimate of the likelihood of having a positive finding on AXR. Results: Results from 169 patients were included. The most common provisional diagnoses provided at the time of ordering the AXR were obstruction (43%), con.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000249

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