作者
Milad Kabiri, Elham Raeisi, Abdolmajid Taheri, Mathias Hossain Aazami, Mohamad Ali Dayani, Seyed Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, Jamshid Abdavi
发表日期
2019/6/22
期刊
Journal of Isfahan Medical School
卷号
37
期号
525
页码范围
438-442
出版商
Vesnu Publications
简介
Background
Sonography imaging in emergent situations is of easy-access with an ever-increasing demand. The aim of the current study was to determine the justification of sonography in emergent patients at a tertiary provincial referent medical center in a one-year period.
Methods
In a retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study, 400 emergent patients underwent sonography imaging during the year 2017 were selected using systematic random sampling method. The data of age, gender, anatomic area, sonography number, Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) sonography, and diagnosis were extracted from patient profiles, and were entered in a researcher-made checklist. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test.
Findings
Men patients represented 60.0% of the requested sonography cases, and 40.0% of the exams were performed in the patient at the …
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