Ionizing radiation protection and the linear No-threshold controversy: Extent of support or counter to the prevailing paradigm

UC Okonkwo, CC Ohagwu, ME Aronu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study has developed a relationship that categorized radiation protection and allows for
a proper, clear, and concise review of the different classifications in terms of principles of …

Metrics for radiologists in the era of value-based health care delivery

A Sarwar, G Boland, A Monks, JB Kruskal - Radiographics, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Accelerated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, health care delivery
in the United States is poised to move from a model that rewards the volume of services …

CT in the emergency department: a real-time study of changes in physician decision making

PV Pandharipande, AT Reisner, WD Binder, A Zaheer… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine how physicians' diagnoses, diagnostic uncertainty, and management
decisions are affected by the results of computed tomography (CT) in emergency …

Death of the ALARA radiation protection principle as used in the medical sector

PA Oakley, DE Harrison - Dose-Response, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
ALARA is the acronym for “As Low As Reasonably Achievable.” It is a radiation protection
concept borne from the linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis. There are no valid data today …

The influence of patient race on the use of diagnostic imaging in United States emergency departments: data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care …

AB Ross, V Kalia, BY Chan, G Li - BMC Health Services Research, 2020 - Springer
Background An established body of literature has shown evidence of implicit bias in the
health care system on the basis of patient race and ethnicity that contributes to well …

Diagnostic imaging of acute abdominal pain in adults

SL Cartwright, MP Knudson - American family physician, 2015 - aafp.org
Acute abdominal pain is a common presentation in the outpatient setting and can represent
conditions ranging from benign to life-threatening. If the patient history, physical …

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute nonlocalized abdominal pain

CD Scheirey, KJ Fowler, JA Therrien, DH Kim… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
The range of pathology in adults that can produce abdominal pain is broad and necessitates
an imaging approach to evaluate many different organ systems. Although localizing pain …

Incidental findings detected on emergency abdominal CT scans: a 1-year review

ME Kelly, A Heeney, CE Redmond, J Costelloe… - Abdominal …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction In recent years, there has been a substantial rise in the use of computed
tomography (CT) in the emergency medicine setting. Accordingly, with increased CT usage …

Systematic unenhanced CT for acute abdominal symptoms in the elderly patients improves both emergency department diagnosis and prompt clinical management

I Millet, M Sebbane, N Molinari, E Pages-Bouic… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives To assess the added-value of systematic unenhanced abdominal computed
tomography (CT) on emergency department (ED) diagnosis and management accuracy …

Prevalence of appendicoliths detected at CT in adults with suspected appendicitis

DM Ranieri, MD Enzerra… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. With heightened interest in nonoperative antibiotic management of
uncomplicated appendicitis, appendicoliths become a more relevant issue, and because of …