Trends in CT Request and Related Outcomes in a Pediatric Emergency Department
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Trends in CT Request and Related Outcomes in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
OBJECTIVES To study and to establish the overall trends of computed tomography (CT) use and associated outcomes in the pediatric emergency department (PED) at Royal Hospital, Oman, from 2010 to 2014. METHODS The hospital electronic medical record was retrospectively searched to find children (from birth to 12 years old) who had visited the PED and the number of CT requests between 1 January 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oman Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1999-768X,2070-5204
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2016.72