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Potentially inappropriate brain CT-scan requesting in the emergency department: A retrospective study in patients with neurologic complaints

BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate brain CT scan requesting in the emergency department imposes extra charges to the healthcare system and patients. Besides, the unnecessary radiation exposure may cause irreparable damage to the patient. In this study we investigated the percentage of potentially...

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Autores principales:	Alimohammadi, Hossein, Zareh Shahamati, Shima, Karkhaneh Yousefi, Abdolazim, Safarpour Lima, Behnam
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Mattioli 1885 2021
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8689298/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34738589 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10209

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