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Články z EurekAlertMore than 9-in-10 ED patients who receive CT of the abdomen and pelvis are clinically complex

1. 6 2012 (06:00)

The overwhelming majority (93.8 percent) of patients undergoing computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis in the emergency department (ED) setting are classified as clinically complex, according to a study in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Clinically complex is used to describe patients who are, based on documentation of their ED physician, much sicker than others.