title: Radiographic decision-making by the emergency physician.
abstract: To assist emergency clinicians in appropriately requesting x-ray examinations of their patients, this article looks at the factors that affect the decision to order a radiograph, describes methods of determining the efficacy of a radiograph, discusses several radiographic studies frequently requested by emergency physicians and when they are most efficacious, and reviews the ways physician decision-making may be influenced to decrease radiographic wastage.
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016512:Ankle Injuries; D003657:Decision Making; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D008485:Medical Audit; D009666:Nose / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography / Q000191:economics; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*