title: [Evaluation system in assessing radiological examinations of clinical significance for the patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to test a scoring system and its utility for the assessment of the clinical significance of radiological examinations.
  
  
  METHODS
  The reports of all diagnostic studies obtained in patients with a clinical suspicion of pancreatitis, urinary tract obstruction, biliary or gallbladder diseases, ileus and gastrointestinal perforation were scored prospectively in 4 categories from 0 to 3. These categories were related to the ability to establish a definite diagnosis, to exclude suspected disease, to influence further diagnostic work-up and therapeutic decision-making.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This scoring system showed significant differences of the efficacy of different imaging modalities in these 5 clinical settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This scoring system was helpful to determine the clinical significance of radiological examinations.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für radiologisch-physikalische Tumordiagnostik, Universitätsklinik für Radiodiagnostik Wien.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pokieser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wohlschlager
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hirschl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seidler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kettenbach
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Helbich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laggner
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scheiber
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Mostbeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011786:Quality Control; D011859:Radiography / Q000592:standards; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging