title: [Radiology and emergency medicine: state of the art].
abstract: Emergency medicine has emerged as a specific medical specialty for 30 years. To be efficient, the emergency clinician frequently needs the contribution of radiological examinations. This is the reason why emergency radiology has emerged as a new radiologic subspecialty. The aim of this paper is to review the recent history of emergency medicine and to summarize the present state of the radiological organisation for emergency care in the Western countries.
authors.affiliation: Departement de Radiologie et d'Imagerie Médicale, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Danse
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thys
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Reynaert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pringot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maldague
mesh_terms: D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital; D011871:Radiology / Q000145:classification / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States