A comparison of junior hospital doctors interpretation of acute radiographs using an X-ray box and a window.
A statistically significant number of clinically important features are missed when radiographs are interpreted by holding an X-ray up against the window when compared with using an X-ray box. These findings are most probably accounted for by a quantifiable difference in light intensity.
Maxwell-Armstrong
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Department of Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. charles.maxwell-armstrong@talk21.com
Lloyd
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Abercrombie
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D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*