[Radiological care in the Emergency Department].
In light of the abuse of imaging tests for supposed emergencies and the consequent negative impact of unnecessary imaging tests on the workup of true emergencies, on health-care costs, and on the health of the personnel administering the tests, this article aims to open a discussion about the possibility of limiting imaging tests to those strictly necessary and of implementing a list of indications for different imaging tests in the emergency department.
Winkler
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Departamento de Radiología Diagnóstica, Hospital de la Plana, Villarreal, Castellón, Spain. winkler@comv.es
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014218:Triage