2011
Rising Use of CT in Child Visits to the Emergency Department in the United States, 1995–2008
Larson DB, Johnson LW, Schnell BM, Goske MJ, Salisbury SR, Forman HP. Rising Use of CT in Child Visits to the Emergency Department in the United States, 1995–2008. Radiology 2011, 259: 793-801. PMID: 21467249, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.11101939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of CTPercentage of visitsEmergency departmentComputed tomographyNational Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyAmbulatory Medical Care SurveyTop chief complaintsPediatric ED visitsAbdominal painED visitsChief complaintCare SurveyHead injuryHospital characteristicsChild visitsCT useCT examinationsNumber of visitsRao-ScottMultiple patientsNationwide trendsStudy periodVisitsVulnerable populationsInstitutional review board oversight
2006
Radiation dose associated with unenhanced CT for suspected renal colic: impact of repetitive studies.
Katz SI, Saluja S, Brink JA, Forman HP. Radiation dose associated with unenhanced CT for suspected renal colic: impact of repetitive studies. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2006, 186: 1120-4. PMID: 16554590, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.04.1838.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolColicFemaleHumansKidney DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedRadiation DosageTomography, X-Ray ComputedConceptsDose-length productSingle-detector CTHistory of nephrolithiasisRenal colicEffective dosesUnenhanced CT examinationsCT examinationsUnenhanced CTMean dose-length productCumulative effective dosesRadiation doseCumulative radiation doseMean effective dosesTotal effective dosesPain examinationFlank painAdult patientsPatient agePediatric ageSerial CTPatientsColicDosesMultiple examinationsCT