Residents managed trauma adequately using their own radiological interpretation as compared with "nighthawk" radiologists.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2006
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether senior surgical residents can independently interpret radiologic studies for the trauma patients under their care.
METHOD: Five senior surgical residents (PGY-4 and -5) participated in this prospective study. The residents independently read trauma films as part of the emergency assessment, documenting their interpretations to be compared with the reports by nighthawk radiologists.
RESULTS: During a period of 4 months, 426 films of 124 trauma patients admitted to a Level II trauma center were read by one of the five senior surgical residents, and by nighthawk radiologists. Approximately 22% of these were penetrating injuries and the remainder blunt trauma. Residents identified 127 injuries versus 128 injuries identified by the radiologists, with 99.2% agreement. The residents missed two injuries, while the radiologists missed one.
CONCLUSIONS: Senior surgical residents can independently and accurately interpret the trauma radiology studies, a skill essential for time-critical decision making.
Volume
61
Issue
3
First Page
555
Last Page
556
ISSN
0022-5282
Published In/Presented At
Ahmed, N., Guo, A., Elhassan, H., Qaiser, R., & Chung, R. (2006). Residents managed trauma adequately using their own radiological interpretation as compared with "nighthawk" radiologists. The Journal of trauma, 61(3), 555–557. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ta.0000236574.61357.e3
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
16966986
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article
