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Utility of multiple rule out CT screening of high-risk atraumatic patients in an emergency department-a feasibility study.

Mia Marie Pries-HejeRasmus B HasselbalchHenriette RaaschouBijan Rezanavaz-GheshlaghHanne HeebøllShazia RehmanMariana KristensenErik Henning AndersenLisbet RavnMichel C NèmeryMorten N LindThomas BoelPeter Sommer UlriksenKasper K Iversen
Published in: Emergency radiology (2018)
Screening with a multi-rule out CT scan of high-risk patients in an ED is feasible and result in discovery of clinically unrecognized diagnoses and malignant tumors, but at the cost of radiation exposure and downstream examinations. The clinical impact of these findings should be evaluated in a larger randomized cohort.
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