Association between advanced image ordered in the emergency department on subsequent imaging for abdominal pain patients.

Valerie Odeh CouvertierBrian W Patterson Gabriel Zayas-Cabán

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2022)

Abdominal imaging in the ED was associated with significantly lower imaging utilization after discharge and 30-day revisit rates, suggesting that imaging in the ED may replace downstream outpatient imaging.

Keyphrases

emergency department
high resolution
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
fluorescence imaging
photodynamic therapy