Alice M Martino, Eric O Yeates, Areg Grigorian, Justine Chinn, Hayley Young, Jessica Colin Escobar, Justin Glavis-Bloom, Arash Anavim, Vahid Yaghmai, Ninh T Nguyen, Matthew Dolich, Sebastian D Schubl, Laura F Goodman, Yigit S Guner, Jeffry Nahmias
Background: Overnight radiology coverage for pediatric trauma patients (PTPs) is addressed with a combination of on-call radiology residents (RRs) and/or attending teleradiologists (ATs); however, the accuracy of these two groups has not been investigated for PTPs. We aimed to compare the accuracy of RRs vs AT interpretations of computed tomography (CT) scans for PTPs. Methods: Pediatric trauma patients (<18 years old) at a single level-I adult/level-II pediatric trauma center were studied in a retrospective analysis (3/2019-5/2020)...
April 24, 2024: American Surgeon