Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3246390 | The Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The accuracy of interpretation of abdominal CT scans performed for the purpose of detecting concealed drug packages by emergency clinicians is not high enough to safely discharge these patients from the ED. The use of lung windows improved sensitivity, but at the expense of specificity.
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Authors
Stephen Edward BSc, MBBS, FACEM, MMed(Clin Epi), Andrew MBBS, DCH, LLB, LLM,