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dc.contributor.advisorPari Pandharipande, MD, MPH/Mass. General Hospital – Institute for Technology Assessment
dc.contributor.authorPandharipande, Pari Vijay
dc.contributor.authorReisner, Andrew T.
dc.contributor.authorBinder, William D.
dc.contributor.authorZaheer, Atif
dc.contributor.authorGunn, Martin L.
dc.contributor.authorLinnau, Ken F.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Chad M.
dc.contributor.authorAvery, Laura L.
dc.contributor.authorHerring, Maurice S.
dc.contributor.authorTramontano, Angela C.
dc.contributor.authorDowling, Emily C.
dc.contributor.authorAbujudeh, Hani H.
dc.contributor.authorEisenberg, Jonathan D.
dc.contributor.authorHalpern, Elkan F.
dc.contributor.authorDonelan, Karen
dc.contributor.authorGazelle, G. Scott
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:55.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:24:53Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:24:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-01
dc.date.submitted2016-04-20
dc.identifier.citationRadiology. 2016 Mar;278(3):812-21. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2015150473. Epub 2015 Sep 24. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2015150473">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn0033-8419 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1148/radiol.2015150473
dc.identifier.pmid26402399
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/49288
dc.description<p>Jonathan Eisenberg participated in this study as a medical student as part of the Senior Scholars research program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.</p>
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To determine how physicians' diagnoses, diagnostic uncertainty, and management decisions are affected by the results of computed tomography (CT) in emergency department settings. Materials and Methods: This study was approved by the institutional review board and compliant with HIPAA. Data were collected between July 12, 2012, and January 13, 2014. The requirement to obtain patient consent was waived. In this prospective, four-center study, patients presenting to the emergency department who were referred for CT with abdominal pain, chest pain and/or dyspnea, or headache were identified. Physicians were surveyed before and after CT to determine the leading diagnosis, diagnostic confidence (on a scale of 0% to 100%), alternative "rule out" diagnosis, and management decisions. Primary measures were the proportion of patients for whom the leading diagnosis or admission decision changed and median changes in diagnostic confidence. Secondary measures addressed alternative diagnoses and return-to-care visits (eg, to emergency department) at 1-month follow-up. Regression analysis was used to identify associations between primary measures and site and participant characteristics. Results: Both surveys were completed for 1280 patients by 245 physicians. The leading diagnosis changed in 235 of 460 patients with abdominal pain (51%), 163 of 387 with chest pain and/or dyspnea (42%), and 103 of 433 with headache (24%). Pre-CT diagnostic confidence was inversely associated with the likelihood of a diagnostic change (P < .0001). Median changes in confidence were substantial (increases of 25%, 20%, and 13%, respectively, for patients with abdominal pain, chest pain and/or dyspnea, and headache; P < .0001); median post-CT confidence was high (95% for all three groups). CT helped confirm or exclude at least 95% of alternative diagnoses. Admission decisions changed in 116 of 457 patients with abdominal pain (25%), 72 of 387 with chest pain and/or dyspnea (19%), and 81 of 426 with headache (19%). During follow-up, 70 of 450 patients with abdominal pain (15%), 53 of 387 with chest pain and/or dyspnea (14%), and 49 of 433 with headache (11%) returned for the same indication. In general, changes in leading diagnosis, diagnostic confidence, and admission decisions were not well explained with site or participant characteristics. Conclusion: Physicians' diagnoses and admission decisions changed frequently after CT, and diagnostic uncertainty was alleviated.
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dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=26402399&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2015150473
dc.subjectEmergency Medicine
dc.subjectRadiology
dc.titleCT in the Emergency Department: A Real-Time Study of Changes in Physician Decision Making
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleRadiology
dc.source.volume278
dc.source.issue3
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/ssp/230
dc.identifier.contextkey8497985
html.description.abstract<p>Purpose: To determine how physicians' diagnoses, diagnostic uncertainty, and management decisions are affected by the results of computed tomography (CT) in emergency department settings.</p> <p>Materials and Methods: This study was approved by the institutional review board and compliant with HIPAA. Data were collected between July 12, 2012, and January 13, 2014. The requirement to obtain patient consent was waived. In this prospective, four-center study, patients presenting to the emergency department who were referred for CT with abdominal pain, chest pain and/or dyspnea, or headache were identified. Physicians were surveyed before and after CT to determine the leading diagnosis, diagnostic confidence (on a scale of 0% to 100%), alternative "rule out" diagnosis, and management decisions. Primary measures were the proportion of patients for whom the leading diagnosis or admission decision changed and median changes in diagnostic confidence. Secondary measures addressed alternative diagnoses and return-to-care visits (eg, to emergency department) at 1-month follow-up. Regression analysis was used to identify associations between primary measures and site and participant characteristics.</p> <p>Results: Both surveys were completed for 1280 patients by 245 physicians. The leading diagnosis changed in 235 of 460 patients with abdominal pain (51%), 163 of 387 with chest pain and/or dyspnea (42%), and 103 of 433 with headache (24%). Pre-CT diagnostic confidence was inversely associated with the likelihood of a diagnostic change (P < .0001). Median changes in confidence were substantial (increases of 25%, 20%, and 13%, respectively, for patients with abdominal pain, chest pain and/or dyspnea, and headache; P < .0001); median post-CT confidence was high (95% for all three groups). CT helped confirm or exclude at least 95% of alternative diagnoses. Admission decisions changed in 116 of 457 patients with abdominal pain (25%), 72 of 387 with chest pain and/or dyspnea (19%), and 81 of 426 with headache (19%). During follow-up, 70 of 450 patients with abdominal pain (15%), 53 of 387 with chest pain and/or dyspnea (14%), and 49 of 433 with headache (11%) returned for the same indication. In general, changes in leading diagnosis, diagnostic confidence, and admission decisions were not well explained with site or participant characteristics.</p> <p>Conclusion: Physicians' diagnoses and admission decisions changed frequently after CT, and diagnostic uncertainty was alleviated.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathssp/230
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Medicine
dc.contributor.departmentSenior Scholars Program
dc.source.pages812-21


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