Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 126-134, August 2010

Prospective Double-Blinded Study of Abdominal-Pelvic Computed Tomography Guided by the Region of Tenderness: Estimation of Detection of Acute Pathology and Radiation Exposure Reduction

Presented as an abstract at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2009, New Orleans, LA.

  • Joshua S. Broder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Joshua S. Broder, MD, Box 3096, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; 919-684-5537, fax 919-681-8521
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  • Caroline L. Hollingsworth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Chad M. Miller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Jennifer L. Meyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Erik K. Paulson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 21 May 2009; received in revised form 15 October 2009; accepted 20 November 2009. published online 14 January 2010.

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 Supervising editor: Allan B. Wolfson, MD

 Author contributions: JSB conceived the study and designed the trial. JSB and JLM supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. JLM transcribed data forms and recorded sticker locations in a blinded fashion. CLH and EKP interpreted CT, blinded to clinical information and sticker locations. JSB managed and analyzed the data. JSB drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. CMM provided technical advice on radiation exposures and CT protocols. JSB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Beekley Corporation provided the skin surface adhesive markers used in this study free of charge.

 Publication date: Available online January 20, 2010.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Please see page 127 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01797-1

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.11.023

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 126-134, August 2010

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