Abdominal Radiograph Requesting in the Setting of Acute Abdominal Pain: Temporal Trends and Appropriateness of Requesting

摘要

INTRODUCTIONThe biannual turnover of house surgeons has long been dreaded by paramedical staff because of fears of increased workloads generated by ‘untrained’ junior doctors. The aim of this study was to address this issue by examining both the quantity and quality of requests made for emergency abdominal radiographs made by ‘experienced’ house surgeons during the month of July and by the ‘novices’ during August.