NCT02980081

Abdominal Plain X-ray in the Emergency Departement

Abdominal Plain X-ray in the Emergency Departement: Really Usefull?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,997 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There are only few recognized indications for the realization of plain abdominal X-rays in the emergency departement. The objective of this study is to explore the reasons for abdominal plain X-rays prescription in the Emergency departments (EDs) of two hospitals.

Detailed description

All abdominal plain x-rays prescription will be reviewed in order to identify reasons for prescribing this exam. The indications will be compared to international guidelines in order to identify whether abdominal plain x-rays are overprescribed. Reasons for overprescription will be identify by chart review.

Conditions

• Emergencies
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Abdomen, Acute

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	abdominal plain x-ray	Abdominal plain x-ray as prescribed by the emergency physician

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2016-12-02
• Last updated: 2017-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland