Rhys Kraft, Mathew Mercuri, Natasha Clayton, Andrew Worster, Eric Mercier, Marcel Emond, Catherine Varner, Shelley L McLeod, Debra Eagles, Ian Stiell, David Barbic, Judy Morris, Rebecca Jeanmonod, Yoan K Kagoma, Ashkan Shoamanesh, Paul T Engels, Sunjay Sharma, Alexandra Papaioannou, Sameer Parpia, Ian Buchanan, Mariyam Ali, Kerstin de Wit
OBJECTIVE: Physicians vary in their computed tomography (CT) scan usage. It remains unclear how physician gender relates to clinical practice or patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the association between physician gender and decision to order head CT scans for older emergency patients who had fallen. METHODS: This was a secondary analysis of a prospective observational cohort study conducted in 11 hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Canada and the United States...
April 21, 2024: Academic Emergency Medicine