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Vol. 117. Issue 9.
Pages 332-333 (January 2001)
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Vol. 117. Issue 9.
Pages 332-333 (January 2001)
Evaluación de la interpretación de la radiografía de tórax por los médicos de guardia en un hospital universitario
Evaluation of chest X-ray readings by emergency room physicians of a universitary hospital
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A. Urrutia*, J. Bechini, J. Tor, C. Rey-Joly
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A. Olazábal*
* Radiología. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. Badalona. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Fundamento

Analizar si la interpretación sistemática de las radiografías de tórax en urgencias por un radiólogo obtendría mayor rendimiento diagnóstico y mejoraría los resultados asistenciales.

Material y método

Estudio descriptivo de los ingresos de 3 meses, recogiéndose la interpretación de la radiografía de tórax del médico de guardia y, al día siguiente, la de un radiólogo. Se compararon los diagnósticos radiológicos de los dos y, posteriormente, se evaluó si los cambios hubiesen modificado el tratamiento.

Resultados

La discordancia entre el médico de guardia y el radiólogo es del 13,7%. De los 29 casos discordantes, el radiólogo concordaba con el informe de alta en 19 (65,5%), y de éstos en ocho habría habido un cambio en el tratamiento, siendo en siete de ellos de valor positivo, de acuerdo con el diagnóstico final. Las diferencias entre los dos médicos no eran significativas.

Conclusión

Parece existir una tendencia a un mayor rendimiento diagnóstico de la radiografía de tórax en urgencias con la participación del radiólogo en su interpretación.

Palabras clave:
Radiografía de tórax
Diagnóstico
Background

We aimed to find out whether systematic reading of chest radiography (CRx) by radiologists in the emergency unit might lead to a higher diagnostic efficiency and improve health care.

Material and method

Descriptive study of consecutive admissions during 3 months in an internal medicine department. We registered the CRx interpretation by the emergency unit physician first, and a radiologist the next day. In cases with different interpretations, we assessed whether these differences would have modified the treatment.

Results

The overall disagreement between the emergency room physician and the radiologist was 13.7%. In 19 of 29 cases with different readings, the radiologist interpretation was in agreement with the final diagnosis. In 7 of these 19 cases, the radiologist reading of CRx would have led to a positive change of treatment. However, differences between both physicians were not statistically significant.

Conclusions

There seems to be a higher diagnostic efficiency when the emergency room physician interpretation of CRx is complemented by a radiologist.

Key words:
Chest X-ray
Diagnosis

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