Table 5 CT-scan requisition appropriateness by chief complaint and requesting physician based on ACR criteria
Variable | Frequency; n (%) | ACR criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Usually appropriate | Maybe appropriate | Usually Not appropriate | No definition | ||
Chief complaint | |||||
Hemoptysis | 22 (10) | 15 (68.2) | 2 (9.1) | 4 (18.2) | 1 (4.5) |
Dyspnea | 85 (39) | 49 (57.6) | 8 (9.4) | 23 (27.1) | 5 (5.9) |
Cough and dyspnea | 55 (25) | 26 (47.3) | 7 (12.7) | 20 (36.4) | 2 (3.6) |
Loss of consciousness | 16 (7) | 3 (18.8) | 2 (12.5) | 10 (62.5) | 1 (6.3) |
Generalized weakness | 19 (9) | 9 (47.4) | 6 (31.6) | 1 (5.3) | 3(15.8) |
Fever | 10 (5) | 3 (30) | 2 (20) | 4 (40) | 1 (10) |
Others | 9 (5) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0) | 6 (66.7) | 1 (11.1) |
Total | 216 (100) | 107 (49.5) | 27 (12.5) | 68 (31%) | 14 (6.5) |
Imaging requested by | |||||
Resident | 56 (25.9) | 34 (60.7) | 3 (5.4) | 19 (33.9) | 0 (0) |
Specialist | 100 (46.3) | 42 (42) | 10 (10) | 39 (39) | 9 (9) |
Subspecialist | 60 (27.8) | 31 (51.7) | 14 (23.3) | 10 (16.7) | 5 (8.3) |
Total | 216 (100) | 107 (49.5) | 27 (12.5) | 68 (31.5) | 14 (6.5) |