Towards a benchmark of abdominal CT use during duty shifts: 15-year sample from the Netherlands
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Towards a benchmark of abdominal CT use during duty shifts: 15‑year sample from the Netherlands Iliana V. Mengou1 · Derya Yakar1 · Ömer Kasalak1 · Thomas C. Kwee1 Received: 21 August 2020 / Revised: 5 October 2020 / Accepted: 10 October 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Purpose To investigate temporal changes in the utilization and patient impact of abdominal CT during duty shifts in the past 15 years. Methods This study included a random sample of 1761 abdominal CT scans that were made during evening and night duty shifts in a tertiary care center between 2005 and 2019. Results The number of CT scans significantly increased (almost threefold) between 2005 and 2019 (Mann–Kendall tau of 0.829, P
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