Evaluating head CT referral quality and appropriateness in an Italian emergency department: a monocentric retrospective study
RI-RADS scores the quality, while the ACR criteria assess the appropriateness of imaging referrals. Most ED head CT requests lacked quality (especially lacking a specific diagnostic question) and were often clinically inappropriate. Appropriate head CT indication strongly predicted finding acute cerebral pathology on imaging.
Authors
- Marco Parillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4067-7118)
- Milena Calabrese
- A. Careddu
- Antonio Alessandro Pallottino
- Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-7707)
Institutions
- University of Trento (IT)
- Ospedale Santa Chiara (IT)
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insights into Imaging
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-025-02042-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.72