Emergency department abdominal x-rays have a poor diagnostic yield and their usefulness is questionable

Kirsty Jackson; David Taylor; Simon Judkins

doi:10.1136/emj.2010.094730

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Emergency department abdominal x-rays have a poor diagnostic yield and their usefulness is questionable

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Aug 2010	95	5	19
Sep 2010	28	4	10
Oct 2010	81	3	10
Nov 2010	41	8	7
Dec 2010	27	5	9
Jan 2011	38	8	2
Feb 2011	40	5	7
Mar 2011	40	10	19
Apr 2011	32	2	6
May 2011	29	1	7
Jun 2011	34	2	2
Jul 2011	25	2	6
Aug 2011	297	23	72
Sep 2011	264	35	83
Oct 2011	65	10	32
Nov 2011	115	17	29
Dec 2011	55	9	13
Jan 2012	103	9	7
Feb 2012	55	6	12
Mar 2012	88	9	15
Apr 2012	67	1	3
May 2012	67	5	5
Jun 2012	52	8	2
Jul 2012	40	5	5
Aug 2012	44	5	9
Sep 2012	57	8	2
Oct 2012	55	4	3
Nov 2012	50	3	6
Dec 2012	42	5	6
Jan 2013	57	2	4
Feb 2013	58	3	4
Mar 2013	39	6	6
Apr 2013	63	3	4
May 2013	30	2	0
Jun 2013	30	9	12
Jul 2013	20	1	3
Aug 2013	15	3	3
Sep 2013	23	7	8
Oct 2013	29	6	8
Nov 2013	44	2	12
Dec 2013	25	3	2
Jan 2014	30	2	2
Feb 2014	25	2	4
Mar 2014	28	0	1
Apr 2014	32	13	3
May 2014	27	2	3
Jun 2014	20	1	2
Jul 2014	10	0	5
Aug 2014	14	0	0
Sep 2014	19	3	3
Oct 2014	24	1	3
Nov 2014	21	2	2
Dec 2014	7	0	0
Jan 2015	29	1	2
Feb 2015	13	0	3
Mar 2015	33	2	5
Apr 2015	22	5	5
May 2015	31	2	4
Jun 2015	6	1	1
Jul 2015	10	1	3
Aug 2015	14	3	5
Sep 2015	21	2	0
Oct 2015	7	5	5
Nov 2015	54	5	3
Dec 2015	15	1	5
Jan 2016	22	2	3
Feb 2016	11	2	2
Mar 2016	10	3	2
Apr 2016	15	0	1
May 2016	20	1	1
Jun 2016	13	1	1
Jul 2016	20	0	0
Aug 2016	20	1	2
Sep 2016	26	1	4
Oct 2016	21	0	1
Nov 2016	27	5	7
Dec 2016	20	0	0
Jan 2017	15	0	2
Feb 2017	12	0	2
Mar 2017	15	3	0
Apr 2017	20	3	2
May 2017	11	2	1
Jun 2017	27	0	0
Jul 2017	35	5	2
Aug 2017	40	1	2
Sep 2017	27	6	6
Oct 2017	44	4	2
Nov 2017	38	4	0
Dec 2017	58	3	1
Jan 2018	96	8	4
Feb 2018	80	16	8
Mar 2018	58	9	2
Apr 2018	44	7	10
May 2018	32	1	3
Jun 2018	25	4	3
Jul 2018	43	2	2
Aug 2018	24	2	2
Sep 2018	35	2	1
Oct 2018	51	7	10
Nov 2018	41	1	0
Dec 2018	35	1	0
Jan 2019	40	4	0
Feb 2019	376	4	1
Mar 2019	53	3	2
Apr 2019	36	5	3
May 2019	7	3	1
Jun 2019	20	1	1
Jul 2019	25	3	2
Aug 2019	28	4	3
Sep 2019	18	3	1
Oct 2019	30	1	3
Nov 2019	22	5	2
Dec 2019	27	1	0
Jan 2020	23	3	2
Feb 2020	82	16	7
Mar 2020	9	5	3
Apr 2020	15	3	1
May 2020	27	1	1
Jun 2020	24	1	2
Jul 2020	39	7	1
Aug 2020	13	2	0
Sep 2020	70	3	1
Oct 2020	49	8	2
Nov 2020	32	6	7
Dec 2020	17	1	2
Jan 2021	20	2	1
Feb 2021	119	13	13
Mar 2021	38	0	2
Apr 2021	49	2	4
May 2021	6	3	2
Jun 2021	6	5	4
Jul 2021	0	0	1
Aug 2021	3	3	8
Sep 2021	3	3	4
Oct 2021	65	1	5
Nov 2021	35	1	7
Dec 2021	28	1	5
Jan 2022	119	2	8
Feb 2022	17	1	1
Mar 2022	43	2	5
Apr 2022	163	5	4
May 2022	199	10	11
Jun 2022	445	28	8
Jul 2022	15	1	1
Aug 2022	34	5	3
Sep 2022	27	1	3
Oct 2022	26	5	3
Nov 2022	34	5	0
Dec 2022	18	2	0
Jan 2023	22	2	0
Feb 2023	111	7	0
Mar 2023	36	7	1
Apr 2023	28	5	1
May 2023	22	2	0
Jun 2023	52	4	0
Jul 2023	10	0	0
Aug 2023	17	0	0
Sep 2023	19	1	0
Oct 2023	22	4	0
Nov 2023	98	4	2
Dec 2023	121	5	6
Jan 2024	48	2	9
Feb 2024	36	4	19
Mar 2024	56	16	5
Total	7394	682	826

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