Browsing by Author "Raja, Ali"
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Assessing Strength of Evidence of Appropriate Use Criteria for Diagnostic Imaging Examinations
Lacson, Ronilda C.; Raja, Ali Shahbaz; Ip, Ivan; Schneider, Louise Isabel; Bain, Paul A.; Mita, Carol Ann; Whelan, Julia; Silveira, Patricia; Dement, David; Khorasani, Ramin; Osterbur, David Lee (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016)Objective For health information technology tools to fully inform evidence-based decisions, recommendations must be reliably assessed for quality and strength of evidence. We aimed to create an annotation framework for ... -
Derivation and Validation of Two Decision Instruments for Selective Chest CT in Blunt Trauma: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Study (NEXUS Chest CT)
Rodriguez, Robert M.; Langdorf, Mark I.; Nishijima, Daniel; Baumann, Brigitte M.; Hendey, Gregory W.; Medak, Anthony J.; Raja, Ali S.; Allen, Isabel E.; Mower, William R. (Public Library of Science, 2015)Background: Unnecessary diagnostic imaging leads to higher costs, longer emergency department stays, and increased patient exposure to ionizing radiation. We sought to prospectively derive and validate two decision instruments ... -
How do Medical Societies Select Science for Conference Presentation? How Should They?
Kuczmarski, Thomas M.; Raja, Ali S.; Pallin, Daniel J. (Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, 2015)Introduction: Nothing has been published to describe the practices of medical societies in choosing abstracts for presentations at their annual meetings. We surveyed medical societies to determine their practices, and also ...