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Emergency medicine physicians safely eliminate thousands of unnecessary CT scans

Emergency medicine physician-researchers at the University of Cincinnati have shown that a targeted quality improvement campaign can safely reduce unnecessary head and cervical spine (neck) computed tomography (CT) scans in low-risk trauma patients—with no downside.

Emergency medicine physicians safely eliminate thousands of unnecessary CT scans

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