On-call or not on-call, what difference does it make in paediatric radiology?

IF 4.1 2区 医学 Q1 RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Willemijn M Klein, Amaka C Offiah, Ola Kvist, Karen Rosendahl
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Abstract

Objectives: There is an ever-increasing demand for out-of-hours expert opinion in paediatric radiology, which cannot be delivered in all hospitals. This study was designed to ascertain whether paediatricians, paediatric surgeons and radiologists are satisfied with the current situation; and to investigate the extent to which diagnostic errors are made while on-call with either residents, general or paediatric radiologists reporting on paediatric examinations.

Methods: Two surveys were compiled and dispatched. The first, is to paediatricians, paediatric surgeons and paediatric radiologists questioning their satisfaction with the current on-call paediatric radiology services in their hospitals. The second, is to paediatric radiologists inviting them to retrospectively score the accuracy of the reporting on consecutive paediatric radiology examinations performed during on-call hours in their hospitals.

Results: The first survey revealed that 40/49 (82%) paediatric physicians were satisfied with the paediatric radiology service during office hours, decreasing to 33% during on-call hours. In the second survey, a total of 464 on-call paediatric radiology examinations were analysed, demonstrating 20.2% misdiagnoses. General radiologists had more misdiagnoses and were slower in providing a report than residents.

Conclusion: The current service with a lack of on-call paediatric radiologists, is associated with increased misdiagnoses and dissatisfaction among physicians and requires improvement.

Critical relevance statement: This study shows that it may be a struggle to organise the 24-h availability of an expert paediatric radiologist, yet this might avoid 20% of misdiagnoses, half of which have direct clinical consequences.

Key points: The current organisation of paediatric radiology on-call rotas is unsatisfactory for many clinicians. A substantial amount of on-call paediatric radiology reports contain misdiagnoses, and these may have significant clinical consequences. Hospitals should reconfigure out-of-hours paediatric radiology covers.

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Insights into Imaging
Insights into Imaging Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
CiteScore
7.30
自引率
4.30%
发文量
182
审稿时长
13 weeks
期刊介绍: Insights into Imaging (I³) is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the brand SpringerOpen. All content published in the journal is freely available online to anyone, anywhere! I³ continuously updates scientific knowledge and progress in best-practice standards in radiology through the publication of original articles and state-of-the-art reviews and opinions, along with recommendations and statements from the leading radiological societies in Europe. Founded by the European Society of Radiology (ESR), I³ creates a platform for educational material, guidelines and recommendations, and a forum for topics of controversy. A balanced combination of review articles, original papers, short communications from European radiological congresses and information on society matters makes I³ an indispensable source for current information in this field. I³ is owned by the ESR, however authors retain copyright to their article according to the Creative Commons Attribution License (see Copyright and License Agreement). All articles can be read, redistributed and reused for free, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. The open access fees (article-processing charges) for this journal are kindly sponsored by ESR for all Members. The journal went open access in 2012, which means that all articles published since then are freely available online.
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