Formalized Radiology Rounds: The Final Component of the Tertiary Survey

An important objective of organized trauma care is to minimize delayed diagnoses and missed injuries. Discrepant interpretations of radiographs initially read by trauma surgeons represent a unique source of delayed diagnoses. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of formalized radiology rounds as a component of the tertiary survey.Over an 18-month period, 432 consecutive patients admitted to the trauma service at a Level II...