30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (October 19-22, 2008): Concurrent Session Abstracts G: Use of Screening Tests

Tuesday, October 21, 2008: 2:30 PM

Grand Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Penns Landing)

Discussant:

Stephen G. Pauker, MD

Session Chairs:

Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD and Michael Pignone, MD, MPH

2:30 PM

WHEN DOES A NEGATIVE CT PULMONARY ANGIOGRAM EXCLUDE PULMONARY EMBOLISM? A DECISION ANALYSIS
Laszlo T. Vaszar, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ and Michael K. Gould, MD, MS, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

2:45 PM

G-2

MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A NEGATIVE SCREENING COLONOSCOPY
Amy B. Knudsen, PhD¹, Chin Hur, MD, MPH¹, Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH², G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPH, PhD¹ and Karen M. Kuntz, ScD³, (1)Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, (2)Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, (3)University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

3:00 PM

G-3

CHILD ABUSE EXPERTS SHOW WIDE VARIABILITY IN SETTING THE THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
Benjamin H. Levi, MD, PhD and Megan M. Whitehead, BA, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

3:15 PM

G-4

BENEFITS AND BURDENS OF MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING AMONG WOMEN AGED 80 AND OLDER
Mara Schonberg, MD, MPH¹, Rebecca Silliman, MD, PhD² and Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SM¹, (1)Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brookline, MA, (2)Boston University, Boston, MA

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