[The value of radiologic examination of bones as part of hospital admissions procedures].

Based on radiological examinations of bone system done for 1518 emergent, post-traumatic cases registered in an admission room, the authors have tried to perform a reliable analysis of the usefulness of the examinations. First of all, they have indicated that there were big differences between the requested x-ray examinations and their results. It has been noticed that the particular overstatement was employed during skull examinations especially for children, for which the detectability of changes in relation to the number of patients was equal to 7%. The more careful analysis of symptoms based on the more exact and precise physical examination could eliminate about 50% of x-ray examinations without any harm to patients and with an advantage to the hospital budget. It also seems that only a proper stimulus of such activity among clinicians and radiologists could give useful results.