Emergency Radiology: Page 37

Simple falls, assaults don't require cervical spine CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Emergency department physicians should skip the CT scans for patients who show up after a simple fistfight assault or ground-level fall, researchers said on Thursday at the 2012 American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Vancouver.
May 2, 2012
Study shows more kids having CT for abdominal pain
By Eric Barnes
CT use has continued to rise for young patients who visit the emergency department for nontraumatic abdominal pain, according to a new study published online April 24 in Radiology.
April 23, 2012
Most CTPA scans are negative even in highest-risk population
By Eric Barnes
The scan radiologists love to hate can be a lifesaver. Yet most CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) scans for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) come up negative, even in the population that might be expected to have the greatest risk: patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms suggestive of PE.
April 17, 2012
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Imaging finds items not on the menu for BBQ lovers
By Wayne Forrest
Why were people who had recently eaten grilled meat showing up at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence with abdominal pain and painful swallowing? Radiologists and emergency room physicians used x-ray and CT to find the answer -- they had ingested wire bristles from metal brushes used to clean the grills.
April 4, 2012
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ACC: CCTA improves chest pain evaluation without raising costs
By Charlene Laino
CHICAGO - Performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) early in the evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department may quickly and accurately predict which patients should be admitted for acute coronary syndrome, according to study results presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 28, 2012
ACC: Coronary CT angio rule outs heart attack in ER patients
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Patients who have a negative coronary CT angiogram after presenting at the emergency room (ER) for cardiac-suspected chest pain can safely be sent home, researchers reported at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 25, 2012
CMS tool may overestimate number of unnecessary brain CTs
By Cynthia E. Keen
There may be flaws in a new statistical tool developed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that's designed to measure how often hospitals perform appropriate brain CT studies on emergency patients presenting with headaches, according to an article published online February 24 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
March 15, 2012
ED physicians vary widely in use of head CT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Emergency department (ED) physicians vary widely in their ordering patterns for head CT scans of patients, according to a study in the American Journal of Medicine. Ordering rates varied by as much as 300% for patients who presented with atraumatic headache, even between ED physicians in the same institution.
March 12, 2012
IMCO launches IMCO-Stat Lite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor IMCO Technologies has released IMCO-Stat Lite, which features enhanced radiology-to-emergency-department workflow capabilities.
March 8, 2012
Act now to ensure CT isn't 'the doughnut of death' in trauma
By Philip Ward
VIENNA - For high-quality trauma care, radiologists must recognize the importance of making the CT scanner a safe place for severely injured patients by working with the emergency department and anesthetic staff, making sure that protocols for scanning and reporting trauma patients are adhered to, and developing services that can be delivered within a few minutes 24 hours a day.
February 29, 2012
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CT viable option to exclude cervical spine injury in obtunded patients
By Kate Madden Yee
Using CT for mentally compromised trauma patients to exclude cervical spine injury is a viable alternative to cervical collar immobilization and reduces unnecessary patient immobilization, according to research presented at last week's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting.
February 14, 2012
HealthHelp debuts ED medicine service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm HealthHelp has introduced an education-based program intended to reduce inappropriate imaging utilization by emergency department (ED) physicians.
January 29, 2012
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