Emergency Radiology: Page 42

Tool to identify pneumonia-related x-ray exams introduced
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, December 1 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-QSE3032-WEA | Lakeside Learning CenterA software tool that "pink flags" chest radiographs ordered by emergency department physicians for patients suspected of having pneumonia -- and tracks them through the radiology department workflow -- will make its debut at a poster presentation on Wednesday.
November 17, 2010
Educating radiologists about CTPA doesn't reduce overuse rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 29 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE12-02 | Room S102DIn this scientific session, Michigan researchers will discuss how educating radiologists about workup guidelines for suspected pulmonary embolus doesn't necessarily curb overutilization rates for CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in the emergency room.
November 16, 2010
Use of CT spikes in emergency department
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 29 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSC07-09 | Room S102DThe use of CT in hospital emergency departments has increased at a higher rate than the technology's use in other settings, according to researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
November 16, 2010
Using 3D in patients with penetrating trauma
By Erik L. Ridley
Education Exhibit | LL-ERE2249 | Lakeside Learning CenterVisitors to this exhibit in the Lakeside Learning Center will learn how 3D postprocessing imaging techniques can assist in trauma-related patient care.
November 14, 2010
Carestream completes French install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has installed its Carestream DRX-Evolution digital radiography suite at Brest Regional University Hospital in western Brittany, France.
November 11, 2010
CT drives imaging growth in emergency departments
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 29 | 9:05 a.m.-9:15 a.m. | VE21-02 | Room N227Imaging utilization in emergency departments has grown every year from 2000 to 2008 -- but CT is far and away the biggest driver of imaging utilization, according to Vijay Rao, MD, and colleagues from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. And it's mostly radiologists doing it.
November 10, 2010
Triple-rule-out plus CAD gets the nodules radiologists miss
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 28 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LL-ERS-SU2A | Lakeside Learning CenterTriple-rule-out scans are often read by emergency department radiologists with concern about their patients' chest pain, but who often have no subspecialty training in thoracic radiology. Lung nodules will be missed. Fortunately, computer-aided detection (CAD) might help find them.
November 10, 2010
CT unnecessary in most blunt trauma admissions
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 28 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA05-03 | Room N227Blunt trauma patients admitted to emergency departments are routinely scanned with CT of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis. But are all those scans really necessary in the absence of serious signs of injury? No, say Noam Millo, MD, and colleagues from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
November 10, 2010
MRI useful in evaluating pregnant patients with right lower quadrant pain
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 1 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSK08-09 | Room S102DMRI is valuable in evaluating pregnant patients with right lower quadrant pain, according to a new scientific paper by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
November 9, 2010
MRI useful in evaluating pregnant patients with right lower quadrant pain
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 1 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSK08-09 | Room S102DMRI is valuable in evaluating pregnant patients with right lower quadrant pain, according to a new scientific paper by researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
November 8, 2010
Ultrasound sufficient for evaluating pediatric appendicitis
By Erik L. Ridley
Point-of-care ultrasound conducted by emergency medicine physicians may be a useful screening tool for evaluating acute appendicitis in children, according to research from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey.
November 4, 2010
Emergency US training guidelines may need revision
By Erik L. Ridley
The current emergency ultrasound training standard that relies on the number of exams residents have performed before they are considered competent in a technique may not be optimal in all cases, according to research from Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI.
October 27, 2010
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