Emergency Radiology: Page 45

MRI finds fractures missed by x-ray among elderly ER patients
By Wayne Forrest
MRI has a "distinct advantage" over standard radiography in detecting hip or pelvic fractures among elderly patients brought to an emergency room for care, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 6, 2010
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320-row CT minimizes dose in pediatric abdominal studies
By Eric Barnes
It's no secret that CT radiation dose levels in children -- especially in the emergency department, where patients are fidgety and physicians need fast answers -- are too high. One solution, investigated by researchers from Toronto and Berlin, is wide-area-detector scans with 320-detector-row CT.
March 2, 2010
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GE, Intel to study home monitoring
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare and computer chip giant Intel are expanding their partnership to include a research study conducted by the Mayo Clinic on whether home monitoring technologies can reduce hospitalizations and emergency department visits.
February 23, 2010
CDC report: MRI, CT, PET use spikes in physician offices, ER
By Kate Madden Yee
The use of advanced diagnostic imaging in physician offices and emergency departments has increased dramatically over the past decade, according to a report issued this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics.
February 17, 2010
Zero calcium score enough to send chest pain patients home
By Eric Barnes
Patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain who have zero calcium scores on cardiac CT probably can be discharged with a low likelihood of adverse events on follow-up, according to a study published online February 8 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
February 9, 2010
Handheld devices show promise in emergency radiology
By Erik L. Ridley
Handheld devices such as the iPod Touch may be suitable to review medical images in emergency radiology consultations, according to research published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 20, 2010
Clinical exam more predictive than postsurgical head CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bedside neurological tests were more accurate than head CT in predicting which patients would be readmitted to the operating room, according to a new study in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Scans acquired soon after surgery not only failed to change patient management, they disrupted the radiology department workflow.
December 20, 2009
Emergency rooms struggle to find wayward can tabs
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - The aluminum can industry's attempt to keep those ubiquitous tab openers from being inadvertently swallowed hasn't prevented the youth of America from accidentally ingesting them, causing challenges for radiologists.
November 30, 2009
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Limit CT exams for appendicitis in kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
When emergency physicians are empowered to make pragmatic clinical decisions about children with symptoms of appendicitis, they may be inclined to avoid ordering CT exams as a component of the diagnostic workup.
November 23, 2009
CT-STAT trial finds CTA cheaper for solving chest pain riddles
By Edward Susman
ORLANDO, FL - In those challenging cases in which a patient presents to the emergency department with chest pain but doesn't appear to have markers of a heart attack, researchers suggest that performing coronary CT angiography (CTA) might be a faster -- and less expensive -- solution than workups based on the current standard of care.
November 18, 2009
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InSite One launches emergency access
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider InSite One has launched InDex Web-Continuity, a new service providing remote access to images during emergencies.
November 10, 2009
Automated coronary CTA analyzer may help in ED triage
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, November 30 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSC01-04 | Room S502ABIn this scientific session presentation, Harvard University researchers will describe their experience with applying an automated analysis of coronary CT angiography (CTA) images acquired from a sample of emergency department (ED) patients.
November 8, 2009
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