Emergency Radiology: Page 47

U.K. hospital deploys homegrown IT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust has implemented an internally developed IT system at its Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) for referring hospitals to share medical data on emergency patients more quickly and securely.
June 1, 2009
Study: US not ready to verify intubation tubes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Can ultrasound replace radiography to confirm endotracheal intubation? Emergency physicians from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio report that ultrasound verification is faster and highly reproducible, but doesn't achieve the accuracy of a conventional chest x-ray.
May 27, 2009
Triple-rule-out CT scans benefit from prospective gating
By Eric Barnes
For patients with nonspecific chest pain, whole-chest low-dose CT scans (also known as triple-rule-out studies) delivered better image quality and far lower radiation dose than comparable retrospectively gated scans, according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
May 27, 2009
Heart attacks are rare a year after negative coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
Patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes who are discharged after a negative coronary CT angiography (CTA) exam suffer very few cardiac events in the following year, according to a study unveiled today at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual meeting.
May 14, 2009
MRI helps find fractures among elderly female ED patients
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - Emergency department (ED) physicians should strongly consider MRI scans for elderly female patients who present with complaints of pelvic or hip pain, according to a presentation at this week's American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.
April 28, 2009
Study: Electronic orders deliver more clinical detail
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Referring physicians provide more detail in their orders for imaging studies when they use a computerized physician order entry system as opposed to paper-based requisition forms, but radiologists need to be involved when planning the shift from paper to electronic ordering, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 1, 2009
Radiography fails to offer diagnosis for sudden hip pain in kids
By Cynthia E. Keen
Hip and pelvic radiography exams ordered for children younger than 9 years who have nontraumatic, acute onset hip pain are of limited diagnostic value in distinguishing serious from benign disease. For this reason, these exams should not be routinely ordered by emergency department or urgent care clinicians, according to a New Zealand study.
March 31, 2009
Teleradiology can speed pulmonary CTA reads
By Erik L. Ridley
The use of teleradiology can improve the timeliness of preliminary written reports for off-hours pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) studies, according to an article published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 22, 2009
Low-dose whole-body x-ray works for bone surveys
By Cynthia E. Keen
Low-dose whole-body radiographic systems were initially designed to rapidly image critically injured emergency and trauma patients. But sites with the systems are finding that they can be useful for performing rapid bone survey screenings of cancer patients, saving time and radiation dose for patients.
March 19, 2009
Ziehm debuts new C-arm at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging introduced its Ziehm Solo C-arm at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.
March 17, 2009
Fischer completes WI installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fischer Medical Technologies has completed the installation of its VersaRad computed radiography system at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield, WI.
March 11, 2009
Aspyra partners with Allscripts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Aspyra has entered into a nonexclusive agreement with Allscripts to promote Allscripts' practice management, electronic medical record, revenue cycle management, and emergency department products to new and existing Aspyra customers.
March 8, 2009
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