Emergency Radiology: Page 52

CTA improves as first-line test for traumatic neck injury

By Eric Barnes

There are clinical guidelines for determining which trauma patients should undergo CT of the neck, but there is little definitive advice on which patients should undergo CT angiography (CTA) to screen for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI). Dr. Michael Lev, director of emergency neuroradiology at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the use of extracranial vascular imaging, particularly CTA, in blunt trauma patients admitted to the emergency department.

October 11, 2007

SonoSite debuts S-FAST tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has introduced its S-FAST emergency medicine ultrasound tool.

October 7, 2007

Michigan heart center aims DSCT guns at image quality

By Eric Barnes

Doctors at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, do a lot of heart imaging with their dual-source CT (DSCT) scanner. Many of their coronary CT angiography patients come from the emergency room with obesity, significant comorbidities, and worries sufficient to keep their hearts racing during the scans. Center director Dr. Gilbert Raff recently discussed the patient demographics, processes, and results that led to the group's current protocols for DSCT.

October 7, 2007

Is your department prepared for disaster? You might be surprised

By Kate Madden Yee

Every radiology department has its emergency manuals, as required by the Joint Commission. But will your staff be ready to assist in disaster response efforts, or will they be struggling to keep their families safe? Helping staff prepare their families for emergencies could be the key to successful, coordinated disaster response.

September 4, 2007

GE launches emergency US education program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In an effort to support ultrasound use in emergency medicine, GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., plans to launch a one-year educational partnership with the Emergency Medical Foundation (EMF), the education and research arm of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

August 23, 2007

Emergency bedside US may not rule out appendicitis

By Erik L. Ridley

While it does offer fairly high specificity, bedside ultrasound for appendicitis (BUSA) by emergency physicians can't be relied upon to diagnose acute cases, according to researchers from the University of California - Irvine Medical Center in Orange, CA.

July 29, 2007

FAST exam views offer various challenges

By Erik L. Ridley

Some views of the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam are more difficult to acquire and interpret than others, according to researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The team performed a retrospective review of all FAST exams performed by emergency medicine and attending physicians at its institution from August 2004 to July 2005.

July 19, 2007

Installing DR in the ER: A case study

By Kate Madden Yee

ORLANDO - Securing financing for capital expenditures is only the beginning of the complex process of transitioning a department to digital imaging. It is important to thoroughly evaluate the needs of the department and staff workflow patterns before the new technology arrives, but it's also crucial to follow through with training and postinstallation assessment, according to a presentation today at the 2007 American Healthcare Radiology Administrator (AHRA) meeting.

July 9, 2007

MR shows broad spectrum of findings in pregnant women with suspected appendicitis

By Shalmali Pal

Although acute appendicitis is not terribly common in pregnant women, it does pose a diagnostic challenge because of anatomic and histologic changes that occur in these patients. CT carries a radiation risk while ultrasound, which is the established modality in this population, doesn't always deliver the whole story. Instead, Boston-based imagers have found success with MRI for evaluating the appendix, and more, in the gravid patient.

July 2, 2007

ECI launches cardio CTA service

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Teleradiology services provider Emergency Cardiac Imaging of Somers Point, NJ, has launched its service to provide teleradiology-based postprocessing and interpretation of cardiovascular CT and triple rule-out exams.

June 14, 2007

Stand around and wait -- stat! What's your imaging suite emergency procedure?

By Tobias Gilk

A cardiac patient has a heart attack while getting onto the MR patient table -- what do you do? Suprisingly, for many facilities there are no requirements beyond calling 911! MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk takes a look at evaluating emergency procedure plans and discusses how facilities can prepare for emergencies like code situations.

June 10, 2007

ED physicians can screen for AAA, study finds

By Erik L. Ridley

Emergency physicians are capable of handling ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), according to researchers from Yale University in New Haven, CT. The group studied the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of screening performed by emergency physicians on at-risk patients.

May 6, 2007

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