Emergency Radiology: Page 62

Ultrasound aces search for ureteral stones

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Ultrasound is considered to be a rather challenging modality for detecting ureteral stones, but it worked like a charm for Drs. Jongmin Kim and S. H. Kim from the Jinju Gospel Hospital in Jinju, South Korea. Ultrasound left no stone unfound in the team’s eight-month study of emergency-room patients, as confirmed in follow-up imaging studies and clinical interventions.

March 6, 2004

Mobile CT proves invaluable in SARS outbreak

By Erik L. Ridley

A mobile CT system can aid in providing effective radiology service to SARS patients while maintaining appropriate isolation procedures, according to researchers from the National Neuroscience Institute and Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore.

January 21, 2004

Imaging in Trauma and Critical Care

Trauma and critical care patients are the most difficult to move though a department and the authors’ advise in this area is invaluable.

January 19, 2004

US, CT show approximate parity for diagnosing appendicitis

By Tracie L. Thompson

For decades, imaging specialists have sought a solution to a very common diagnostic dilemma: When a patient presents with severe abdominal pain, how can one tell if it’s acute appendicitis?

December 9, 2003

Emergency physicians are ordering more x-ray and US but reading less

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

CHICAGO - An eight-year retrospective study of U.S. Medicare reimbursement data shows an increase in the volume of ultrasound and conventional radiographic studies in the emergency department and a decrease in the number of exams performed by emergency medicine physicians, according to radiology researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

December 1, 2003

Chest x-ray reveals vertebral fracture at no extra cost, unless radiologists ignore it

By Shalmali Pal

CHICAGO - A chest radiograph done in an emergency setting may provide a convenient opportunity to screen for vertebral fractures associated with osteoporosis, according to a multidisciplinary group from Canada. But the additional information doesn’t make it into the final radiology report often enough, according to Dr. Nancy Kim and colleagues at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

November 30, 2003

Olympics Radcast 2002

With dense crowds at high altitudes negotiating snow-slick paths and steep bleachers, each venue must maintain an emergency medical office to offer primary care for any contingency.

November 20, 2003

Radiographs improve treatment of land mine injuries

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

More than 110 million land mines of various types remain hidden around the world, waiting to be triggered by unsuspecting civilians. Radiographs are a useful tool to reduce the number of intensive operations and improve treatment of these patients, according to researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.

June 26, 2003

FAST US has value for initial look at unstable trauma

MONTREAL - Focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) is changing emergency room procedure in major trauma centers across the U.S., according to a presentation at the congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

June 2, 2003

X-ray: first line of interpretation for unstable pelvic fractures

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Dr. Tetsu Niwa and colleagues from the department of radiology at Yokohama City University School of Medicine and the critical and emergency care center at Yokohama City University Medical Center have developed protocols for the initial management of unstable pelvic fractures.

May 8, 2003

Filmless ED can open the door for enterprise-wide PACS

By Erik L. Ridley

Converting emergency departments to filmless operations yields time savings and workflow improvements, and can serve as a stepping stone for the introduction of hospital-wide PACS, according to Dr. John Wandtke, medical director for PACS at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY.

May 8, 2003

General radiologists go head-to head with neurorads in after-hours ER CT interpretation

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

SAN DIEGO - Asked to read emergency room head CT scans in the middle of the night, board-certified general radiologists performed nearly as well as neuroradiologists, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society's annual meeting on Wednesday.

May 7, 2003

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