CT imaging findings of complications of optical colonoscopy
AbstractColonoscopy is one of the most commonly performed endoscopic procedures and remains the most commonly used screening modality method for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in the USA. Although serious complications of fiberoptic colonoscopy are uncommon due to technical advances, due to increasing number of colonoscopy procedures, post-procedural complications are not uncommonly encountered in the routine clinical practice. Also, as some of the post-colonoscopy complications are life threatening, it is important to diagnose them early so that timely treatment measures can be taken to decrease mortality and morbidity...
Source: Emergency Radiology - October 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
Pediatric trauma and the role of the interventional radiologist
ConclusionThis review seeks to consolidate the recent literature to describe the evolving role of the interventional radiologist in pediatric trauma management. (Source: Emergency Radiology)
Source: Emergency Radiology - October 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
Association of CT findings in patients with hemoperitoneum due to ruptured ovarian cysts with subsequent intervention
ConclusionCT findings associated with intervention in hemoperitoneum due to ovarian cyst rupture include size of hemoperitoneum, number of abdominopelvic spaces with hemoperitoneum, and contrast extravasation. (Source: Emergency Radiology)
Source: Emergency Radiology - October 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
Impact of the COVID pandemic on emergency department CT utilization: where do we go from here?
ConclusionThese data may help formulate future strategies for resource utilization and imaging operations as we envision a future with COVID and other federal mandates affecting imaging utilization and appropriateness. (Source: Emergency Radiology)
Source: Emergency Radiology - October 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
Diagnostic dilemma in an infant with stridor: ultrasound to the rescue!
We present a case of subglottic hemangioma in which US solved the diagnostic dilemma and provided a definite diagnosis when CT and tracheobronchoscopy failed to do so in a 6-month-old infant presenting with stridor to the ER. (Source: Emergency Radiology)
Source: Emergency Radiology - October 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research
