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Integrating New Staff into Endovascular Stroke-Treatment Workflows in the COVID-19 Pandemic INTERVENTIONAL
SUMMARY: A health care crisis such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires allocation of hospital staff and resources on short notice. Thus, new and sometimes less experienced team members might join the team to fill in the gaps. This scenario can be particularly challenging in endovascular stroke treatment, which is a highly specialized task that requires seamless cooperation of numerous health care workers across various specialties and professions. This document is intended for stroke teams who face the challenge of integrating new team members into endovascular stroke-treatment workflows during the...
Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - January 11, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Goyal, M., Kromm, J., Ganesh, A., Wira, C., Southerland, A., Sheth, K. N., Khosravani, H., Panagos, P., McNair, N., Ospel, J. M., On behalf of the AHA/ASA Stroke Council Science Subcommittees: Emergency Neurovascular Care (ENCC), the Cardiovascular and St Tags: INTERVENTIONAL Source Type: research

CT quantifies COVID-19 severity, ongoing conditions
Throughout this year's COVID-19 pandemic, chest CT has proven to be a valuable...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Deep learning gives a boost to CT image reconstruction CO-RADS system helps clinicians assess COVID-19 Diabetes, hypertension boost COVID-19 stroke risk Machine learning boosts chest CT's performance COVID-19, AI, and dose reduction top RSNA's CT agenda
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 30, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

The Great Contrast Shortage of 2022 —Lessons learnt in Australia
ConclusionOur findings demonstrate that the IBCM shortage crisis had a very significant impact on the delivery of healthcare. While V/Q scans could (partially) substitute for CTPA studies in suspected pulmonary emboli, there appeared to be no valid alternative for CTNA studies in stroke calls. The unexpected and critical shortage of IBCM forced healthcare professionals to conserve resources, prioritise indications, triage patients based on risk, explore alternate imaging strategies and prepare for similar events recurring in the future.
Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology - May 18, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Giles Kisby, James H Seow, Greg Schie, Constantine C Phatouros, Kay ‐Vin Lam, Tracey Muir, Sally Burrows, Paul M Parizel Tags: Medical Imaging —Original Article Source Type: research