Tag: CAT Scans
Quality Improvement Project Can Reduce Pediatric Head CT Use
Reduction in CT use from 29.2 at baseline to 17.4 percent during postintervention period
Adherence to Clinical Decision Support Ups Odds of Acute PE ID
Adherence to clinical decision support linked to odds of acute pulmonary embolism finding in ER
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Current, Former Smokers
Such testing could cut mortality rate by 20 percent, American Cancer Society says
CTA Can Diagnose Partially Obstructed IVC in Budd-Chiari
Diagnostic accuracy of 93.9% for partially obstructed inferior vena cava in Budd-Chiari syndrome
CT Measures Can Accurately Identify Stroke Onset
Holds implications for guiding thrombolysis use when time of stroke onset unknown
Same-Day CT Imaging Cuts Unnecessary Bronchoscopy
Findings in patients undergoing navigational bronchoscopy requiring same-day pre-procedural CT
Decision Support Tools Cut CT Use in Pediatric Appendicitis Workup
Lower proportions of CT in passive, active intervention time periods versus historical control
Use of Local RVUs Could Aid CT Unit Management
Local relative value units range from 1.00 to 4.18 in different categories of tests; not linked to US-RVU
Knowledge of CT Risks Varies Among Health Care Providers
Radiologists and technologists generally show better knowledge than referring physicians
Many PCPs Discuss Low-Dose CT Screening With Patients
But more than half report making one or no screening recommendations in past year
