Case History: 16-year-old with immediate pressure on his chest, inability to move left shoulder after tackled in football.
Case History: A 16-year-old African American with immediate pressure on his chest and inability to move his left shoulder after being tackled during a football game. He was evaluated on the sideline by the team physician who suspected an anterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation due to his presentation.
Five-Year Study Shows Significant Overuse of CT Angiography in the ER
April 2nd 2024Researchers noted a 67.4 percent increase in head and neck CT angiography and a 38 percent reduction in findings of acute pathology in a recent comparison of 2017 and 2021 statistics for headache and/or dizziness presentations at the emergency department of an urban academic medical center.
Could Virtual Non-Contrast Images from Photon-Counting CT Reduce Radiation Dosing with CCTA?
March 28th 2024Emerging research on coronary artery calcium scoring for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) suggests the use of virtual non-contrast images from photon-counting CT may lead to a nearly 20 percent reduction in radiation dosing.