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Adherence to Diagnostic Imaging Pathways for Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments With Undifferentiated Acute Abdominal Pain: Impact on Radiation Exposure and Multiple Imaging Testing

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
There are many recommendations and guidelines when it comes to medical imaging, but just how effective and useful are they? This article examines this topic with regards to the RANZCR Imaging Pathways and acute abdominal pain. ABSTRACT Introduction The Diagnostic Imaging Pathways (DIP) are a tool that has been developed to assist physicians with ...
Brian Evans, Nicola Giannotti, Ernest Ekpo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plain abdominal radiography in zinc phosphide ingestion [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences
A 25-year-old woman presented to the hospital 7 to 8 hours after intentionally ingesting around 50 to 60 grams of zinc phosphide (ZnP). The patient's neurological examination was normal, but she had gastrointestinal complaints including nausea, vomiting,
Hossein Sanaei-Zadeh
doaj  

Intrathoracic kidney in a child with literature review

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2015
Intrathoracic kidney (ITK) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly, often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on chest radiography. Diagnosis in children is less frequent than in adults.
Abdul-Wahab M Al-Saqladi, Saleh A Akares
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New Large Bowel Segmentation on Plain Abdominal Radiography in Comparison with the Conventional Method

, 2012
Plain abdominal radiography is a very basic examination and plays an important role in primary care. The objectives of this study were to clarify colon distributions on plain abdominal radiographs.
Shirahige, Akinori, Matsushita, Koki, Mizushima, Takaaki, Sawa, Kiminari, Ochi, Koji, Koide, Norio   +5 more
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Renal screening sonography—A comparative study in a Portuguese basic emergency service

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 8-16, March 2025.
Renal sonography screening aids in clinical decision‐making for patients with suspected renal colic. This study intends to compare the accuracy and pertinence of sonographic findings obtained by a sonographer in a Basic Emergency Service (BES) with that of radiologists at Referral Hospital (RH) in Portugal. Renal sonography screening was able to detect
Sérgio Miravent, Carmen Jiménez, Narciso Barbancho, Manuel Duarte Lobo, Teresa Figueiredo, Carla Gomes, Ion Ratusneac, João Mário Gonçalves, Corina Hasnas, Rui de Almeida   +9 more
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An Unexpected Image on Plain Radiograph in a Child with Abdominal Complaints: A Case Report

Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
Plain radiography is a useful tool for distinguishing many intraabdominal pathologies and it rarely leads to a surprising diagnosis. Here, present a 12-year-old girl who presented with abdominal discomfort, dull pain and tenderness on palpation in the ...
Nilgün Erkek, Latife Öz, Meryem Keçeli Başaran, Gökhan Arslan   +3 more
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Paediatric computed tomography diagnostic reference levels in Africa: A systematic review

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 139-147, March 2025.
Improvements in computed tomography (CT) technology have increased its applications in medical imaging. Variations in the paediatric DRLs indicate that harmonisation and standardisation of paediatric CT protocols are essential for the optimisation of paediatric doses. Abstract Introduction Improvements in computed tomography (CT) technology in terms of
Emmanuel Gyan, Christiana Subaar, George Edusei, Linda Antwi Nyarko   +3 more
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A comparative study between abdominal plain radiography and ultrasonography in non-traumatic acute abdominal emergencies in tertiary care hospital

, 2016
Background: Acute abdomen is a loose term frequently used to describe the acute abdominal pain in a subgroup of patients who are seriously ill developing suddenly, over a period of several hours or few days.Methods: It was a prospective comparative study
Garg, Shreya, Singh, Kulvinder, Kumari, Yogita, Gathwal, Monika B., Gathwal, Chiranjeev Kumar   +4 more
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Effective doses in chest and abdominal radiography following the ICRP recommendations of 1991 and 2007 in a regional hospital.

, 2022
Background: In 2007, the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP), published a new set of tissues and tissue weighting factors as recommendations in the ICRP publication 103.
Egbe, N. O., Inyang, S. O.
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Impact of pre‐examination video education in Gd‐EOB‐DTPA‐enhanced liver MRI: A comparative study

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 34-41, March 2025.
This study evaluates the effects of pre‐examination video education on patient anxiety, satisfaction and image quality in Gd‐EOB‐DTPA‐enhanced liver MRI. We found that video education significantly reduced anxiety, increased patient satisfaction and improved image quality compared to standard pre‐MRI guidance, highlighting the potential of video ...
Hongfang Huang, Chenhui Li, Zisan Zeng, Junli Liang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source