Type:
Audit/Professional Issues
Keywords:
Professional issues, Audit and standards
Authors:
A. Mahajan, M. Thakur; Mumbai/IN
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2010/C-3247
Conclusions
Waiting time prior to abdominopelvic does affect the patient.
Appropriate decision making helps in decreasing the waiting time and getting the best of the imaging.
Clinical assessment of the patient and indication for the CT should be kept under consideration before planning the preprocedure preparation.
Flexibility of the radiologist and proper patient assessment not only increase the patient compliance , it also increased the diagnostic yield.
Iodinated contrast media are frequently used and are safe. Reactions, when they occur, are usually mild but may occasionally progress to life-threatening proportions. A thorough understanding of the etiology, predisposing factors, symptoms, and management strategies is effective in minimizing the threat posed by these factors.