Imaging
- Assessing stable coronary artery disease
Differences between the coronary calcium score and CT coronary angiography
- In Reply: Assessing stable coronaryartery disease
CT angiography is the appropriate test to exclude left main disease.
- Air embolism after peripheral IV contrast injection
As little as 2 to 3 mL of air in the cerebral circulation can be fatal.
- Does this young adult patient need a hip radiograph?
Hip fractures are uncommon in adults under age 50.
- Optimal surveillance and treatment of renal and splenic artery aneurysms
Indications for repair are based on aneurysm location and risk factors for rupture.
- Recognition and management of respiratory co-infection and secondary bacterial pneumonia in patients with COVID-19
Consider the presentation and trajectory of illness.
- Contrast media in patients with kidney disease: An update
The risk of acute kidney injury is real, but lower than initially thought.
- Miliary tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage liver disease
Chest radiography showed patchy left basilar consolidation with subtle, diffuse interstitial opacities.
- When is contrast needed for abdominal and pelvic CT?
The decision to use contrast depends on the diagnosis suspected.