UC study finds effort cut thousands of unnecessary CT scans without harming patients

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Emergency medicine physicians at the University of Cincinnati reported that a quality improvement campaign appears to have reduced unnecessary head and neck CT scans for low-risk ...
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Blood Protein Cutoffs Help Clinicians Identify Brain Injury That CT Scans Miss

University of Pittsburgh-led researchers report clinical blood concentration cutoffs for the brain proteins GFAP and UCH-L1 ...
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Head CT scan use in emergency rooms doubled from 2007 to 2022

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT head scans were ordered in approximately 175 million ED encounters. Patients who received scans were mainly ...
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Automated CT Scans for Traumatic Brain Injury May Predict Disability Outcomes

The use of CT-based automation for traumatic brain injury may serve as a valuable tool for clinicians to predict disability outcomes in patients. Utilizing automated computed tomography (CT) scans to ...
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Use of head CT scans in ERs more than doubles over 15 years

A new study shows large increases in the use of computed tomography (CT) scans of the head in emergency departments across the United States from 2007 to 2022. The study, which was published on ...
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What is the difference between an X-ray, CT scan, and MRI? When are these tests performed?

Learn which medical tests are appropriate and which ones to use for pain or injury. What's the difference between an X-ray, CT scan, and MRI, and when do doctors recommend which tests? medical ...
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Exposure to CT radiation increases risk for childhood brain tumors

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data showed a positive association between head/neck CT imaging and risk for childhood brain tumors. Further ...