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Sleep wrecker: COVID-19 causes insomnia in radiologists
By Frances Rylands-Monk
It's official: The COVID-19 pandemic has induced widespread insomnia, anxiety, and depression among radiologists. A large French survey has confirmed this, but it has also shown that access to logistical and psychological support has been easier in public rather than private hospitals during the pandemic.
September 15, 2020
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Imaging group extends telework ahead of 2nd COVID-19 wave
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Extending telework to nonmedical areas of the radiology department during the COVID-19 crisis can significantly help protect staff and patients, while ensuring productivity and associated cost savings, according to Spanish researchers.
September 10, 2020
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CT flags COVID-19 damage missed by lung function tests
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Although patients with COVID-19 may have heart and lung damage that's visible on CT scans, this can improve over a number of weeks, according to researchers from Austria. At the European Respiratory Society International Congress this week, they presented a prospective follow-up study of patients infected with the novel coronavirus.
September 7, 2020
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CT shows how rod skewered woman's body
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
CT images have shown how a long, steel rod skewered a Chinese woman who fell from a 3-meter platform and nearly died. The images and story were reported in a 2 September story from the Daily Telegraph in Australia.
September 3, 2020
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French make optimum use of CT for COVID-19 triage
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Researchers in Lyon, France, have shown that chest CT is a rapid and fairly reliable tool for referring patients in need of hospitalization to the correct units. They published their findings online on 19 August in European Radiology. Also, Italian authors have issued a statement on structured reporting of chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia.
August 24, 2020
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Trauma experts share top CT tips at ECR 2020
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Mass casualty incidents are rare, but preparedness and optimum use of CT are vital for any medical imaging professional on the front line treating high casualty numbers with limited resources, international experts told attendees at a special session during ECR 2020.
July 26, 2020
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Esaote delivers more than 100 ultrasound units to fight COVID-19 in Italy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Italian ultrasound vendor Esaote has assembled and delivered 103 portable ultrasound units to intensive care and emergency departments in four regions in Italy to support their efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 2, 2020
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Canon expands U.K. customer list for Aquilion One Genesis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Cornwall Hospitals National Health Service Trust in the U.K. has agreed to install an Aquilion One Genesis CT scanner from Canon Medical Systems in the hospital's emergency department.
February 9, 2020
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U.K. group calls for action on aortic tear management
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A new U.K. report published by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) has called for improved diagnosis and management of deadly aortic tears. The HSIB has tasked the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists with creating a process to improve the management of aortic dissection.
January 23, 2020
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RCR responds to damning emergency CT access report
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has responded to a new report that found many accident and emergency (A&E) patients with potentially deadly bowel obstructions experienced delayed diagnoses because of issues accessing CT scanners.
January 9, 2020
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At the sharp end: Knife injuries are everyone's problem
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Knife crime is now so prevalent that every healthcare professional has a responsibility to become more familiar with the resulting injuries and how to treat them, according to expert speakers at a special meeting held in Birmingham, U.K., last month.
October 6, 2019
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Mobile ambulances give boost to stroke therapy
By Abraham Kim
German investigators have provided new evidence that mobile stroke ambulances fitted with CT can greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of determining which patients require surgical treatment, compared with standard clinical decision-making. They published their results online on 3 September in JAMA Neurology.
September 3, 2019
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