This alert addresses the risks of diagnostic imaging and fluoroscopy with regard to repeated doses, insufficient radiation and overall risks from diagnostic imaging. The higher the dose of radiation ...
"Immediately following a cardiac catheterization, a patient required an emergency MRI. Standard practice in the catheterization lab was to apply pressure to the groin, the site of catheter access, ...
This alert discusses the patient safety incidents which can occur with wrong radiology processes. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported that more than 16 million radiology studies were ...