Open AccessRapid Brain MRI Use in a Pediatric Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Gurpreet Khaira,
Jonathan E. Kurz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric neurology briefs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2166-6482
pISSN - 1043-3155
DOI - 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-34-21
Subject(s) - emergency department , neuroimaging , pediatric emergency medicine , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , emergency medicine , medical physics , radiology , emergency physician , psychiatry
Investigators from the University of Pittsburgh (Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Pediatric Radiology) and Feinberg School of Medicine (Division of Emergency Medicine) studied the rates of neuroimaging (rapid brain MRI [rMRI], head CT [HCT], and full MRI) before and after implementation of four rapid MRI protocols in their ED.