#SCCT2021 "Chance Favors the Prepared: Exam Prep & Safety" #YesCCT We need to talk by Dr. Jill Jacobs @nyulangone
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#SCCT2021#YesCCT 1) Information Transfer & Direct Lines of Communication are 🗝️🔑
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 2) Info for 👩🔬👩⚕️👨🔬👨⚕️:
- having dedicated info page useful/helps
- tips on maneuvering preauthorization
- where to direct ?'s
- contact info
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 3) intuitive/self-explanatory CCTA order panel
- include all components of study: scan, IV insertion, staff/personnel instructions, meds, VS monitoring
- guide re: considerations (contraindications, HR ranges) for meds
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 4) Info for patients: building and running interactive app
- scheduling
- instructions
- questionnaire (in advance of the appt)
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 5) Info on Radiation Dose
- comparison between different modes of acquisition
- comparison to other modalities
- comparison to annual background exposure
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 7) CAD-RADS implications, broken down by:
- stable chest pain: interpretation, further investigation, management
- acute chest pain: est % stenosis, interpretation, management
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 8) Accessability, portability, transparency
- ability to view, share, download info (images/reports)
- provide contact info in case there are ?
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#SCCT2021#YesCCT 1) QA/QI is a team effort: rads, cards, physicist, technologist
- quality control of equipment
- image acquisition: radiation ALARA, "right protocol, right dose - right patient"
- image interpretation: inter-reader agreement, correlation to cor angio/surg/path
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 2) QC of🍩scanner:
model specs, test reports, maintenance logs, radiation exposure
#SCCT2021#YesCCT 2) Dose
- Absorbed: average E imparted to matter vol by ionizing☢️/ mass of matter in vol
- wR:🧬effect of given absorb. dose based on type/quality of☢️emitted
- Equivalent = Absorbed✖️wR
- wT: prob of stochastic effects of equiv. dose based on tissue irradiatd
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-get good at what you do
-invest in your training
-multimodality
-work hard but maintain wellness
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