Early Morning Pearl of a WIP Practical Impact of an Aging - TopicsExpress



          

Early Morning Pearl of a WIP Practical Impact of an Aging Population on CT Protocols • Increased concerns about using IV contrast as patients GFR tends to decrease with age • Increase in diabetes in the USA will be of concern as renal impact will be more frequent • Older patients tend to be on multiple medications and the chance (although small) of interaction with iodinated contrast may increase • Older patients often have a different set of cancers and the presence of multiple pathologies will increase • Incidental findings ranging from adrenal nodules to thyroid nodules will be more frequent in your daily practice. • The chance of the incidental finding being important increases. from new App I am working on
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:25:36 +0000

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