QA Series, UCLA

UCLA QUALITY ASSURANCE SERIES
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NEW globalcastMD podcast, June 2015 

Pediatric surgical based but with radiology relevance. Join Dr. Shawn St. Peter and Dr. Todd Ponsky as they discuss the contemporary diagnosis and management of empyema.

Table of contents:
02:37 - Evaluation of patient with pleural effusion
07:26 - Treatment algorithm for empyema
11:23 - Duration of antibiotic therapy
14:51 - Imaging for empyema
16:03 - Fibrinolysis
23:15 - Post-procedure chest x-ray
23:45 - Determining failure of therapy
26:44 - Pulmonary necrosis
31:57 - Pulmonary abscess
33:44 - Resection for pulmonary necrosis?
34:26 - Agents for fibrinolysis

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Ultrasound

 

Sonoworld website - sign up for free membership and newsletters (example here), access excellent content such as Harriet Paltiel's 3-part videos, "Ultrasound of the Pediatric Chest"

 

  

CT Dose

From the American College of Radiology (ACR)

Expand your knowledge of pediatric CT with this FREE interactive case module. Developed and offered by the ACR,the child-sizing CT dose: optimizing patient care through quality improvement case provides a 360° overview of the latest concepts and practices in radiation dose monitoring for child CT scans. Click here

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