Evaluation of the appropriate use of chest CT-Scans in the diagnosis of hospitalized patients in shiraz teaching hospitals, Southern Iran
Purpose During recent years, overuse of medical imaging especially computed tomography has become a serious concern. We evaluated the suitable usage of chest computed tomography (CT)-scan, in patients hospitalized in emergency and medical wards of two teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Science. Methods Medical records of 216 patients admitted in two major teaching hospitals (Namazi and Shahid Faghihi), who had undergone chest radiography and at least one type of chest CT were investigated. The clinical and paraclinical manifestations were independently presented to three pulmonologists and their opinion regarding the necessity and type of CT prescription were documented. Also, the patient’s history was presented to an expert chest radiologist and asked to rate the appropriateness of chest CT according to American colleague of radiologist (ACR) criteria. Results In 127 cases (59%), at least 2 out of 3 pulmonologists had the same opinion on the necessity of performing CT scan regardless of CT scan type, in 89 cases (41%) the same CT type and in 38 (17.5%) cases other CT type was supposed. Based on ACR criteria, of total prescribed CTs, 49.5% were “usually not appropriate” and 31.5% of cases were “usually appropriate”. Among 109 pulmonary CT angiography, 54 (49.5%) was usually not appropriate base on ACR criteria, which was the most frequent inappropriate requested CT type. Conclusion Considering the high rates of inappropriate utilization of chest CT scan in our teaching hospitals, implementation of the standard guideline at a different level and consulting with a pulmonologist, may prevent unnecessary chest CTs prescription and reduce harm to patients and the health system..
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Cost effectiveness and resource allocation - 20(2022), 1 vom: 23. Aug. |
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Kamrani, Ramiz [VerfasserIn] |
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| 520 | |a Purpose During recent years, overuse of medical imaging especially computed tomography has become a serious concern. We evaluated the suitable usage of chest computed tomography (CT)-scan, in patients hospitalized in emergency and medical wards of two teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Science. Methods Medical records of 216 patients admitted in two major teaching hospitals (Namazi and Shahid Faghihi), who had undergone chest radiography and at least one type of chest CT were investigated. The clinical and paraclinical manifestations were independently presented to three pulmonologists and their opinion regarding the necessity and type of CT prescription were documented. Also, the patient’s history was presented to an expert chest radiologist and asked to rate the appropriateness of chest CT according to American colleague of radiologist (ACR) criteria. Results In 127 cases (59%), at least 2 out of 3 pulmonologists had the same opinion on the necessity of performing CT scan regardless of CT scan type, in 89 cases (41%) the same CT type and in 38 (17.5%) cases other CT type was supposed. Based on ACR criteria, of total prescribed CTs, 49.5% were “usually not appropriate” and 31.5% of cases were “usually appropriate”. Among 109 pulmonary CT angiography, 54 (49.5%) was usually not appropriate base on ACR criteria, which was the most frequent inappropriate requested CT type. Conclusion Considering the high rates of inappropriate utilization of chest CT scan in our teaching hospitals, implementation of the standard guideline at a different level and consulting with a pulmonologist, may prevent unnecessary chest CTs prescription and reduce harm to patients and the health system. | ||
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