6. Chest

1. Chest trauma

Cardiac CT in the assessment of acute chest pain in the emergency department. Bastarrika G, Thilo C, Headden GF, Zwerner PL, Costello P, Schoepf UJ. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Aug;193(2):397-409.

MDCT diagnosis of penetrating diaphragm injury. Bodanapally UK, Shanmuganathan K, Mirvis SE, Sliker CW, Fleiter TR, Sarada K, Miller LA, Stein DM, Alexander M. Eur Radiol. 2009 Aug;19(8):1875-81.

Chest radiography in thoracic polytrauma. Ho ML, Gutierrez FR. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Mar;192(3):599-612.

CT features of esophageal emergencies. Young CA, Menias CO, Bhalla S, Prasad SR. Radiographics. 2008 Oct;28(6):1541-53.

Multidetector CT of blunt thoracic trauma. Kaewlai R, Avery LL, Asrani AV, Novelline RA. Radiographics. 2008 Oct;28(6):1555-70

Thoracic vascular injury. Mirvis SE. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):181-97, vii.

Multi-detector row CT of hemoptysis. Bruzzi JF, Rémy-Jardin M, Delhaye D, Teisseire A, Khalil C, Rémy J. Radiographics. 2006 Jan-Feb;26(1):3-22.

Chest wall, lung, and pleural space trauma. Miller LA. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):213-24, viii.

Imaging of penetrating chest trauma. Shanmuganathan K, Matsumoto J. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):225-38, viii.

Nonvascular mediastinal trauma. Euathrongchit J, Thoongsuwan N, Stern EJ. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar; 44(2):251-8, viii.

Vascular emergencies of the thorax after blunt and iatrogenic trauma: multi-detector row CT and three-dimensional imaging. Alkadhi H, Wildermuth S, Desbiolles L, Schertler T, Crook D, Marincek B, Boehm T. Radiographics. 2004 Sep-Oct;24(5):1239-55.

Vascular injuries of the neck and thoracic inlet: helical CT-angiographic correlation. Núñez DB Jr, Torres-León M, Múnera F. Radiographics. 2004 Jul-Aug;24(4):1087-98; discussion 1099-100.

Imaging of chest trauma: radiological patterns of injury and diagnostic algorithms. Lomoschitz FM, Eisenhuber E, Linnau KF, Peloschek P, Schoder M, Bankier AA. Eur J Radiol. 2003 Oct;48(1):61-70.

Traumatic injuries: imaging of thoracic injuries. Gavelli G, Canini R, Bertaccini P, Battista G, Bnà C, Fattori R. Eur Radiol. 2002 Jun;12(6):1273-94. Epub 2002 Apr 20.

Imaging of blunt chest trauma. Wicky S, Wintermark M, Schnyder P, Capasso P, Denys A. Eur Radiol. 2000;10(10):1524-38.

2. Acute pulmonary infections

Acute lung infections in normal and immunocompromised hosts. Waite S, Jeudy J, White CS. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Mar;44(2):295-315, ix.

2. Patient Safety

1) Canadian Association of Radiology Resources:

CAR Guidelines for Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (see erratum)

CAR National Advisory on NSF

2) American College of Radiology Resources:

ACR Appropriateness Criteria

Relative Radiation Level Information

ACR Manual on Contrast Media, Version 6

3) ACR Practice Guidelines for:

Use of Intravascular Contrast Media

Imaging Pregnant or Potentially Pregnant Patient

Adult Sedation/Analgesia

Pediatric Sedation/Analgesia

ACR Screening Recommendations for NSF

4) Contrast-Related Complications:

Adverse reactions to intravenous iodinated contrast media: a primer for radiologists. Namasivayam S, Kalra MK, Torres WE, Small WC. Emerg Radiol. 2006 Jul;12(5):210-5.

Review article: Acute serious and fatal reactions to contrast media: our current understanding. Morcos SK. Br J Radiol. 2005 Aug;78(932):686-93.

Anaphylactoid reaction to oral contrast for computed tomography.Seymour CW, Pryor JP, Gupta R, Schwab CW. J Trauma. 2004 Nov;57(5):1105-7.

Frequently asked questions: iodinated contrast agents. Bettmann MA. Radiographics. 2004 Oct;24 Suppl 1:S3-10.

Importance of an expedited review of images after an adverse reaction to CT contrast material. Rizzo S, Kalra MK, Maher MM. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Oct;183(4):1174-5.

Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast media.Thomsen HS, Morcos SK; Contrast Media Safety Committee of European Society of Urogenital Radiology. Eur Radiol. 2004 Mar;14(3):476-81

5) Other Resources:

Quality initiatives: imaging pregnant patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: what the radiologist needs to know. Pahade JK, Litmanovich D, Pedrosa I, Romero J, Bankier AA, Boiselle PM. Radiographics. 2009 May-Jun;29(3):639-54.

Imaging the pregnant patient for nonobstetric conditions: algorithms and radiation dose considerations. Patel et al.Radiographics. 2007 Nov-Dec;27(6):1705-22

Pregnancy policy. Brent RL, Mettler FA. AJR 2004 Mar;182(3):819-22.

MRI Safety