Rings and things on upper extremity radiographs of emergency patients

Matthew L. Steinway; Mihra S. Taljanovic; Tim B. Hunter; Elizabeth A. Krupinski; William A. Grana

doi:10.1007/s10140-003-0269-4

Rings and things on upper extremity radiographs of emergency patients

Matthew L. Steinway, Mihra S. Taljanovic, Tim B. Hunter, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, William A. Grana

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Rings, intravenous lines, and other objects on the injured upper extremities of trauma patients are frequently overlooked by radiology and emergency department (ED) personnel. This can impair proper radiologic evaluation of the injured extremity as well as negatively affect the quality of the patient's treatment. A 1-week sample of radiographs of injured upper extremities from the ED of University Medical Center (UMC), Tucson, Arizona, showed that 20% of the studies (19 of 95) contained at least one object on the injured upper extremity, but only one radiology report (1.1%) mentioned such an object. A review of 2489 upper extremity ED radiology reports from January to June 2002 showed only 47 reports (1.9 %) that mentioned the presence of an overlying object. It is important to educate radiology department and ED personnel to remove upper extremity jewelry and place necessary medical devices on noninjured extremities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3-7
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emergency Radiology
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-003-0269-4
State	Published - Apr 2003

Keywords

Foreign body
Jewelry
Medical device
Radiographic technique
Upper extremity trauma

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Emergency Medicine
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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