Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/are-ct-angiograms-overused-number-of.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: DrTonyhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/05/are-ct-angiograms-overused-number-of.html#comment-52874 DrTony Mon, 16 May 2005 14:39:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/05/18317.html#comment-52874 For those of us who work at night, there are a couple more advantages to CTA over VQ. First, we don't keep the VQ material at our hospital and have to send out for it. This adds about 2 hours to the time. The other is that the radiologist has to come in for a VQ scan, as opposed to reading a CT from home, or letting NightHawk read it.<br/><br/>I agree. We are not allowed to miss anything and a jury will not accept any excuse for not doing the CTA. For those of us who work at night, there are a couple more advantages to CTA over VQ. First, we don’t keep the VQ material at our hospital and have to send out for it. This adds about 2 hours to the time. The other is that the radiologist has to come in for a VQ scan, as opposed to reading a CT from home, or letting NightHawk read it.

I agree. We are not allowed to miss anything and a jury will not accept any excuse for not doing the CTA.

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