Impact of Eliminating Oral Contrast on Computed Tomography Abdomen/Pelvis Throughput in the Pediatric Emergency Setting
Changes to oral contrast guidelines successfully decreased the use of oral contrast in abdominopelvic CT scans from the pediatric ED, resulting in significantly improved examination throughput.
Authors
- Geetika Khanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7079-2638)
- Farid Hajibonabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-1916)
- Erica L. Riedesel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-1044)
- Ashishkumar K. Parikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-5152)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Office of Minority Health (US)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-05-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0000000000003418
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00