Publications by authors named "R Margau"
Canadian Association of Radiologists Spine Imaging Referral Guideline.
Can Assoc Radiol J
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Spine Expert Panel is composed of various medical professionals who collaborated to create diagnostic guidelines for specific spine-related clinical scenarios.
- A rapid scoping review identified 23 existing guidelines and applied the GRADE framework to develop 22 recommendation statements for 8 clinical situations relevant to spine health.
- These recommendations address conditions such as myelopathy, suspected spinal infection, and radicular pain, while linking certain scenarios to other established CAR referral guidelines for trauma and musculoskeletal issues.
Background: Comprehensive diagnostic imaging referral guidelines are an important tool to assist referring clinicians and radiologists in determining the safest and best-clinical-value diagnostic imaging study for their patients; the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) last produced its diagnostic imaging referral guidelines in 2012. In partnership with several national organizations, referring clinicians, radiologists, and patient and family advisors from across Canada, the association is redoing its referral guidelines using a new methodology for guideline development, and these guideline recommendations will be suited for integration into clinical decision support systems.
Methods: Expert panels of radiologists, referring clinicians and a patient advisor will work with epidemiologists at the CAR to create guidelines across 13 clinical sections.
The diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis is traditionally confirmed from a radiograph demonstrating periarticular calcifications in the affected area. Care must be taken when using ultrasound as the presentation of periarticular calcification is easily mistaken for a cortical avulsion fracture, requiring a radiograph to distinguish between the 2 differential diagnoses. We present the correlated ultrasound and radiographic findings of the hand of a 37-year-old man who was suffering from a dull ache in his thumb followed by acute severe pain 1 week later, and make the diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis of the first metacarpophalangeal joint.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To compare the diagnostic utility of pelvic ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the clinical decision to proceed with uterine artery embolization (UAE).
Materials And Methods: Over 2 years, 180 consecutive women (mean age 43) sought consultation for UAE, 116 underwent pelvic US and MRI before possible UAE. US was performed prior to MRI.