Publications by authors named "Tamer Ghatwary Tantawy"
A 49-year-old man was admitted to his local hospital with left leg pain and breathing difficulties. He had negative nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Chest X-ray and Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram displayed typical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) radiological features as ground-glass opacities and bronchovascular thickening.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Claims for clinical negligence awarded to patients and their families are on the increase. The annual "cost of harm" is approximately £7-9 billion in the United Kingdom. In 2017, the National Health Service (NHS) resolution service reported that they mediated more claims than in their entire history.
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- Patients with allergies to iodinated contrast agents and advanced chronic kidney disease often face challenges with endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), necessitating alternative imaging methods.
- An observational study tracked patients receiving CO-assisted EVAR without or with minimal use of iodinated contrast, using techniques like CEUS for monitoring.
- Results showed all procedures were technically successful, with a median hospital stay of 4 days and no significant decline in kidney function, indicating this combined imaging approach is a viable option.