Emergency department length of stay following discontinuation of routine oral contrast material.

Kevin Y KimNelly TanJeremy MoretzMatthew S Davenport

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2020)

Discontinuation of routine oral contrast material in the ED accelerated time to CT completion but had a minor non-significant effect on overall ED LOS. Much of the reduction in overall LOS likely was due to unrelated process improvements.

Keyphrases

emergency department
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance
clinical practice
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
image quality
cord blood