A tertiary hospital audit of the use of medical imaging in the 24 h preceding death. Issue 2 (February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, D.; Weil, J.; Boughey, M.; Sutherland, T.
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 46:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 220
• Page End: 222
• Publication Date: 2016-02
• Subjects: radiology -- medical imaging -- computed tomography -- ultrasound -- magnetic resonance imaging -- nuclear medicine -- interventional radiology -- morbidity -- mortality -- advance care planning -- palliation medicine; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.12976
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

Abstract : This study aims to investigate the number, modality and indication for imaging studies performed on acute hospital inpatients in the 24 h prior to death. Data were obtained from retrospective analysis of deceased patients from a university affiliated tertiary hospital over a 2‐year period and it was found that around one in five inpatients received medical imaging in the last 24 h of their life (364 of 1855, 19.6%).