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A tertiary hospital audit of the use of medical imaging in the 24 h preceding death |
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| Authors: | D. Liu J. Weil M. Boughey T. Sutherland |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, Alfred Hospital, Bulleen, Victoria, Australia;2. Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;3. Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 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%). |
| Keywords: | radiology medical imaging computed tomography ultrasound magnetic resonance imaging nuclear medicine interventional radiology morbidity mortality advance care planning palliation medicine |