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Content Areas (Codes):
The following Content Areas will be printed on the certificate for this course:
- Emergency Radiology
- Head and Neck
- Neuroradiology
Learning Objectives:
- Identify emergent neurovascular findings in cross-sectional imaging.
- Describe carotid artery dissections appropriately.
- Recognize the cross-sectional imaging appearance of common upper aerodigestive tract emergencies, including trauma, infection, and other emergencies.
- Identify imaging search patterns for screening trauma patients for pharyngoesophageal and laryngotracheal injury with blunt and penetrating trauma.
- Differentiate various infectious emergencies involving the upper aerodigestive tract, including awareness of important clinical ramifications of imaging findings.
- Identify the common and uncommon pathologies that can occur within the face and skull base in the emergency setting.
- Illustrate pertinent radiologic anatomy of the maxillofacial region and skullbase, highlighting landmarks to interrogate, for emergent conditions involving the head and neck.
- Discuss the key findings that must be communicated to the referring physician for proper management and treatment.
- Develop differential diagnosis based on the spinal compartments and imaging features.
- Review use of various imaging modalities to evaluate spine pathologies.
- Use supratentorial findings to develop differential diagnosis for spinal pathology.
This enduring material is estimated to take 1 hour to complete.
Start Date: 6/30/2021
End Date for CME Eligibility/Online Expiration Date: 6/29/2024
This educational activity was originally presented at the RSNA 2020 Annual Meeting and Scientific Assembly.
Faculty:
- Hediyeh Baradaran, MD
- Nicholas A. Koontz, MD
- Alok A. Bhatt, MD
- Lubdha M. Shah, MD
Disclosure Statements:
The ACCME requires that the RSNA, as an accredited provider of CME, disclose the relevant financial relationships of the planners, faculty, and any other individuals in a position to control content of this activity. If there is a relevant financial relationship that has been disclosed please find it below:
- Matthew S. Davenport, MD: Royalties, Wolters Kluwer NV.
- Alexander R. Guimaraes, MD, PhD: Speakers Bureau, Siemens AG; Consultant, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Merck & Co, Inc, Agfa-Gevaert Group, PAREXEL International Corporation.
- Ajay Gupta, MD: Support, Siemens AG, General Electric Company.
- Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD: Research, Siemens AG; Consultant, General Electric Company.
- Vincent B. Ho, MD, MBA: Research collaboration, General Electric Company.
- Maxine S. Jochelson, MD: Speaker, General Electric Company; Consultant, Bayer AG.
- Jeffrey S. Klein, MD: Editor with royalties, Wolters Kluwer NV.
- Petra J. Lewis, MBBS: Committee Member, CairnSurgical.
- Katherine E. Maturen, MD: Royalties, Reed Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer NV.
- Matthew A. Mauro, MD: Board Member, Boston Scientific Corporation; Investor, Medtronic plc, Bayer AG.
- Christine O. Menias, MD: Royalties, Reed Elsevier.
- Charles E. Ray Jr, MD, PhD: Consultant, Medtronic plc; Editor with royalties, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
- Evis Sala, MD, PhD: Co-founder, Cambridge AI Health; Speakers Bureau, GlaxoSmithKline plc.
- Jorge A. Soto, MD: Royalties, Reed Elsevier.
- Bachir Taouli, MD: Research Grant, Bayer AG, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Consultant, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Bayer AG.
- Ioannis Vlahos, MRCP, FRCR: Director, Grayscale Ltd; Co-owner, Grayscale Ltd.
- Abbey Winant, MD: Spouse, Research Grant, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Novartis AG; Spouse, Research Consultant, Tango Therapeutics.
- Judy Yee, MD: Research Grant, EchoPixel, Inc, Koninklijke Philips NV, General Electric Company.
- Margarita L. Zuley, MD: Investigator, Hologic, Inc.
All other individuals in control of content have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests to be disclosed.
Accreditation and Designation Statements:
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This enduring material can be applied towards the ABR MOC Part 2 requirement (CME).
To earn CME credit, participants must watch the full-length of the recording and complete the course evaluation.
The RSNA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Price:
Non-member Rate: $50.00
Member Rate: $0.00
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RSNA Disclaimer:
The opinions or views expressed in this activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, recommendations or endorsement of the RSNA. Participants should critically appraise the information presented and are encouraged to consult appropriate resources for information surrounding any product or device mentioned. Information presented, as well as publications, technologies, products and/or services discussed, are intended to inform the learner about the knowledge, techniques, and experiences of RSNA faculty who are willing to share such information with colleagues. The RSNA disclaims any and all liability for damages to any individual user for all claims which may result from the use of said information, publications, technologies, products and/or services, and events.