Acute knee injury is very common. Plain films are commonly requested and most bony injuries are fairly obvious. However, the changes may be subtle and small bony avulsions may be a clue to more serious injury. Many knee injuries involve soft tissue structures and, where significant, may require MRI for investigation. To access the full […]
Dr Nicholas Ridley
Great Western Hospital
Pressures on radiology training are continually mounting, with increasing numbers of trainees, already busy departments and increasing restrictions on study budgets. Simulation training is widely used in medical training and aims to replicate realistic scenarios with real-world challenges in a safe space and with direct support to enhance the educational benefit to those involved. This […]
Dr George Theobald, Dr Maredudd Harris, Dr Hend Komber, Dr Carina Brolund-Napier
Severn Deanery
Early whole body trauma CT is indicated in initial assessment of blunt trauma patients with concern about possible significant injury. The primary goal of trauma imaging is to identify life-threatening conditions rapidly and accurately, in order to guide the appropriate management of patients. This article reviews clinically important CT findings that are important not to […]
Dr Michail Klontzas, Dr Lisa Meacock
King's College Hospital
Neurovascular imaging practices have evolved significantly over recent years, particularly with the advances in AI. This synopsis aims to provide the reader with an overview of the current imaging techniques in the diagnosis and management of emergency neurovascular conditions. The most common neurovascular emergency is stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic), whereas neurovascular injuries (traumatic and iatrogenic) […]
Dr Fathallah Islim, Dr Mustafa Altarqane, Dr Nayyar Saleem
Leeds General Infirmary
AI has already changed much of the world as we know it, from automating systems to improving the decisions we make and the ways we go about making them. Yet perhaps the most impactful and personal ways AI is changing our world are within the field of healthcare, where it is being used to diagnose, […]
Dr Asim Habib, Dr Muhammad Saleem Nasir, Dr Muzamil Chaudhary
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
If you are reading this article, then you are probably old enough to remember when the internet wasn’t as widely available. Remember plugging in the cable that allowed you to use the internet via the phone socket? Remember the weird dial tone when you were being connected? In reality, we are only talking about 20 […]
Dr Mohammed Rashid Akhtar
St Bart's and the Royal London Hospitals
Trauma presenting to the emergency department encompasses a wide range of injuries. Major trauma is the largest cause of morbidity and mortality in patients under 40 years old and is increasingly becoming a problem in the older population, particularly secondary to falls which have the potential to cause significant injury where there is underlying frailty. […]
Saigeet Eleti, Sujit Vaidya
Barts Health NHS Trust
Perforation (from the Latin perforare – to pierce through) is a serious consequence of gastrointestinal disease compromising gastrointestinal tract (GIT) wall integrity. It can occur anywhere along the GIT and typically manifests as localised or generalised abdominal pain and signs of sepsis. However, acute abdominal pain can produce ambiguous clinical findings with a multitude of […]
Dr Helena Boryslawskyj, Dr Claire Ryan, Dr Damian Tolan
St James's University Teaching Hospital
