Best to place a marker by techs on the painful or palpable swelling site.
Here is an article we had published
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5732387/
I find marker incredibly useful.
We also have the luxury of electronic health records and our hip and knee guys have functional scores along with a diagram with patient pointing to the pain area on the cartoon
Best!
AC
Avneesh Chhabra, M.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology & Orthopedic Surgery
Chief, Musculoskeletal Radiology
Department of Radiology
5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75390-9316
Office: 214-648-2122
www.utsouthwestern.edu/radiology<www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/radiology/>
On May 6, 2021, at 3:43 AM, Andrei Dumitrescu <andrei.dumitrescu@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
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Hi everyone,
I’m looking for a way to have the techs write down some meaningful patient information without adding to their workload too much. Specifically, I’m thinking of a form where the tech (or maybe the patient) can mark the localization of pain on an anatomic drawing (either a drawing of a body, or – depending on the study – a drawing of a specific region, e.g. knee, hand etc.). Also things like how long already, prior surgery etc. The more basic the better. Could anyone please share such a form, if you use one in your institution? Or point me to some such templates on the internet, if you know any?
Thanks a lot, and have a great day!
Andrei
