I find markers a mixed blessing. If placed over a superficial lesion they can distort it and affect fat sat. Also obliterates muscle hernias.
I made a form for my techs to fill in with each patient as the orthos often write their diagnosis and not the symptoms on the referral. Challenge was to get the techs to use the form! Also there are other forms and things get a bit much.
Graeme
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> On 6 May 2021, at 12:20, Avneesh Chhabra <Avneesh.Chhabra@utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
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> Best to place a marker by techs on the painful or palpable swelling site.
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> Here is an article we had published
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> www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5732387/
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> I find marker incredibly useful.
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> 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
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>> Best!
>> AC
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>> Avneesh Chhabra, M.D.
>> Associate Professor, Radiology & Orthopedic Surgery
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>>> On May 6, 2021, at 3:43 AM, Andrei Dumitrescu <andrei.dumitrescu@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> 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?
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>> Thanks a lot, and have a great day!
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>> Andrei
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