Audit of radiology reports of patients with neoplasms performed on computed tomography
Department of radiology and medical imaging of “Nicolae Testemiţanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020, 12(02), 153-160.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2020.12.2.0254
Publication history:
Received on 06 August 2020; revised on 14 August 2020; accepted on 15 August 2020
Abstract:
Evaluation of the peculiarities of radiology reports of patients with neoplasms of the abdomen and pelvis to optimize clinical imaging management. The study included 104 patients, divided into two groups, experimental group (L2) and control group (L1), repeatedly investigated by computed tomography (CT) in 2009-2019, a total of 440 examinations, of which 120 prospective examinations and 320 retrospective examinations, aged between 25 and 85 years, with primary tumors of the abdomen and pelvis. Four specific descriptive criteria were analyzed from radiology reports and we obtained the following results: specification of the scanning protocols in radiology reports (0% for L1 and 95.3% for L2), specifying the reason for the examination in radiology reports (100% for L1 and 26.0% for L2), use of international terminology in radiology reports (0% for L1 and 74% for L2), patient follow-up in radiology reports (88.5% for L1 and 59.8 % for L2). Following the SWOT analysis of the radiology reports, we have developed a standardized model for describing CT images of patients with oncological pathologies of the abdomen and pelvis. The decision-making process was built on Strengths, eliminating Weaknesses, exploiting Opportunities and removing Threats.
Keywords:
Computed tomography; Oncology; Radiology report; Imaging management; Follow-up.
Full text article in PDF:
Copyright information:
Copyright © 2020 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article. This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Liscense 4.0
