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Radiographic Imaging for Patients With Contagious Infectious Diseases: How to Acquire Chest Radiographs of Patients Infected With the Ebola Virus

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Contagious infectious diseases add a new dimension to radiology and pose many unanswered questions. In particular, what is the safest way to image patients with contagious and potentially lethal infectious diseases? Here, we describe protocols used by Emory University to successfully acquire chest radiographs of patients with Ebola virus disease. CONCLUSION: Radiology departments need to develop new protocols for various modalities used in imaging patients with contagious and potentially lethal infectious diseases.

Source: American Journal of Roentgenology

DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.14041

Authors: William F. Auffermann, Colleen S. Kraft, Sharon Vanairsdale, G. Marshall Lyon, Srini Tridandapani

Institutions: Emory University, Emory University Hospital, Georgia Institute of Technology, Winship Cancer Institute

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control in Healthcare

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Emory University