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FOR PATIENT SAFETY – Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging (CBR) clarifies results of scientific article and reaffirms the safety of computed tomography scans

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The use of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of diseases is safe and effective, contributing to the reduction of mortality rates and an increase in life expectancy. This type of imaging exam also has a positive impact on the reduction in the number of invasive surgeries, unnecessary hospitalizations and length of hospital stay. Therefore, patients … Continue lendo

Practice of Ultrasonography by nurses in obstetric nursing consultations

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The number of complaints reporting the execution of ultrasound examinations by nursing professionals is increasing, especially for use in consultations, as a tool for qualifying care for pregnant women, for example. At the same time, there is a multiplication of training initiatives for midwives in carrying out ultrasound scans during nursing consultations, … Continue lendo

CBR warns associates about “escalation”

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The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis (CBR), once again, comes to alert the radiological class about the suppression, since the 8th edition of CBHPM, published in 2014, of the rules that suggested financial discount on multiple exams performed in the same patient, the so-called escalation. The “escalation” occurred in the same service as the … Continue lendo

Experts X Technical Assistants

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In claims involving the investigation of medical error in any of its modalities, the figures of the judicial expert and technical assistants invariably appear. The judicial expert has an assistential function and will be summoned by the Judge of Law who needs evidence of a technical nature, and the appointed professional will undertake an impartial analysis of … Continue lendo

death note

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The Brazilian College of Radiology and Image Diagnosis deeply regrets the passing of Mr. Gentil Isidoro Nepomuceno, great collaborator of Radiology and friend of Brazilian radiologists. We reinforce our most sincere condolences to his family and friends.