Goyal Nidhi, Ghonge Nitin P, Vaish Abhishek
Dept. of Radiology, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Dept. of Orthopedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2020 Jul;11(Suppl 4):S428-S430. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.06.023. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused multi-dimensional global crisis in the recent times. There is an increasing necessity of understanding and developing a strategy for optimal utilization of healthcare resources in this time of crisis. Radiology department remains the backbone for diagnosis and for appropriate management of orthopaedic ailments. Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need to change in imaging algorithm, for various clinical conditions taking care of the exposure risk to patients and healthcare workers and to handle the volume of diagnostic and intervention work. Radiology preparedness is to set the workflow protocols and policies applicable to radiology investigations for different clinical conditions, which will help to attain these objectives. Radiologists are in best position to decide the most appropriate imaging investigation and protocol making it vital to have a frequent Orthopaedic surgeon-Radiologist interaction, which is one of the most important steps in patient management pathway.
近期，新冠疫情引发了多维度的全球危机。在这个危机时刻，理解并制定一项优化医疗资源利用的策略变得愈发必要。放射科仍然是骨科疾病诊断及合理治疗的支柱。在新冠疫情期间，针对各种临床情况，需要改变成像算法，同时要考虑到患者和医护人员的暴露风险，并处理诊断和干预工作的工作量。放射科的准备工作是制定适用于不同临床情况的放射学检查工作流程协议和政策，这将有助于实现这些目标。放射科医生最有能力决定最合适的成像检查和方案，因此骨科医生与放射科医生之间保持频繁互动至关重要，这是患者管理路径中最重要的步骤之一。
