El Barzouhi et al (2013) noted that MRI is frequently performed during follow-up in patients with known lumbar-disk herniation and persistent symptoms of sciatica. The association between findings on MRI and clinical outcome is controversial. These investigators studied 283 patients in a randomized ...
CTA Head, CTP, MRI Brain, and Non-contrast CT Head imaging use was determined from Common Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. ICD10 Codes I60-I69 were used to indicate cerebrovascular disease. Statistical comparisons used 95% CI for rate per 100,000 ED visits.#Results:ED utilization of ...