🔹When is an U/S vs. CT vs. MRI helpful before consulting Interventional Radiology?

🔹What factors go into an IR pre-op evaluation?

🔹 When do drains go in, and when do they come out?

🔹 When a patient has trouble with a drain, what are things you can do before calling IR?

🔹 What does outpatient IR follow up entail, and what does a capping trial of PCN tubes entail?

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#177 Interventional Radiology (IR) 101: 5 Pearls Segment

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#177 Interventional Radiology (IR) 101: 5 Pearls Segment