OVERVIEW

Essentials of Genitourinary Imaging is organized by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Online Course Start Date: 1/5/2018
End Date for CME Eligibility/Online Expiration Date: 1/4/2021

Duration:
This enduring material is estimated to take 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.

Accreditation:
The RSNA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Description:
Essentials Courses are sessions captured at past RSNA Annual Meetings. General radiologists, residents, and other subspecialists who want to review other areas of radiology may be interested in taking these online courses. Most courses include an audio-visual presentation, as well as a corresponding transcript. Essentials courses are free to members.

Content Areas :
The following Content Areas will be printed on the certificate for this course:
• Genitourinary Radiology.

Objectives:
• Classify the many causes of acute pelvic pain.
• Identify when and how to triage patients to appropriate imaging.
• Identify surgical emergencies.
• Recognize whether to recommend specific therapy quickly.
• Identify ways to minimize health care expenses and prevent unnecessary interventions.
• State the advantage and safety of using sonography in the initial evaluation of patients with renal colic.
• Describe the risks/benefits of starting the imaging evlauation with sonography vs CT.
• Identify ways to optimize the renal/bladder sonogram in patients with renal colic.
• State the most common locations of ureteral stones in patients presenting to the ED with renal colic.
• Identify the role of imaging studies in the assessment of patients with hematuria according to current national and international guidelines.
• Describe basic technical aspects of cross-sectional imaging tests used in patients with hematuria.
• List the most common causes of hematuria and the key diagnostic imaging features.
• Define causes of acute and chronic uterine bleeding.
• Identify appropriate patients for transcatheter, medical or surgical therapy based on patient presentation, imaging findings and clinical circumstances.
• Describe the clinical presentation and imaging findings of uterine arteriovenous malformations.
• Compare outcomes of surgical and percutaneous therapy for the treatment and prevention of postpartum hemorrhage.