Pitfalls of contrast reaction management: How to avoid them?


Errors in management of anaphylaxis secondary to contrast media administration can lead to life-threatening patient safety events. Effective management for such events depends on recurrent training of staff with didactic educational tools. Given the incidence of errors reported in the literature and our institutional experience with high fidelity simulation training program, we structured this course to highlight the important points

About this course

Introduction:

Errors in management of anaphylaxis secondary to contrast media administration can lead to life-threatening patient safety events.  Effective management for such events depends on recurrent training of staff with didactic educational tools. Given the incidence of errors reported in the literature and our institutional experience with high fidelity simulation training program, we structured this course to highlight the following points:

  1. The most common mistakes in contrast reactions management
  2. The correct methods of contrast reactions management.
  3. Best practices to avoid these mistakes.

This course will take the participants to a multiple choice questions course and video based tour through the most common errors of contrast reactions treatment reported in the literature and in our institution, in addition to the correct management.
Course Directors
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Alexi Otrakji, MD

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Iris M Otani, MD

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Swati Goyal

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Hillary Kelly MD

Dr. Kelly is currently faculty at Harvard Medical School and staff radiologist in the Division of Neuroradiology at the MGH Department of Radiology.  She has published numerous articles in neuroradiology and has extensive teaching experience in radiology training for medical students, residents, and fellows.
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Garry Choy, MD, MS
Director of Informatics

Dr. Choy is the Director of Informatics for the MGH Cardiovascular Imaging Core Lab . He also is the co-founder of the MGH Imaging Global Health Programs and International Radiology Exchange at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Choy received his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University and BS from Columbia University. In addition, Dr. Choy also attended Stanford University and earned a Masters in Management Science & Operations Research. Dr. Choy completed his radiology residency and fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a clinical radiologist with expertise in cardiothoracic, abdominal, and emergency imaging. He brings significant information technology expertise to MGH Imaging Online Educational Initiative with prior experience in development of web-based learning tools, online collaboration platforms, and telemedicine platforms. He also currently leads development and efforts of the MGH Radiology Department’s second opinion service. His academic and research interests are in the areas of medical informatics, teleradiology, healthcare delivery systems, and global health. Dr. Choy has over 20 peer-reviewed publications to date.
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Sanjay Saini, MD

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Gloria Salazar, MD



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