Presented for free to ARRS In-Training Members by radiologists across multiple subspecialties, alongside experts in epidemiology, public health, and oncology, COVID-19: Prevailing Clinical, Imaging, Healthcare, and Economic Issues of 2022 will deliver a frontline-focused update on the principal problems still plaguing physicians around the world.

Initially seen as a primarily respiratory illness, as this novel coronavirus disease spread globally, both the clinical and radiologic manifestations of its infection continued to morph; COVID-19 now affects every organ system of the human body. With half of the patients hospitalized for COVID-19 showing persistent lingering symptoms—and up to 30% of symptomatic non-hospitalized patients and even 20% of originally asymptomatic individuals—imaging professionals need to recognize the so-called “long-haul” symptoms of COVID-19, too.

Within months of their widespread availability, the rapidly developed, albeit highly efficacious COVID-19 vaccines began curtailing new cases, extended hospitalizations, and related deaths. However, an enduring strain of vaccine hesitancy has allowed SARS-CoV-2 and its more virulent variants to surge, once again taxing our health care system and economy. Relevant for private practice, academic, and in-training radiologists alike—as well as primary care providers and critical medicine attending and fellows—COVID-19: Prevailing Clinical, Imaging, Healthcare, and Economic Issues of 2022 will also address vaccine hesitancy, post-vaccination complications, boosters for the immunosuppressed, and associated therapeutics.

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Committed to cutting-edge research since the discovery of the x-ray, ARRS is now accepting Scientific Abstracts—specifically from in-training radiologists—for two brand-new Emerging Research sessions during the 2022 ARRS Annual Meeting.

Imaging residents and fellows, as well as medical students, can submit Oral Presentation topics for this latest addition to our Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract Program until December 1, 2021.

Every month, AJR Editor in Chief Andrew Rosenkrantz handpicks an article from “the yellow journal” specifically for ARRS In-Training Members. For November, Dr. Rosenkrantz has chosen “Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Children: Implementation and Key Diagnostic Applications” by Judy H. Squires and M. Beth McCarville.

Highlights:

  • CEUS utilization is rapidly expanding particularly in children, for whom there is a growing range of FDA-approved and off-label diagnostic indications throughout the body.
  • Ultrasound contrast agents lack renal excretion and may be administered to neonates; accumulating data establish an excellent pediatric safety profile of ultrasound contrast agents.
  • Knowledge of the basic techniques of CEUS implementation, as well as of the supporting evidence in children, will help radiologists best apply this growing technique.

Also each month, AJR Journal Club articles offer Study Guide questions specifically written by independent authors to improve your ability to critically analyze the primary scientific literature for more thorough participation in evidence-based medicine. November’s article, “Management and Outcomes of Suspected Infectious and Inflammatory Lung Abnormalities Identified on Lung Cancer Screening CT” by Mendoza et al., found adoption of a conservative management algorithm can standardize recommendations and reduce unnecessary imaging without increasing the risk of missing a malignancy.

Incidental infectious or inflammatory findings are commonly identified by lung cancer screening CT; however, as Kerem Ozturk, MD discusses in this AJR Podcast episode, determining clinical consequence and significance for work-up is not always clear.

Subscribe to AJR Podcasts and listen in as our team of senior Resident and Fellow Podcast Editors critique articles and provide synthesized overviews of timely research from the “yellow journal” for in-training and practicing radiologists.

“State of the Art Liver Imaging” is this month’s Web Lecture, also specially selected for ARRS In-Training Members by our own in-house experts. Packed with practical information from K. Fowler, K. Elsayes, and V. Chernyak, residents and fellows will:

  • Review imaging features of diffuse liver diseases.
  • Describe practical diagnostic approaches to enhancing liver lesions.
  • Discuss the use of hepatobiliary contrast agents in cirrhosis.

Presented by The Roentgen Fund®, the ARRS Resident/Fellow in Radiology Awards are available to all ARRS In-Training Members in radiology and allied sciences research to recognize their work and present their findings during the ARRS Annual Meeting. Awards are based on the competence and promise of the candidate in radiological research, education, or administration and the scientific merit and potential impact of the candidate’s research.

How Residents and Fellows Can Join ARRS for FREE:

  1. Visit the ARRS Membership page, select In-Training Members, and complete the application online.
  2. Fill out the ARRS In-Training Membership Application, and mail or fax it back to us.

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