ACR–SIR–SPR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR THE CREATION OF A TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT (TIPS)
PREAMBLE
INTRODUCTION
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
Indications
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
Contraindications
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
Other Patient Selection Considerations
SUCCESS AND COMPLICATIONS
Measures of Success
SUCCESS AND COMPLICATIONS
Success Rates
SUCCESS AND COMPLICATIONS
Complications
SUCCESS AND COMPLICATIONS
Post-TIPS Surveillance
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
Physician
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
Qualified Medical Physicist
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
Non-Physician Radiology Provider (NPRP)
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
Radiologic Technologist
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
Anesthesiologist
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL
Nursing Services
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Angiographic Equipment and Facilities
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Physiologic Monitoring and Resuscitation Equipment
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Support Personnel
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Surgical Support
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Patient Care
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Patient Care
Preprocedure care
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Patient Care
Procedural Care
SPECIFICATIONS OF THE EXAMINATION
Patient Care
Postprocedure care
DOCUMENTATION
RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING
QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES