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Because we have been told to reduce the amount we have to do or have juniors consult with seniors to say is this a blood test that is necessary. these are further delays in the system and it is causing anger and frustration. we have had shortages before, the shortages we have had are intervention radiologists say they dont have the equipment to do procedures, i have had hrt shortages and patients i have wanted to prescribe patches for, the pharmacists dont have it in stock and im looking for oth...

In this case youre threading it close to an area to the kidney and injecting a glu-like substance to basically fill up the blood vessels in that area so theres no more blood flow getting to the abnormality in the kidney. it also cant bleed anymore. so if this was an abnormality in the kidney they thought was at risk of bleeding, this is one way of to treat it. its typically done by intervention radiologists. its not typically done by a surgeon. but thats the goal of a procedure. thats what an em...