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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

Imagine going in for a diagnostic MRI scan and coming out with a progressive, irreversible, and potentially fatal disease. It certainly doesn't help matters that the disease has been linked to gadolinium-based contrast agents, a ubiquitous tool in the MR armamentarium. In 2006 the U.S. report of NSF in 33 dialysis patients at a St.

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

REBEL EM

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. A prospective randomized study of inpatient iv. 2001; 111(5):367-74. Oral administration of antibiotics: a rational alternative to the parenteral route. 1997; 24(3):457-67. PMID: 9114201 Siegel RE et al.

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