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AuntMinnie 2002: The Minnies 2002 final results

AuntMinnie

Not surprisingly, our 2002 edition took top honors for the year. Interestingly, the ongoing shortage of qualified staff -- a major challenge for radiology today -- was also voted the most significant threat to radiology in 2002. Martha Koperwhats, Texas Children's Hospital 2. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2.

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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

AuntMinnie

He was an honorary lecturer at ECR 2002 and was awarded ESR honorary membership in 2010. Willi Kalender, PhD. Courtesy of National Academy of Engineering. His innovations — like spiral CT and advanced dose reduction techniques — transformed imaging quality and safety. He leaves a lasting legacy in radiology and beyond."

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Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock?

REBEL EM

It also reduced length of stay in ICU and hospital without adverse effects. Anaesth Intensive Care 2002. What They Did: Single-center, parallel, double blind, randomized controlled trial performed in a medical-surgical ICU (Mexico) Both groups received: Adjunctive vasopressin initiated at a dose of 0.03 95% CI 15.4 95% CI 15.4

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REBEL Core Cast 125.0 – Hyperkalemia

REBEL EM

Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 1639-42. Definition: A serum potassium level > 5.5 patients can jump from peaked T waves to sine wave) Management Basics: ABCs, IV, O 2 , Cardiac Monitor and, 12-lead EKG Identify + treat underlying cause of hyperkalemia (i.e. rhabdomyolysis -> hydration) Remove inciting factors (i.e.

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

REBEL EM

Lancet 2010 [10] >20,000 adult trauma patients with SBP <90mmHg Patients randomized to TXA 1g over 10 min + 1g IV over 8hrs vs Placebo given within 8hrs of injury In-hospital mortality by 28d reduced (14.5% NEJM 1994. [2]

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The Society of Interventional Radiology 2024 Gold Medals and Charles T. Dotter Lecture Delivered at Annual Meeting

Imaging Technology

Bien Soo Tan, MBBS, FSIR, is a senior consultant in the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH), and a clinical professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. He previously served as the chair of SIR’s Economics Committee and as editor of SIR’s Interventional Radiology Coding Update.

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Crisis Management: Lessons Learned for Radiology Administrators

Everything Rad

We’ve doubled our radiologist pool, expanded hospital contracts, and quadrupled the number of imaging centers in our area. Keep Reading: Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology by Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin.