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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. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. In 2006 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the first U.S. Louis hospital.

Disease 116
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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

REBEL EM

1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. CIWA scores or some other more universal diagnostic tool for alcohol withdrawal were not routinely used s o we have no idea why one patient got more than another.

Disease 98