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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

She told AuntMinnie she feels fortunate to have worked in and gained experience in interventional radiology, the operating room, emergency department, and inpatient and outpatient radiology. Beyder received his Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear medicine technology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2003.

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

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1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. New England Journal of Medicine 2003 , 348 (18), 1786-1795. 5 Paper: Lebin J et al. O’Connor, P. Management of Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra020617. (2)

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

AuntMinnie

She offered some other contrast materials for consideration: a ferumoxides-based one (Feridex, Berlex Imaging , Wayne, NJ) that she helped develop and which the FDA has approved for MRI of the liver, and mangafodipir (Teslascan, GE Healthcare), which is available in Europe ( Radiology , August 2003, Vol.

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7d vs 14d of Antibiotics in Afebrile Men with UTI

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Another trial suggests that two weeks of treatment performed similarly to 4 weeks (Ulleryd, 2003). Other studies in afebrile men with UTI have been observational and suggested that longer-duration therapy was not associated with any benefit (Ulleryd, 2003).

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