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AI shows promise detecting TB in Zambia

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“AI can triage for active pulmonary TB with non-inferior performance to radiologists and detect differential diagnoses, indicating potential to aid cost effective TB screening,” said presenter Nsala Sanjase, a research fellow at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, in a session held November 30. In 2021, 1.6

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The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

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PMID: 38262428 Clinical Question: Does antibiotic prophylaxis with a single dose of ceftriaxone reduce the incidence of early VAP in adults with severe brain injury who require mechanical ventilation? This study used ATS criteria, and in favor of specificity, required all microbiological and clinical criteria to be present.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

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Patient demographics, aneurysm characteristics, surgical procedures, and clinical outcomes were analyzed. The authors examined the survival outcomes and dosimetry to critical structures in patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for ≥ 25 metastases in a single session or cumulatively over the course of their disease.

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