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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

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He is the father of contemporary CT imaging -- and thus of clinical radiology as we know it today," Christiane Kuhl, MD, PhD, told AuntMinnie.com on November 4. Willi was the one to invent helical CT, the type of CT which is used today for all whole-body applications of clinical radiology," she said. Willi Kalender, PhD.

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LLMs outperform medical student in solving imaging cases

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The NEJM Image Challenge is a quiz for medical professionals that includes questions on various clinically impactful diseases in several medical fields. For the study, the researchers included radiologic images from 272 cases published between 2005 and 2024.

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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

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patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01 Typically involves the mouth, larynx, pharynx, and subglottic tissue ( Kostis 2005 ). An overview of angioedema: Clinical features, diagnosis, and management.

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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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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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ARRS Roentgen Fund Names Francis Baffour, Hyun Soo Ko Radiology Journalism Fellows

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milla1cf Thu, 11/16/2023 - 13:16 November 16, 2023 — The American Roentgen Ray Society ( ARRS ) is pleased to announce Francis Baffour of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, as the 2024 Melvin M. Catanzano | 2005 FIGLEY FELLOW Wellness Summit: Defining a Well Day at Work Perry J. Figley Fellow in Radiology Journalism.

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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

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Clinical Question: Is IV cetirizine noninferior to IV diphenhydramine for the treatment of acute urticaria? PMID: 32653333 What They Did Multi-center, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 clinical trial with a parallel-group, active-controlled, non-inferiority design. Article: Abella BS et al. Ann Emerg Med 2020.