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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors. MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics.

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

AuntMinnie

In 2006 the U.S. The FDA's first advisory in early 2006 stated that "worldwide, there are approximately 200 reports of NSF," with a December update of "90 patients with moderate to end-stage kidney disease who developed NSF after they had an MRI or MRA with a gadolinium-based contrast agent." Louis hospital. staining methods.

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