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AuntMinnie 2006: How 64-slice CT saved my life: A radiologist's story

AuntMinnie

In 2006, our top article shared the story of a radiologist whose life was saved by a 64-slice CT scanner just installed at the hospital he worked at. So Benjamin Roach, MD, was truly excited when his facility, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, KY, decided to purchase a new CT scanner.

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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. It certainly doesn't help matters that the disease has been linked to gadolinium-based contrast agents, a ubiquitous tool in the MR armamentarium. In 2006 the U.S. Louis hospital. Accessed 3/5/2007.

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The Modified Valsalva Maneuver: Practical Treatment or Pointless Trick?

REBEL EM

Most secondary outcomes were disease-oriented with an unclear clinical significance. Generally, adenosine has a favorable safety profile, with mostly minor side effects (Holdgate 2006). These rates are significantly lower than those in other research (Holdgate 2006). 2006;(4):CD005154. Published 2006 Oct 18.

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

REBEL EM

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2006; 333(7580):1193. The use of oral temafloxacin compared with a parenteral cephalosporin in hospitalized patients with pneumonia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006(2). 1997; 24(3):457-67. 2001; 111(5):367-74.

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ISMRM: Higher BMI measures translate to poorer brain health

AuntMinnie

Presenter Han Lv, PhD, of Beijing Friendship Hospital in China and colleagues found high BMI to be causally associated with smaller brain volume and abnormal microstructural integrity in projection fibers, especially in adults under the age of 45.

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From Awareness to Action: How the Brain Aneurysm Foundation Is Advocating for Change

Aidoc

Even though one in 50 people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm, awareness of the disease – both among medical professionals and the public – trails other pathologies with similar prevalence, including heart disease ( one in 20 adults ) and stroke ( one in 416 adults ).

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Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma

Global Radiology CME

Both tissue diagnosis of malignancy and clinical evidence of inflammatory disease are required to confirm the diagnosis of IBC [3]. Around 3-6 months and most commonly within 3 months into the disease progression, changes of the skin and development of an underlying mass will be appreciated and are used to validate the diagnosis.