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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. I realized he was right.

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The Negativity Tendency

Ben White

The late Hans Rosling gave an amazingly popular TED talk back in 2006 (and many other popular talks since). Do you hear about the patients who recover uneventfully in the hospital? You may have seen it. It’s the one showing recent human progress by following counties over time as a series of bubbles. Not really. No, they do not.

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The Modified Valsalva Maneuver: Practical Treatment or Pointless Trick?

REBEL EM

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). Additionally, robust evidence supports using calcium channel blockers, which may have a more favorable side effect profile (Holdgate 2006).

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

REBEL EM

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). PMID: 8874253 Oosterheert JJ, Bonten MJ, Schneider MM. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). PMID: 17090560 Castro-Guardiola A et al. The American journal of medicine.

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Yellowcross Launches to Streamline Teleradiology Service Management

Imaging Technology

The two first worked together in 2006 at Nighthawk Radiology Services. Yellowcross works with hospitals, clinics, medical groups, and entrepreneurial physicians throughout the United States to develop focused service offerings to address radiologist shortages and provide specialty diagnostic services.

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The Feigned Complexity of Simple Things

Ben White

But the bottom line is that what Jos de Blok started back in 2006 is nothing short of extraordinary. Just last week I was at a hospital where they told me: We have our own sales team now. We have hospitals with commercial departments and procurement teams, all staffing people with no background in healthcare at all. It’s crazy!

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Radiation Oncology Leaders Awarded ASTRO Fellow Designation

Imaging Technology

Since its inception in 2006, the FASTRO designation has been awarded to just 450 of ASTRO’s 10,000 members worldwide. “On Joseph Hospital Harvey Mamon, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Loren K. Mell, MD, University of California San Diego Moyed Miften, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Laeton J.