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

AuntMinnie

In 2007, our top article offered a deep dive into the association of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) with gadolinium-based contrast agents. Louis hospital. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the first U.S.

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Lung Abnormality Progression Linked to Acute Respiratory Disease in Smokers

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associate physician in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and postdoctoral fellow at the Applied Chest Imaging Laboratory, Harvard Medical School in Boston. “In Severe acute respiratory disease episodes require an emergency room visit or hospitalization. “We

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Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women

AuntMinnie

The retrospective study included data collected between 2007 and 2019 from 4,150 women in this age range who underwent 4,448 screening mammograms. Consideration is needed for breast cancer screening in women younger than 40 years, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

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Interstitial lung abnormalities linked to respiratory disease risk

AuntMinnie

To this end, they conducted a study that included 3,972 participants with a 10-pack-year or greater smoking history who underwent a baseline chest CT exam and a follow-up exam five years later between November 2007 and July 2017 (patient data was part of the COPDGene study).

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E-cigarette users less likely to undergo lung cancer screening

AuntMinnie

Electronic cigarettes entered the market in 2007, and, as of 2021, had become the second most used tobacco product among American adults, the group noted. Individuals who use e-cigarettes are less likely to undergo lung cancer screening (LCS), researchers have reported.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine The second finalist is Elliot Fishman, MD, a category for which he took the trophy in 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2017. Deng is lauded internationally as an educator.

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REBEL Core Cast 118.0 – IM vs PO NSAIDs

REBEL EM

IM ketorolac will provide better pain relief and the patient will be happier with her care since she got an ‘injection’ and, after all, she did come all the way to the hospital. A 2007 review of the literature concluded that there was no difference in analgesia between IM ketorolac and PO ibuprofen ( Arora 2007 ).

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