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Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

REBEL EM

JANUARY 18, 2024

PMID: 35387313 Clinical Question: Do prehospital antibiotics impact 28 day mortality, length of stay in the hospital and ICU length of stay for patients triggering sepsis compared to usual care (No prehospital antibiotics)? Clinical Take Home Point: Cutting corners to speed up time is not always a good thing in medicine.

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PET/CT predicts brain tumors in melanoma patients

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a retrospective study, a team at the University Hospital Salzburg in Austria studied baseline F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging parameters in patients with melanoma and found they were associated with the development of metastatic brain tumors. A 49-year-old patient with primary clinical stage III melanoma underwent F-18 FDG-PET.

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Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

Everything Rad

JUNE 28, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes read By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. In May 2021, St James’s Hospital in Dublin was one of 54 public hospitals affected when the Health Service Executive (HSE) was the victim of a Cyber Attack by Conti, a sophisticated, financially-motivated criminal gang.

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AI helps select patients for supplemental breast cancer screening

AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

In clinical practice, individuals with very high AISmartDensity score may benefit from supplemental screening tests to enhance early detection,” the authors wrote. The researchers noted that their model is currently acting as a postscreening reader in a randomized clinical trial to flag high-risk mammograms for supplemental MRI.

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REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

REBEL EM

MARCH 6, 2024

Practice parameters for the clinical evaluation and treatment of circadian rhythm sleep disorders. 2008 Jul 1;31(7):table of contents. Morgenthaler TI et al; Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. 2007 Nov;30(11):1445-59. doi: 10.1093/sleep/30.11.1445.

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REBEL Core Cast 125.0 – Hyperkalemia

REBEL EM

JUNE 26, 2024

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008; 3:324–330. Crit Care Med 2008; 36: 3246-51. Definition: A serum potassium level > 5.5 patients can jump from peaked T waves to sine wave) Management Basics: ABCs, IV, O 2 , Cardiac Monitor and, 12-lead EKG Identify + treat underlying cause of hyperkalemia (i.e. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002; 17: 1639-42.

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07-20-23 Veterinary E-News Magazine

Diagnostic Imaging Systems

JULY 20, 2023

Read More EPA decides controversial flea collars can stay on the market By: Lisa Wogan Both manufacturer and collar critics claim vindication in Seresto safety review Read More CANINE NEWS Distinguishing normal vs abnormal behaviors in dogs By: Julia Burke Plus, how to address those that are normal but still a nuisance Read More Over 5,250 working (..)

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REBEL Core Cast 89.0 – Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

mg/dL, BUN > 30 mg/dL or Total bilirubin > 4 mg/dL) Read More Oyama LC: Disorders of the liver and biliary tract, in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. The benefit of paracentesis on hospitalized adults with cirrhosis and ascites. Louis, Mosby, Inc.,

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Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

Nevertheless, mortality of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), and survivability with good neurologic outcome, remain the gold standards of trauma care in and out of the hospital and are effectively the criterion by which we measure outcomes in the trauma literature. 2008 Apr 22;178(9):1141-52. 2011;15(6):276. 2005, 20: 265-70.

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Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

Global Radiology CME

JULY 25, 2021

In severe cases or patients who do not respond to PCD, treatment with nephrectomy can lead to clinical and radiological improvement (Fig. Clinical features and prognostic factors of emphysematous urinary tract infection. Acute gas-producing bacterial renal infection: correlation between imaging findings and clinical outcome.

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Don’t Become Obsolete: The EM Physician’s Fight Against Procedural Decay

REBEL EM

JULY 20, 2023

INTRODUCTION You’re moonlighting in a remote access hospital. Combating this decay simply cannot happen through standard clinical practice. Absolute clinical skill decay in the medical, nursing and allied health professions: a scoping review protocol. EMS radios in for a burn patient and to anticipate a difficult airway.

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REBEL Core Cast 117.0 – Infections of Pregnancy

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Chorioamnionitis is a bacterial infection of fetal amnion and chorion membranes. Triple antibiotic coverage is recommended. Suggested regimens include: Ampicillin AND Gentamicin AND Clindamycin OR Metronidazole Update tetanus vaccination Usually requires dilation and curettage to remove any retained products of conception or foreign bodies.

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Podcast: Leading the way to tuition-free medical school opportunities

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

What Grossman shares is timely as many hospital leaders today face financial crisis and confront modern healthcare dilemmas. "In He continued, "I had an opportunity on Long Island to do a full asset merger with what was then called Winthrop Hospital. Thomas’ Hospitals. Listen now.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

REBEL EM

MAY 15, 2024

Follow your hospital’s protocol (if available). High Risk Patients will need hospitalization and IV antibiotics. 2008 Sep;1138:329-50. This will have been formulated based on local resistance patterns and likely with input from your institution’s oncologists. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1196/annals.1414.035.

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