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Ultrasound use shifts among radiologists, nonphysician practitioners

AuntMinnie

Neiman Health Policy Institute in Reston, VA, found that office ultrasound services have been mostly performed by radiologists while hospital outpatient and inpatient services have been performed more by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. from 2009 to 2021. in 2009 to 34.2% for the inpatient setting. and from 44.8%

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Imaging Gadolinium enhanced MRI – modality of choice, highly sensitive and specific ( Mylona 2009 ). 2009 Aug; 39(1):10-7. Cultured specimen narrows antibiotic coverage Urinalysis/Urine Culture –UTI is a frequent missed source of bacteremia (especially in diabetic patients). J Antimicrob Chemother. Semin Arthritis Rheum.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

AuntMinnie

She told AuntMinnie she feels fortunate to have worked in and gained experience in interventional radiology, the operating room, emergency department, and inpatient and outpatient radiology. She has been a dedicated educator and radiologic technologist since 2009. Kori Stewart, PhD.

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Artificial Intelligence Embedded Imaging Modality

The British Institute of Radiology

As we all know, X-rays need to be reported by radiologist or reporting radiographers, but often clinicians make clinical decision before these inpatient portable x-rays reports are finalised and available on the hospital system, especially if quick intervention is required.

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Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient

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Int J Emerg Med 2009 PMID: 20157465 4. Intraosseous versus central venous catheter utilization and performance during inpatient medical emergencies. World J Emerg Surg 2023 PMID: 36918947 3. Ngo AS, Oh JJ, Chen Y, Yong D, Ong MEH. Intraosseous vascular access in adults using the EZ-IO in an emergency department. Trauma 1996.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

Crit Care Explor. 2022 Feb 8; PMID: 35156050 Higgins TL et al. Prospective validation of the intensive care unit admission Mortality Probability Model (MPM0-III). Crit Care Med. PMID: 19325480 Gajic O, et al. Early identification of patients at risk of acute lung injury: evaluation of lung injury prediction score in a multicenter cohort study.