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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors. MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics.

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The DINAMO Study: Efficacy and Safety of Non-Antibiotic Outpatient Treatment in Mild Acute Diverticulitis

REBEL EM

Additionally, several recent clinical trials have offered a challenge to the long-held dogmatic belief of antibiotic necessity 3,4. PMID: 34183510 [ Access on Read by QxMD ] Clinical Question : Is it necessary to prescribe antibiotics to all patients undergoing outpatient management for mild diverticulitis as identified on CT scan?

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The Promise of Automation in Radiation Oncology

The British Institute of Radiology

Radiation oncology clinics face numerous challenges in the present environment, including the simultaneous management of multiple tasks (many of which are manual in nature), various degrees of standardisation, and the potential for errors to impact patient treatment. per week for curative diseases. April 2012. doi:10.12927/hcq.2012.22845

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The ED Guide to Neuroimaging: Part 1

Northwestern EM

When evaluating a CT brain the following, certain cisterns have clinical relevance for potential herniation syndromes, layering of subarachnoid blood, and/or the significant structures that run through them. RadioGraphics, 1998; 18(1):151-163 3. Neurovascular Diseases. In Clinical Neuroanatomy, 28th Edition (2013).

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REBEL Core Cast 94.0 – SBO

REBEL EM

There is no history or physical exam feature that rules out the disease Lactate elevation is a late finding in SBO. Examples: adhesions, neoplasms, inflammatory disease (i.e. There is no history or physical exam feature that rules out the disease Lactate elevation is a late finding in SBO.

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The RAMPP Trial: Randomised Ambulatory Management of Primary Pneumothorax

REBEL EM

PMID: 32622394 Clinical Question: Can ambulatory management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax reduce the length of hospitalization? Patients were observed for 1-2 hours for clinical stability, and placement was confirmed with a chest x-ray. Paper: Hallifax RJ et al. 2020;396(10243):39-49.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

AJNR

Patient demographics, aneurysm characteristics, surgical procedures, and clinical outcomes were analyzed. The authors examined the survival outcomes and dosimetry to critical structures in patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for ≥ 25 metastases in a single session or cumulatively over the course of their disease.

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