AuntMinnie

MARCH 19, 2024

Cook is a cardiovascular radiologist who is board-certified in clinical informatics. Maybe the best model for this is to ask the laboratory pathologists," Schnall added, "the whole process under [Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments] CLIA that they go through to document and validate systems. Thomas’ Hospitals.

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Vesta Teleradiology

JANUARY 26, 2023

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an ultrasound-based diagnostic tool used in clinical settings that uses sound waves to create images allowing doctors to see inside the body without having to do surgery or other invasive procedures. Since 2012 , however, emergency medicine program accreditation requires competency in POCUS.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Choi and colleagues sought to validate the updated version of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial 2012 (PLCOm2012) -- a risk prediction model based primarily on White individuals -- across races and ethnicities in the U.S., comparing it to the USPSTF's 2021 recommendation.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 18, 2022

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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Global Radiology CME

JULY 25, 2021

Treatment can vary from clinical monitoring, pharmacological therapy, or surgery, depending on the severity and clinical symptoms [4]. Published 2012 Jan 23. Rarer causes include rheumatic disease, congenital, myxomatous degeneration, endocarditis, or pulmonary hypertension [3]. J Med Case Rep. Eur Heart J. 2017;38(9):634-638.

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REBEL EM

MAY 25, 2023

Clinical Take Home Point: In patients with TBI and hypovolemic shock, target a SBP or MAP ≥90mmHg, but know this is based on limited evidence. mental status, urine output, capillary refill) is more important than an actual goal PERMISSIVE HYPOTENSTION IN PTS WITH TBI Brotfain E et al. NEJM 1994. [2]

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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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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

PET/CT scans used to visualize findings in men with recurrent prostate cancer may also help assess their risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published January 22 in Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. Among the patients, there were 98 MACE events in 74 patients (21%).

Disease 112

Disease Clinic Hospital Imaging 112

REBEL EM

AUGUST 7, 2023

The authors of the AID-ICU study aim to determine whether haloperidol leads to a significantly greater number of days alive and out of the hospital at 90 days than placebo in ICU patients with delirium. Paper: Andersen-Ranberg NC,et al; AID-ICU Trial Group. Haloperidol for the Treatment of Delirium in ICU Patients. N Engl J Med. 2022 Dec 29.

Hospital 52

Hospital Clinic Medical IT 52

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

grams/kg on day 3 of treatment Patients with a single episode of SBP should be considered for antibiotic prophylaxis (with norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin or TMP/SMX) ( Runyon 2012 ) Take Home Points SBP is a difficult diagnosis to make because presentations are variable. Management of Adult Patients with Ascites Due to Cirrhosis: Update 2012.

Diagnostic 52

Diagnostic Hospital Disease Clinic 52

REBEL EM

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, management continues to be debated and may lead to unnecessary hospitalization. PMID: 32622394 Clinical Question: Can ambulatory management of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax reduce the length of hospitalization? Often patients are otherwise young and healthy. Paper: Hallifax RJ et al.

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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. 2012 Jul 6;16(4):R117. Discussion: Dead On Scene: The 96.2%

Basic Life Support 52

Basic Life Support Hospital IT Healthcare 52

REBEL EM

DECEMBER 28, 2022

One clinical trial demonstrates that afebrile UTI can be treated successfully with antibiotics for seven days in women, but that seven days is inferior to 14 days during short-term follow-up and non-inferior during long-term follow-up (van Nieuwkoop, 2017). Conducted at 2 US Veterans Affairs medical centers from 2012–2019.

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