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REBEL Core Cast 116.0 – Achilles Tendon Rupture

REBEL EM

Take Home Points Achilles tendon rupture is a clinical diagnosis. You will notice the squeeze will cause no motion if there is a full rupture/tear, and diminished motion if there is a partial tear Performance Characteristics ( Garras 2012 ) Sensitivity Specificity (+) LR (-) LR 96-100% 93-100% 13.7 Coll Antropol. 2007; 31:279-284.

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REBEL Core Cast 94.0 – SBO

REBEL EM

J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2012; 73(5): S362-9. There is no history or physical exam feature that rules out the disease Lactate elevation is a late finding in SBO. A normal lactate does not rule out the diagnosis Plain X-rays perform poorly in making or ruling out the diagnosis. Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2010, (Ch) 92: p 1216-1227.

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Medical Imaging Response Criteria: Morphological Measures

Median

Different types of medical imaging response criteria: morphological measures In oncology clinical trials, therapy is generally assessed using imaging response criteria involving imaging biomarkers. criteria, and therefore is the most used metric to assess efficacy in oncology clinical trials for solid tumors.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, April 2023

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The severity of tremor was evaluated using the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor (CRST) score pre- and postoperatively, and its correlation with RSNs was examined. MRI before and after a gadolinium-based contrast agent is the preferred imaging modality for evaluating brain tumors. 4 figures, 1 table 5. Spine Journal.

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Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging

Northwestern EM

3] To identify a causative vascular lesion, which may or may not be amenable or contraindicatory to thrombolysis Non-Contrast Head CT NCCT is usually the first imaging modality obtained in the acute evaluation for stroke. In Fitzgerald’s Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience. Within the thrombolysis window (<4.5 Mancall EL.