Imaging Technology

MARCH 15, 2024

“Imaging surveillance rather than surgery is a reasonable approach for radial scars without atypia, particularly for those presenting as calcifications,” wrote coauthor Manisha Bahl, MD, MPH, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Patients without surgical excision or at least 2 years of imaging follow-up after CNB were excluded.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Louis, MO, and stayed on as Washington University faculty for 15 years before joining the Mayo Clinic-Arizona in 2013 as professor of radiology. Under a long-standing agreement between the state and the federal government, all Maryland hospitals receive a single, annual global payment for their services, similar to capitation.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2024

For commercial providers and hospital pathology departments alike, it offers a route to meet growing demand. The flexibility and efficiency improvement it delivers (up to 21% greater efficiency [1] than traditional analog workflows) help mitigate today’s chronic shortage of trained pathologists as well as reducing costs.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval.

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REBEL EM

MAY 11, 2023

History of liver disease, history of substance abuse disorder, and history of delirium tremens were also extracted from the hospital EMR. 11 of those were admitted to the hospital. J Emerg Med 2013 , 44 (3), 592-598.e592. Am J Emerg Med 2013 , 31 (4), 734-742. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.07.056 5) Stehman, C.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 11, 2024

One of the first studies, by Kanda et al in 2013, found higher signal intensity in the brains of patients who received gadolinium contrast; Kanda confirmed the results with a follow-up study in 2015, and the findings were replicated by McDonald et al that same year.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

It can be used to distinguish between various conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acute heart failure (AHF), pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and pneumonia [2,3]. thus prolonging their hospital stay and increasing readmission rates.

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Aidoc

JULY 5, 2023

AI for CAC Emergent cardiovascular diseases strain hospital resources, but one of the most useful, non-invasive tools in predicting the likelihood of coronary artery disease – CAC scoring delivered through chest CT – is frequently not leveraged effectively for proactive disease management.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, management continues to be debated and may lead to unnecessary hospitalization. Previous studies regarding ambulatory management included randomized trials that lacked adequate power, and recently, a 2013 systematic review that, although showed promise in the ambulatory approach, had poor data quality with a high risk of bias.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 18, 2022

Fletcher, MD, FACEP and Nicholas Slattery, MD Background: Diverticulitis is a common finding amongst Emergency Department patients, accounting for more than 360,000 visits in 2013 alone 1. 14/238 patients in the antibiotic group required hospitalization, compared to 8/242 in the non-antibiotic group (2.58% difference, 95% CI 6.32

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The nonprofit commission was founded in 1951 and currently accredits some 19,000 organizations, including hospitals, physicians' offices, disease-specific care programs, stroke centers, and healthcare staffing services in the U.S. California will implement even stricter requirements beginning in January 2013.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 29, 2024

Am J Cardiol 2013. in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 selection bias) Unclear therapies prior to lytics (i.e. to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below). JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2018. PMID: 30025734 Sharifi M et al.

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REBEL EM

MAY 15, 2024

Pathogens ( Gudiol 2013 ) : The pathogens responsible for neutropenic fever have changed over time. Follow your hospital’s protocol (if available). High Risk Patients will need hospitalization and IV antibiotics. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Raad, II, et al., Gibson C, Berliner N.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 12, 2024

Hospitals should be cautious in deciding to put their efforts towards them when the data from this trial has actually shown that it works in a diversified patient population such as that which exists in the United States.

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REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Background: Coronary artery disease can result in hibernating myocardium (chronic myocardial contractile dysfunction) due to ischemia. The theory is that there is reduced coronary blood flow and increased myocardial demand resulting in impaired contractility. OMT: 38.0% HR 0.99; 95% CI 0.78 to 1.27; p = 0.96 OMT: 38.0% HR 0.99; 95% CI 0.78

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

a medical student at Boston University School of Medicine and researcher at the Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center (CIRC) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Deep learning is an advanced type of AI that can be trained to search X-ray images to find patterns associated with disease.

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Ben White

JUNE 30, 2023

to be exact) that the patient actually has the disease. It should be a very simple problem for professionals who rely on diagnostic tests for a living: in a sample of 10,000 people, 10 have the disease and get a true positive result; 5 percent, or 500, will get a false positive; out of 510 people who test positive, only 10, or 1.96

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In a review of imaging from 1,322 cases, radiologic evidence of intimate partner violence was often present months or years before it was first self-reported, noted presenter Patrick Lenehan, MD, PhD, a clinical fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Intimate partner violence is a serious public health concern, with recent U.S.

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects an estimated 300,000 infants born worldwide each year and has a total estimated prevalence of 100,000 in the United States alone ( Piel 2017 ). saline affect hospital-free days by day 30? Lactated Ringer (LR) and 0.9%

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 14, 2025

8, 2025 The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimers Association have released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for amyloid and tau PET imaging in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimers disease and other dementias. tim.hodson Tue, 01/14/2025 - 16:48 Jan.8, Since then, the U.S.

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Global Radiology CME

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Interventional approaches to gallbladder disease. A transperitoneal route is favored in patients with coagulopathy or diffuse liver disease [1]. 2013;(8): CD007088. He has held several leadership positions including Board Member and Chief of Staff at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles, California. N Engl J Med.

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