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AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

AuntMinnie

Our top article in 2014 reported on the financial benefits of health information exchanges. CT scanners physically located in the ED itself), or perhaps greater stress on staff resources in EDs that see more patients, thus leading to more intensive reliance on diagnostic technology," the authors wrote. "In

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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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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

REBEL EM

1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. 1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. 5 Paper: Lebin J et al.

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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. infield gross target volume [GTV] within the 60-Gy isodose line and infield clinical target volume [CTV] within the 46-Gy isodose line); marginal, within 2 cm of the 46-Gy isodose line; and distant, all outside the 46-Gy isodose line.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, May 2023

AJNR

This was a cohort study of adults with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion admitted between 6 and 24 hours after last-seen-well at 5 participating Swiss stroke centers between 2014 and 2021. 14432 RCVS is a cerebrovascular phenomenon that presents clinically as recurrent TCHs predominantly affecting females. 2023;63(1):168-172.