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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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Diagnostic Radiology: Musculoskeletal and Breast Imaging. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2014 Winters ME, Kluetz P et al. Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Spinal Epidural Abscess: An Evidence-based Review. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Jul;28(6):E316-27 PMID: 26079841 Chowdhury V, Gupta A, Khandelwal N. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Aug; 39(1):10-7.

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

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1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. CIWA scores or some other more universal diagnostic tool for alcohol withdrawal were not routinely used s o we have no idea why one patient got more than another. 2) Schuckit, M.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

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for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study. Two independent reviewers did a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies that used different versions of the Boston criteria against the reference standard of neuropathologically proven CAA. Lancet Neurol 2022;21:714–25.

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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. 0000000000002192 The authors investigated inpatient mortality after conservative management of large aSDHs. Neurosurgery. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000002192