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Clinical practice LCS program finds more disease than NLST

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Over a five-year period, a clinical practice lung cancer screening program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, found more disease than did the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), researchers have reported. It also found more stage IV disease, wrote a team led by Kyle Lafata, PhD. “As versus 2.4%. Specificity 83.8%

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

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Clinical Scenario: A 45-year-old woman with hypertension presents with a productive cough and fever. Additionally, multiple studies demonstrate increased harm with IV antibiotics such as increased rate of diarrhea ( Haran 2014 ), complications from IV placement ( Li 2015 ), and increased length of stay or cost ( Lorgelly 2010 ).

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AuntMinnie 2015: CMS issues final CT lung cancer screening approval

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Our top article in 2015 reported on the momentous CMS decision on CT lung cancer screening reimbursement. healthcare owing to the vast scope of the disease. New articles will be published each Monday until our official anniversary at RSNA 2024. In a major victory for individuals at high risk for lung cancer, the U.S.

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CT imaging markers flag diabetes, cardiometabolic disease risk

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"The results are encouraging as they demonstrate the potential of expanding the role of CT imaging from conventional disease diagnosis to opportunistic proactive screening," study senior author Seungho Ryu, MD, PhD, also of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, said in a statement released by the RSNA.

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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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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GE HealthCare Announces FES PET Imaging Recommendation in NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines)

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Currently, when treating metastatic breast cancer patients, oncologists base clinical decisions on diagnostic tools including biopsy results which only represent the sampled area of the tumor. GE HealthCare’s Cerianna , available in the U.S., is the only FDA approved FES PET imaging agent. In the U.S.,

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Houston radiologist to pay $8.8M in fraud case

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According to the claim, beginning in 2015, Andrew Gomes , MD, allegedly offered physicians who invested in his clinics returns in dividends if they referred patients for treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani in an August 20 statement.