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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. versus 2.4%.

Disease 76
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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

REBEL EM

Most common organism is Staph Aureus (36-67% of cases) ( Boody 2015 ). The degree of elevation does not predict disease severity. Other pathogens include: E. ESR and CRP are sensitive, yet not specific.

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CT-FFR shows how smoking affects heart volume-to-myocardial mass ratio

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We found that] current and former smoking were independently associated with lower [V/M] in participants with coronary artery disease," the group noted. But the effect smoking has on volume-to-myocardial mass ratio has not been thoroughly established.

Disease 86
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Weekend admission for TIPS procedure tied to higher mortality risk

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This relieves the pressure of blood flowing through the diseased liver and can help stop bleeding and fluid backup. The study included data collected between 2015 and 2020 from 6,658 patients who underwent TIPS procedures. TIPS is an interventional radiological procedure used to bypass the portal vein system.

Hospital 103
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REBEL Core Cast 85.0 – Superficial Venous Thrombosis

REBEL EM

Cosmi 2015 ) Risk factors of complications of SVT (such as propagation of clot into deep veins) include male gender, history of VTE, cancer, SVT in a non-varicose vein, large SVT >5 cm, or SVT involving the sapheno-femoral junction (SFJ). Risk factors for the development of SVT are similar to those of VTE.

Disease 52
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Mount Sinai Study Calls for Major Changes in the Way People With Comorbidities Are Selected by Physicians for Lung Cancer Screening

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It was prompted by the fact that smokers have an increased risk of not just lung cancer but complex comorbidities—including cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—from their tobacco exposure. That, the researchers said, is part of the problem.

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RSNA Announces Journal Impact Factors

Imaging Technology

The Society’s flagship journal, Radiology , is the world’s foremost journal for new, important and translatable discoveries in medical imaging research and provides meaningful information to medical imaging physicians and scientists aiming to improve health and reduce the burden of disease. It is the most cited journal in its field.