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Weekend admission for TIPS procedure tied to higher mortality risk

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found that cirrhosis patients admitted over the weekend for TIPS procedures exhibited higher incidences of mortality, hepatic encephalopathy, acute kidney injury, and transfers to alternate hospital facilities. They also experienced longer times from admission to surgery, extended hospital stays, and higher overall hospital costs.

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Jury awards woman $7.6M in breast cancer diagnosis-related malpractice case

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The case dates to 2015, when Kentuckian Kimberly Johnson received an erroneous letter from the local hospital stating that she was cancer-free.

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Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient

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In these situations, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) of 2015 recommend the intraosseous (IO) route after the peripheral route and before the central venous route ( 1). Many clinicians don’t consider IO placement while others consider it a last resort or only a pre-hospital procedure.

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Customized support reduces CT, MRI order errors

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The statistic underscores a need to improve the imaging exam ordering process, particularly for CT and MR imaging, which would not only benefit patients but also radiologists, wrote a team led by Ariadne DeSimone, MD, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year

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University of Virginia At the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine, Colin Derdeyn, MD, a stroke care specialist from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, was appointed chair of the UVA Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, UVA Health announced in October 2023.

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Minimally Invasive Procedure May Spare Patients from Thyroid Surgery

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director of interventional medicine at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. Researchers looked at 775 patients with ultrasound-detected multifocal Stage I PTC treated with microwave ablation or surgery across 10 centers between May 2015 and December 2021.

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ECR: Coronal reconstruction on ABUS helps avoid false negatives

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The fact that ABUS is capable of this 3D technique differentiates it from handheld ultrasound, said presenter Elizabet Nikolova, MD, of University Hospital of Zürich in Switzerland. They conducted a study that included 1,219 women who underwent ABUS between October 2015 and October 2018.