REBEL EM

APRIL 17, 2023

Background: The increased utility and accessibility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has allowed clinicians the freedom to rethink their diagnostic approach for many common diseases, including peritonsillar abscess (PTA). Question: How well does the US perform in diagnosing PTA compared to CT, needle aspiration, or Incision and Drainage?

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Bottom Line Up Top: In selective patients presenting with flank pain, we can diagnose renal colic without a CT scan. What Your Gut Says: We need a CT report to diagnose a kidney stone. What The Evidence Says: Many clinicians feel that CT imaging is required to diagnose a patient with renal colic. N Engl J Med.

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Manipal Hospitals Radiology Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

Now in 2019, in Circulation, the Guidelines on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease by American College of Cardiology (ACC)/ American Heart Association (AHA) recommend considering CAC scores in decision making to assess risk. They go on to state borderline to intermediate risk patients with CAC=0 do not need statin therapy. There was 0.98

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Radiology Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Tomography originates from the Greek words ‘tomos’, meaning ‘slice’ or ‘section’, and ‘graphia’, meaning ‘description of’. In the 1960s computers were increasingly available and more powerful and in 1971, the first computed tomography (CT) scan was performed on a patient. Computer diagnosis of primary bone tumor.

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AJNR

MAY 16, 2023

doi:10.1007/s11910-023-01250-w Paraneoplastic neurologic disorders are heterogeneous autoimmune diseases occurring in the context of a non-nervous system cancer (solid organ or hematologic). The National Cancer Database was queried for pediatric patients who were diagnosed with CNS tumors from 2004 to 2018. 2023;(January).

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Northwestern EM

JANUARY 6, 2020

Retrieved from [link] References National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Last Update: September 14, 2018. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in emergency assessment of patients with suspected acute stroke: a prospective comparison.

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