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Radiology suffers in missile attack on Kyiv pediatric hospital

AuntMinnie

X-ray and ultrasound machines were badly damaged in a rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital on July 8, according to radiologist Stanislav Rebenkov, MD. Rebenkov has been head of radiology at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital since 2020. Broken glass and damaged equipment are found throughout the hospital.

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Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

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PMID: 35387313 Clinical Question: Do prehospital antibiotics impact 28 day mortality, length of stay in the hospital and ICU length of stay for patients triggering sepsis compared to usual care (No prehospital antibiotics)? to 0.97; p = 0.02 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26 to 0.97; p = 0.02 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26

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Jury awards woman $7M after radiologist misread leaves her blind at age 23

Radiology Business

The case dates to November 2020 when Allison Mitchell was admitted at Saint Vincent Hospital for a headache that led to her losing consciousness.

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American Shared Hospital Services mourns passing of CEO

AuntMinnie

American Shared Hospital Services (ASHS) is mourning the sudden passing of its CEO, Peter Gaccione. He also served at Elekta between 1997 to 2020; when he left there he was functioning as that firm’s president and CEO. Gaccione was named CEO in March 2023 after serving briefly as ASHS’s chief operating officer (COO).

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Mount Zion is Once Again an Inpatient Hospital Where Imaging Plays an Important Role

UCSF Biomedical Imaging

The resumption of in-patient care at Mount Zion Hospital in 2020 after many years as an outpatient site presented an opportunity for imaging expansion.

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Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

AuntMinnie

Al-Ogaili's research used data from cardiac CT CPT codes culled from the Part B Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File (POSPUF) database between 2013 and 2020. The team tracked volumes by provider type (cardiologists, radiologists, and "other") and practice setting (hospital and nonhospital). Hospital setting Radiologists 52% 58.3%

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The EMERGE Trial: Emergency vs Delayed Catheterization in Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Background: Previous observational studies published in 2015 (Geri 2015)(Vyas 2015) indicated that early cardiac catheterization in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) might improve mortality and result in more favorable neurological outcomes. JAMA Cardiol. Published online June 08, 2022. 1.15; P= 0.32 1.15; P= 0.31