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Deep-Learning Chest Radiograph Model Predicts Mortality for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Imaging Technology

In this AJR accepted manuscript , a DL model was developed in 7,105 patients via one institution from March 2013 to December 2019 (3:1:1 allocation to training, validation, and internal test sets) to predict risk of all-cause mortality within 30 days after CAP diagnosis using patients’ initial chest radiograph. CURB-65 score). “The

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Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

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Reading Time: 8 minutes read By Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin. In May 2021, St James’s Hospital in Dublin was one of 54 public hospitals affected when the Health Service Executive (HSE) was the victim of a Cyber Attack by Conti, a sophisticated, financially-motivated criminal gang.

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Susanna I. Lee, MD, PhD, Named Editor of New RSNA Open Access Journal

Imaging Technology

Specializing in abdominal radiology, Dr. Lee is chief of women’s imaging and officer of mentored research in the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital ( MGH ) and associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston. “I The journal will be published in partnership with Oxford University Press.

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Lisfranc Fracture Dislocation

Global Radiology CME

A) AP radiograph of Lisfranc Fracture Dislocation demonstrates the circled “fleck sign” or Lisfranc ligament avulsion fracture fragment. (B) C) The lateral radiograph notes with a circle, the dorsal sub dislocation of the metatarsal base. Radiographs should be repeated after two weeks to ensure surgery is unnecessary.

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The DINAMO Study: Efficacy and Safety of Non-Antibiotic Outpatient Treatment in Mild Acute Diverticulitis

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Additionally, several recent clinical trials have offered a challenge to the long-held dogmatic belief of antibiotic necessity 3,4. Annals of Surgery, 2021. Follow-up assessments included physical examination, evaluation of the clinical evolution of patient’s symptoms, and assessment of adherence to the treatment regimen.

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Capsule Retention Following Capsule Endoscopy

Global Radiology CME

Frontal abdomen radiograph demonstrates foreign body consistent with capsule endoscopy device (pill cam) in descending colon. Approximately 2% of all capsule endoscopies result in CR [ 2 ] The clinical indication for capsule endoscopy is correlated with different rates of CR. Xray of the Week Figure 1. Gastrointest Endosc.

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Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

Global Radiology CME

KUB indicates kidneys, ureter, and bladder (plain abdominal radiograph); CT, computed tomography; and PCD, percutaneous catheter drainage. Date of download: 7/25/2021 EPN is a life-threatening condition that warrants an immediate treatment. Clinical features and prognostic factors of emphysematous urinary tract infection.