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Three Key Takeaways from the 2023 PERT Consortium

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Reflecting on the engaging sessions, we appreciated the rich discourse on recent developments in PE risk stratification, diagnostic algorithms and therapeutic modalities. A recurring theme was the potential role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in leveraging the enriched datasets from these studies to augment diagnostic precision.

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Attracting and Retaining Radiology Staff

Everything Rad

Marion Anderson, CRA, Diagnostic Imaging Manager at Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, Michigan reports that her facility is down two-thirds of staff for CT and mammography exams. We need to providing imaging 24/7 for outpatient and inpatient facilities; it’s becoming critical,” she said. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Short Course Antibiotics for Peds CAP: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

REBEL EM

requiring inpatient treatment) Intervention: Shorter antibiotic treatment duration (3–5 days). Chest X-ray is by no means a perfect diagnostic test, but an abnormal chest x-ray adds certainty that the population being studied, at minimum, has pneumonia. 2022;e215547. Clin Infect Dis. PMID: 34726708 Williams DJ et al.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

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for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study. Two independent reviewers did a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy studies that used different versions of the Boston criteria against the reference standard of neuropathologically proven CAA. Lancet Neurol 2022;21:714–25.

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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

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1 Some patients receive excessive radiation doses without diagnostic benefit, needlessly increasing their personal risk of developing cancer. 2022 Feb; 302(2):380-389. National Quality Forum, Patient Safety, Fall 2021 Cycle: CDP Report, Technical Report, September 26, 2022. 2 Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD.

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University of Washington CT expert offers contrast conservation tips

AuntMinnie

The impetus to conserve CT contrast has been prompted in part by a 2022 supply chain disruption that made GE HealthCare 's (GEHC) Omnipaque agent scarce due to a lockdown of the company's Shanghai production facility. "It It's exciting to get great diagnostic images with less contrast to our patients," she said.

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Pediatric UTIs: Short-Course vs. Standard-Course Antibiotics — Is It Time for a Change?

REBEL EM

Enrollment: Recruited patients from primary care offices, emergency departments, and inpatient wards at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Yet, in practice, clinicians ubiquitously treat patients based on probability and risk assessment when diagnostics are unavailable.

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