REBEL EM

AUGUST 30, 2023

Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors. MRI is key to diagnosis, obtain this imaging in all patients who raise clinical suspicion Patients with hemodynamic instability and neurologic compromise warrant empiric antibiotics.

Myelogram 103

Myelogram MRI Disease Bone Scan 103

REBEL EM

DECEMBER 5, 2022

PMID: 35579504 Clinical Question: Is short-course antibiotic therapy, for 3–5 days, safe and effective in children with community-acquired pneumonia stable for outpatient management, compared to the current guidelines of 7–10 days? requiring inpatient treatment) Intervention: Shorter antibiotic treatment duration (3–5 days).

X-ray 52

X-ray Hospital Clinic IT 52

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 5, 2024

The ACR MR safety guidelines cited a Danish Medical Agency report from Denmark and Austria in which 5% of patients who underwent MRI with Omniscan were eventually diagnosed with NSF. But Berlin cautioned that the lack of definitive answers in NSF may make informed consent a moot point. It can't be a generic or a standing order.

Disease 116

Disease MRI Radiologist IT 116

REBEL EM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Short-Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children: The SCOUT Randomized Clinical Trial. What They Did: Study Design: Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non inferiority clinical trial. Investigators assessed clinical outcomes via 2 in-person visits on days 11–14 and days 24–30. JAMA Pediatr.

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IT Clinic Inpatient Hospital 80

AJNR

MAY 16, 2023

Main reasons for DAWN ineligibility were the absence of clinical-imaging-mismatch, low baseline NIHSS score (ie, <10 points), and premorbid functional disability (ie, mRS score >1 point). 14432 RCVS is a cerebrovascular phenomenon that presents clinically as recurrent TCHs predominantly affecting females. 2 figures, 4 tables 2.

Computed Tomography 40

Computed Tomography Inpatient Insurance MRI 40