AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

VIENNA -- It's definitely possible to develop a successful cardiac imaging practice, according to a professional development presentation delivered February 28 at the ECR in Vienna. years of follow-up compared with CT imaging (2.1% vs. 3%) and major procedure-related complications during initial management (0.5%

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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.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 2, 2024

The availability of these offerings – including the MIM SurePlan and MIM Symphony families, MIM Maestro, MIM Encore, and more – is in alignment with GE HealthCare’s precision care strategy, which aims to deliver innovative digital solutions across care pathways for more precise, connected, and efficient care across disease states. "We

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 18, 2024

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)? Clinical Take Home Point: Cutting corners to speed up time is not always a good thing in medicine.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Proposed studies could focus on a range of areas including clinical outcome evaluations, testosterone kinetics, patient-reported outcomes, safety/adverse events, compliance/adherence and translational research. We are grateful that Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 6, 2024

Both CT and MRI enterography show promise for assessing the severity of Crohn's disease, researchers have reported. Fibrostenotic strictures increase the risk of disease complications and surgery in patients with Crohn's disease. Maximal associated small bowel dilation 0.74 Maximal stricture wall thickness 0.58

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

POSLUMA is indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy or with suspected recurrence based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. “PET Gauden , D.Phil.,

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Furthermore, fatigue has previously been linked to cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease via a similar brain network as that involved in long COVID, they wrote. Ultimately, further research is needed to establish a definitive link between reactive astrocytes and long COVID.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 29, 2024

PMID: 37188358 Clinical Question: What is the efficacy and safety of low-dose (25mg) prolonged administration (over 6hrs) of alteplase in patients with massive PE? Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Aykan AC et al. Reduced-Dose Systemic Fibrinolysis in Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Pilot Study. Clin Exp Emerg Med 2023.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 22, 2024

The company is investigating the potential of Cu-64 SAR-bisPSMA for PET imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive prostate cancer lesions for men with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy.

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Pharmaceutical Radiopharmaceuticals Disease Clinic 52

REBEL EM

JULY 26, 2023

The three main mechanisms that account for the clinical presentation of methylxanthine toxicity are: catecholamine release, adenosine antagonism, and phosphodiesterase inhibition. Clinical Manifestations Beta agonism will lead to hyperlactatemia, hypokalemia, hyperglycemia, and tachycardia. albuterol) and anti-cholinergics (ie.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

"Somebody on the other end of the spectrum might say a theranostics center represents a clinical practice where patients are administered a radiopharmaceutical, with any diagnostic imaging sent out to those who do diagnostic imaging, and then these patients are sent back for clinical care to their medical oncologist for all follow-up," he added.

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Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation Radiation Oncology 105

REBEL EM

AUGUST 14, 2023

Effect of an Herbal-Based Injection on 28-Day Mortality in Patients With Sepsis: The EXIT-SEP Randomized Clinical Trial. PMID: 37126332 Clinical Question: In adult patients diagnosed with sepsis, does XBJ reduce 28-day mortality when added to standard care compared to placebo? Article: Liu S, Yao C, Xie J, et al. JAMA Intern Med.

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The symptoms of mild, acute exposure are non-specific and can be confused with a variety of other disease processes including common viral syndromes. Goldbaum 1976 ) Clinical Manifestations Acute, mild toxicity presents non-specifically. Testing is done via co-oximetry which determines the amount of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood.

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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). Clinical evaluation may prove difficult since many PTA and peritonsillar cellulitis symptoms overlap.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 30, 2023

POSLUMA is indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy or with suspected recurrence based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level.

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REBEL EM

APRIL 29, 2024

CVC vs PIV The critically ill patient is often associated with pathology that makes IV access difficult such as shock state, hypovolemia, obesity, IV drug abuse, end-stage renal disease, cardiac arrest, as well as other conditions. Clinical Management of Intraosseous Access in Adults in Critical Situations for Health Professionals.

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Neuroradiology Cases

JULY 3, 2020

COVID 19 stands for Corona virus disease 2019. It’s a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2, SARS COV 2, a race of corona virus. Non-symptomatic carriers and asymptomatic transmission is a major cause of poor control over the disease. Older age is known for increased mortality.

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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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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

10, 2024 — NYU Langone Health recently launched a digital pathology program, transforming disease diagnosis from microscopes to high-definition images, shareable in real time across the hospital network. Hoda, MD, director of Digital Pathology, Clinical and Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology at NYU Langone. “As

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AuntMinnie

MAY 9, 2024

Fritz moderated a session titled "Seeing the Unseen: MRI in Traumatic Musculoskeletal Disease." Both images appear similar, with an identical representation of the fracture, illustrating the potential of UTE to create CT-like images and suggesting that both imaging modalities could be interchangeable in clinical practice.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 5, 2024

Imagine going in for a diagnostic MRI scan and coming out with a progressive, irreversible, and potentially fatal disease. It certainly doesn't help matters that the disease has been linked to gadolinium-based contrast agents, a ubiquitous tool in the MR armamentarium. In 2006 the U.S. report of NSF in 33 dialysis patients at a St.

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REBEL EM

JULY 3, 2023

PMID: 36442264 Clinical question: In adult patients with atrial fibrillation and aflutter, what is the effect of calcium and diltiazem on blood pressure compared to diltiazem alone? to 104) The diltiazem with calcium group had a higher percentage with chronic kidney disease and malignancy CKD: 8.6% Article: Rossi N et al.

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Hospital Disease Clinic Medical 98

REBEL EM

JULY 20, 2022

REBEL Core Cast 85.0 – Superficial Venous Thrombosis Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Definition: The presence of a clot in a superficial vein. Diagnosis Clinical diagnosis involves visualizing an area of redness and swelling and palpating a painful cord along the path of a vein. J Vasc Surg 1998, 27:338– 343.

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Imaging Technology

AUGUST 28, 2023

However, the incidence of major bleeding events within the 1-month mandatory DAPT period after PCI remains high in real clinical practice, particularly in patients with ACS or HBR.2 Effects of acute coronary syndrome and stable coronary artery disease on bleeding and ischemic risk after percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur Heart J.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Based on a deep neural network, TrueFidelity DL is designed to generate high-definition, low-noise CT images. The research will produce technical feedback to assist GEHC in assessing the system’s reconstruction methods, image presentation workflow, and clinical benefits for specific pathologies and disease types.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Healthcare X-ray Ultrasound 98

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

PMID: 38262428 Clinical Question: Does antibiotic prophylaxis with a single dose of ceftriaxone reduce the incidence of early VAP in adults with severe brain injury who require mechanical ventilation? This study used ATS criteria, and in favor of specificity, required all microbiological and clinical criteria to be present.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2023

FDA, POSLUMA is indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy or with suspected recurrence based on elevated serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level.

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Diagnose Diagnostic Radiation Disease 52

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Open angle Closed angle Definitions Increased resistance to aqueous outflow through the trabecular meshwork. Asymptomatic until late in disease after vision loss occurs. T-cell-dependent disease. Signs Decreased visual acuity common, but normal visual acuity does not rule out disease. Bagheri 2015 ).

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Disease Medical Clinic IT 52

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Herpetic Eye Disease Study. Epidemiology: Most frequent cause of corneal blindness in the United States Most common source of infectious blindness in the Western world. Management of epithelial herpetic keratitis: an evidence based algorithm. Link Welder et al. Herpes simplex keratitis. University of Iowa Health Care. Link Wilhelmus KR et al.

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The Radiology Clinic

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It can definitely help in the diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and well known rendition of dementia, but there are other forms of the disease as well. Small Vessel Disease / Vascular Dementia The brain is full of small arteries that supply necessary oxygen-rich blood and nutrients.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“AI can triage for active pulmonary TB with non-inferior performance to radiologists and detect differential diagnoses, indicating potential to aid cost effective TB screening,” said presenter Nsala Sanjase, a research fellow at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, in a session held November 30.

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The Radiology Clinic

APRIL 28, 2021

In my case and in the case of some people with thyroid disease, the thyroid gland, or a portion of it, becomes enlarged and can be seen as “protruding” or an asymmetrical mass in the anterior neck. These are the most frequently affected blood levels when the thyroid gland is functioning abnormally due to a growth or disease.

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Ultrasound Radiology Radiologist Clinic 52

Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This is an important and definitive line to draw. Austin Radiological Association is a premier radiology practice that serves a wide variety of hospitals and owns a good number of outpatient imaging clinics in central Texas (full disclosure: I was previously a partner at ARA). The same is true with children’s imaging.

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Medical Imaging Medical Imaging Radiation 111

REBEL EM

MARCH 8, 2023

REBEL Core Cast 97.0 – Acute Vision Loss II Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Definition: Decrease of visual acuity due to a non-traumatic cause. et al, Emergency Medicine Clinical Essentials ed 2. et al, Emergency Medicine Clinical Essentials ed 2. Transient vision loss defined as vision loss <24 hours.

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Ultrasound Clinic Disease 52

REBEL EM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

mg/dL 10.5 – 12.0 mg/dL 10.5 – 12.0 Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2014, (Ch) 125: p 1636-53. Read More LITFL: QT Interval LITFL: Hypercalcemia LITFL: Hypercalcemia Post Peer Reviewed By: Salim R. Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post REBEL Core Cast 87.0 – Hypercalcemia appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 25, 2023

There is no history or physical exam feature that rules out the disease Lactate elevation is a late finding in SBO. Examples: adhesions, neoplasms, inflammatory disease (i.e. There is no history or physical exam feature that rules out the disease Lactate elevation is a late finding in SBO. Louis, Mosby, Inc.,

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