REBEL EM

AUGUST 7, 2023

Background: Getting a definitive airway in a critically ill trauma patient can be a stressful situation. PMID: 37058727 Clinical Question: Does delayed sequence intubation decrease peri-intubation hypoxia in trauma patients requiring definitive airway control compared to rapid sequence intubation? Anesth Analg 2023.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

A growing body of research, however, points to an additional role for definitive local therapy to all disease sites, aiming at durable tumor control and improved survival outcomes. Radiation and surgery are the only recommended modalities for definitive local treatment of oligometastatic NSCLC.

Radiation Oncology 72

Radiation Oncology Clinic Radiation Disease 72

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Early expeditious definitive hemorrhage control is a major focus in trauma resuscitation. Definitive hemorrhage control procedures were performed in 30% of patients in the REBOA and standard care group and 43% in the standard care alone group. Background: Hemmorhage is a major cause of preventable death in trauma patients.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

To date, F-18 FDG PET findings are currently not taken into account when making a diagnosis for possible, probable, or definite neurosarcoidosis,” noted lead author Jessy Chen, MD, of Charité - Berlin University Medicine, and colleagues. The article was published January 25 in Neurological Research and Practice.

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Ben White

APRIL 19, 2023

The suit alleges that Singleton, a small group in Houston that RP bought in 2014, had an especially lucrative contract dating back to 1998 for ~6x Medicare rates “to practice at two local hospitals.” at hospitals where Singleton was previously contracted to provide radiology services).

Radiology 291

Radiology Insurance Hospital IT 291

AuntMinnie

JULY 2, 2024

Emerging research suggests that e-cigarettes contain definite and probable carcinogens and cause similar cancer associated gene deregulations as combustible tobacco," the group noted. Individuals who use e-cigarettes are less likely to undergo lung cancer screening (LCS), researchers have reported.

Disease 84

Disease Education Hospital IT 84

Aidoc

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We have recently launched our exclusive c-suite video series “Lessons From the Inside,” where hospital leaders and executives share their exclusive insights on clinical AI. Sturman emphasizes integrating AI into existing applications, underscoring the need for education and clear definition.

Healthcare 52

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AuntMinnie

MAY 29, 2024

In their article, the group introduced the concept of super phantoms, offering the following definition: “A computer model, an inanimate physical object, or an ex vivo organ that replicates the most relevant anatomic and functional imaging biomarkers of the structure of interest under carefully controlled laboratory settings.”

Medical Imaging 115

Medical Imaging Medical Imaging Communication 115

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Finally, in a cohort of 23 patients from another hospital, the nomogram predicted 3-year progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with LACC with an area under the operating curve (AUC) of 76% and 5-year PFS with an AUC of 68%, according to the findings. “We

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Ben White

MARCH 20, 2023

In his follow-up book, Factfulness , Rosling discusses the fact that almost all “news” by definition is bad news. Do you hear about the patients who recover uneventfully in the hospital? Not really. Do people gossip about the patients who go home after surgery with well-healed incisions?

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Radiologist Education Hospital IT 198

AuntMinnie

MAY 9, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has also provided some reimbursement through Category I codes and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Thorwarth added that the U.S. It remains unclear, however, that all reimbursed uses are currently adding value to patients or the health system, Thorwarth said.

Medical Device 112

Medical Device Government Patient Care Medicare 112

AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

The midtown center has been in operation since the 1950s and currently operates 17 outpatient imaging centers across the greater Austin metropolitan area, serving 24 area hospitals. Columbus Radiology, like many other imaging centers, is contracted to serve local hospitals, in this case throughout Ohio. "We

Nuclear Medicine 105

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation Radiation Oncology 105

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 11, 2024

A team led by Rajesh Bhayana, MD, from Toronto General Hospital in Canada found that the large language model achieved a perfect F1 score for incidental adrenal nodules and highlighted that their results show that such models can be applied flexibly in medical settings.

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Electronic Medical Record Patient Care Medical Radiologist 110

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Triple antibiotic coverage is recommended.

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X-ray Hospital Ultrasound Clinic 78

REBEL EM

APRIL 29, 2024

Many clinicians don’t consider IO placement while others consider it a last resort or only a pre-hospital procedure. Intravenous vs.intraosseous vascular access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – protocol for a randomized clinical trial. PMID: 33350794 10 Meilandt C. Resusc Plus. 2023 PMID: 37502742 11 Schwalbach KT et al.

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Hospital Inpatient Ultrasound Clinic 104

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“We hypothesize that the hypometabolism pattern observed in long COVID patients with brain fog using F-18 FDG-PET might primarily be a signature of astrocyte-related glutamatergic dysregulation,” wrote lead study author Eric Guedj, MD, PhD, of Marseille University Hospital.

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PET Scan Nuclear Medicine Hospital Imaging 145

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

In an analysis of F-18 FDG-PET/CT scans in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) prior to treatment, specific imaging findings were higher in a group that subsequently relapsed than in those who did not relapse, noted first authors Shengxin Chen and Guanyun Wang, of Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, and colleagues.

Imaging 105

Imaging Clinic Hospital IT 105

Imaging Technology

MAY 4, 2023

BlueSeal is one of a range of Philips leading health technologies and innovations designed to reduce hospitals’ dependency on natural resources and energy consumption and help meet their sustainability goals. For hospitals, it not only reduces operating costs. 1] Applicable to Ambition S.

Radiology 94

Radiology X-ray Hospital Diagnostic 94

REBEL EM

JANUARY 29, 2024

in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below).

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Hospital Clinic Disease Ultrasound 121

REBEL EM

MAY 25, 2023

Lancet 2010 [10] >20,000 adult trauma patients with SBP <90mmHg Patients randomized to TXA 1g over 10 min + 1g IV over 8hrs vs Placebo given within 8hrs of injury In-hospital mortality by 28d reduced (14.5% NEJM 1994. [2]

Clinic 145

Clinic Hospital Interventional Radiology IT 145

Aidoc

MAY 2, 2024

The capabilities of the individuals performing these tasks are far-extended as they work within the strenuous confines of delivering high quality patient care within definitive triage time windows for the complex pathophysiologies of an increasingly aging and sicker population while meeting the persistent demands of an impatient patient population.

Communication 59

Communication Radiologist Emergency Room Patient Care 59

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

1, 2 Its occurrence often portends worse outcomes in intubated patients, whose projected hospital course was already tenuous. Stratified by center (different hospital practices may affect results) and GCS (<8 or ≥8) (higher VAP risk inherent to lower GCS). 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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Hospital X-ray Nursing Clinic 98

Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With advance planning and an emphasis on learning, your facility can perform imaging studies with the same standard of care as a large children’s hospital. With advance planning and an emphasis on learning, your facility can perform imaging studies with the same standard of care as a large children’s hospital.

Medical Imaging 111

Medical Imaging Medical Imaging Radiation 111

AuntMinnie

MAY 9, 2024

Benjamin Fritz, MD, of Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. Definitely toward increased use, according to Fritz. MRI is underutilized in trauma imaging and often falls short of its potential," said presenter Prof. Fritz moderated a session titled "Seeing the Unseen: MRI in Traumatic Musculoskeletal Disease."

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MRI Computed Tomography X-ray Imaging Modalities 64

REBEL EM

JUNE 22, 2023

However, the medical community is only just starting to understand long-COVID (WHO Definition: the continuation or development of new symptoms 3 months after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, with these symptoms lasting for at least 2 months with no other explanation). Blinding procedures were well constructed as to mask group allocation.

Disease 125

Disease Clinic Medical IT 125

Aidoc

MAY 2, 2024

The capabilities of the individuals performing these tasks are far-extended as they work within the strenuous confines of delivering high quality patient care within definitive triage time windows for the complex pathophysiologies of an increasingly aging and sicker population while meeting the persistent demands of an impatient patient population.

Communication 52

Communication Radiologist Emergency Room Patient Care 52

REBEL EM

AUGUST 14, 2023

This varies from the 2001 definition, which used SIRS criteria and was thought to overly focus on inflammation. This varies from the 2001 definition, which used SIRS criteria and was thought to overly focus on inflammation. 001) Hospital mortality: Placebo 22.8% 1,817 enrolled and randomized 911 randomized to the XBJ cohort.

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Clinic Hospital Disease IT 90

Professional Radiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Prior Images are REQUIRED for all Diagnostic Mammograms If you go in for a diagnostic mammogram (an exam for women who have experienced symptoms or abnormalities with their breasts), your prior images are definitely required. How Can I Obtain My Prior Images? Obtaining your prior images should not be a headache!

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Mammogram Diagnostic Insurance Radiologist 52

REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

So with yet another confounding variable added (sicker patients at baseline in methylene blue group), the comparison of these two medications is yet again even more difficult There was no difference in ICU and hospital length of stays or hospital mortality between the two groups. REFERENCES: Hiruy A, et al.

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Hospital Medical Clinic IT 71

Imaging Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

Our therapies are excellent in that we’ve definitely improved MS patients’ lives,” Bakshi said. There’s no doubt about that, but we’re still not at the finish line.” One limitation to the study is the initial group was small.

PET Scan 72

PET Scan Disease Nuclear Medicine Clinic 72

REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

The relationship between ICU hypotension and in-hospital mortality and morbidity in septic patients. Emergency department hypotension predicts sudden unexpected in-hospital mortality: a prospective cohort study. PMID: 31270748 Maheshwari K, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2018;44(6):857–67. PMID: 29872882 Jones AE, et al. 2006;130(4):941–6.

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Education Hospital Clinic Medical 92

REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

Nevertheless, mortality of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), and survivability with good neurologic outcome, remain the gold standards of trauma care in and out of the hospital and are effectively the criterion by which we measure outcomes in the trauma literature. Inclusion/Exclusion criteria and definitions were very specific.

Basic Life Support 52

Basic Life Support Hospital IT Healthcare 52

Imaging Technology

APRIL 2, 2024

These new capabilities align with our precision care strategy to personalize care, enhance hospital efficiency and clinician effectiveness, and appeal to new and existing GE HealthCare and MIM Software users who see this as an opportunity to better serve patients and help improve outcomes." Journal of European Urology.

Healthcare 93

Healthcare Healthcare Radiation Oncology Magnetic Resonance Imaging 93

REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

What they Did : Investigator-initiated, Multicenter, Parallel-ground, Open-label, Registry-linked, Randomized, Controlled, Non-Inferiority trial 22 Canadian Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers from December 2019 to January 2022 Eligible ischemic stroke patients randomized 1:1 to receive intravenous tenecteplase (0.25 mg/kg followed by 0.81

Clinic 121

Clinic Hospital Medical IT 121

REBEL EM

JUNE 26, 2024

Definition: A serum potassium level > 5.5 patients can jump from peaked T waves to sine wave) Management Basics: ABCs, IV, O 2 , Cardiac Monitor and, 12-lead EKG Identify + treat underlying cause of hyperkalemia (i.e. rhabdomyolysis -> hydration) Remove inciting factors (i.e. furosemide) Dialysis for anuric patients (i.e.

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Clinic Hospital Medical Disease 58

Everything Rad

AUGUST 29, 2023

We’ve doubled our radiologist pool, expanded hospital contracts, and quadrupled the number of imaging centers in our area. Keep Reading: Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology by Dr. Niall Sheehy, MB, MRCP, FFR RCSI, St James’s Hospital -Trinity College Dublin.

Radiology 98

Radiology Communication Hospital IT 98

REBEL EM

APRIL 17, 2023

We need high-quality evidence to provide a definite conclusion. However, there simply is not enough high-quality evidence to provide a definite conclusion. However, there is a tremendous amount of bias in the included studies. Furthermore, we have no confidence in the results rendering the numbers meaningless.

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