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The Irreplaceable Radiologist

Ben White

The radiologist shortage is definitely here. …Hospitals quite literally cannot operate beyond a few hours without diagnostic radiology. …Hospitals quite literally cannot operate beyond a few hours without diagnostic radiology. We are the bottleneck for all inpatient care. All service lines run through us.

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Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient

REBEL EM

Many clinicians don’t consider IO placement while others consider it a last resort or only a pre-hospital procedure. Intraosseous versus central venous catheter utilization and performance during inpatient medical emergencies. The IO can actually be your “GO-TO” emergency line or your second choice after failed PIV access. Trauma 1996.

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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. Hospitalization for bacteremia. Investigators assessed clinical outcomes via 2 in-person visits on days 11–14 and days 24–30.

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

REBEL EM

Studies conducted in middle- and low-income countries Different definitions of pneumonia Different healthcare facilities and organizations in these countries Studies focusing on atypical pathogens, such as M. requiring inpatient treatment) Intervention: Shorter antibiotic treatment duration (3–5 days). in the short-course and 7.7%

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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

Louis hospital. You know the next few suits will involve the hospital and the radiologists. In all cases, the hospital obtains verbal informed consent from patients receiving contrast. But Berlin cautioned that the lack of definitive answers in NSF may make informed consent a moot point. In 2006 the U.S.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

Background Information: Obtaining definitive control of the airway, when indicated, is the responsibility of the emergency medicine physician. 2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. J Crit Care.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, May 2023

AJNR

Definite TGA is characterized by a sudden onset of anterograde amnesia without clouding or loss of consciousness, lack of epileptic features, head trauma and focal neurologic deficits witnessed by a reliable observer during the attack, furthermore the amnestic event must resolve within 24 h. Inpatient outcomes including length of stay (P =.32),