Imaging
Commentary
Delayed Bleeding: The Silent Risk for Seniors
The way that it did change my care was to give good return precautions to patients, to make sure they have somebody with them to say, “Hey,...
Opinion
Myth of the Month: Is Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Real?
For CT scanning, it is OK to give contrast when needed. A conservative cutoff for contrast use would be a GFR less than 30.
Latest News
CT Poses Risk for Malignant Hematopathies Among Children
For every 10,000 children examined today (with a dose per scan of 8 mGy), 1-2 could develop a radiation-related malignant hematopathy in the next...
Conference Coverage
AI-ECG gets STEMI patients to cath lab sooner
An artificial intelligence electrocardiography app cut catheterization lab activation times by 9 minutes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction...
From the Journals
Diagnosing pediatric forearm fractures: Radiograph or ultrasound?
“With an ultrasound-first approach, clinicians can scan the patient at time of review and may even be able to discharge them immediately (2/3 of...
Commentary
COVID can mimic prostate cancer symptoms
“I had none of those previously reported experiences that could suddenly trigger a spike in PSA.”
Feature
Older men more at risk as dangerous falls rise for all seniors
“We always hear about lower bone density rates among females, so we didn’t expect to see males with more skull fractures.”
Commentary
Must-read acute care medicine articles from 2022
“When 2022 began, we started seeing some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.”
From the Journals
Simulation-based training effective for transesophageal echo
Cardiology fellows who learned transesophageal echocardiography using simulations scored higher on both theoretical and practical tests than those...
Feature
Pediatric emergencies associated with unnecessary testing: AAP
Several common pediatric conditions do not require diagnostic tests.
Conference Coverage
Single chest x-ray could predict 10-year CVD risk
Researchers trained a deep-learning model with single chest x-rays only.