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Ultrasound improves umbilical venous catheters postioning in newborns

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Ultrasound improves umbilical venous catheters postioning in newborns
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In neonatal resuscitation, routing of a central venous catheter via the umbilical vein can be reliably guided by thoraco-abdominal X-ray or ultrasound, while the position of the catheter tip is most accurately determined by ultrasound. Those findings are reported in...

MRI might not be useful before lumbar steroid injections

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MRI might not be useful before lumbar steroid injections
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients have chronic low back pain or sciatica, getting an MRI before giving an epidural steroid injection does not improve outcomes and only minimally affects treatment decisions, a multicenter randomized trial has shown. “For straightforward cases, an MRI won’t...

More judicious use of urinary tract imaging after febrile UTI has benefits

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More judicious use of urinary tract imaging after febrile UTI has benefits
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of a more selective approach to urinary tract imaging after an initial febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in children outweigh the risks, a group of clinicians who instituted a more restrictive policy at their institution have found. The benefits include a...

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