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Left RightNovel short-term bicarbonate regimen shows promise for CIN prevention
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1:57 | Posted on Jan 31, 2012 in Cardiology, Nephrology, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, SurgeryNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), volume supplementation with sodium chloride 0.9% for 24 hours was more effective than a 7-hour regimen of sodium bicarbonate in a randomized study conducted in...Silent brain infarctions not an independent risk factor for recurrent stroke
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1:43 | Posted on Jan 27, 2012 in Critical Care, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with a recent non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke who are found to have a silent brain infarction (SBI) on MRI are not at significantly increased risk of second strokes compared to similar patients without...Diuresis-hydration prevents contrast-induced nephropathy, N-acetylcysteine does not
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1:17 | Posted on Jan 24, 2012 in Cardiology, Critical Care, Hospitalist, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily NewscastNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – N-acetylcysteine is increasingly used to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) but it is not effective, according to a paper in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions for January, while another article in the journal...
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Ultrasound improves umbilical venous catheters postioning in newborns
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1:27 | Posted on Dec 16, 2011 in
Neonatology, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
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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2:03 | Posted on Dec 15, 2011 in
Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
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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1:59 | Posted on Nov 13, 2011 in
Family Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Pediatrics, Radiology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Urology
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...
Porcelain gallbladder only weakly associated with gallbladder cancer
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Oct 24, 2011
Protocol makes MRI safe for some patients with pacemakers or ICDs
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Oct 4, 2011
ASCO reclassifies anthracycline plus cyclophosphamide as highly emetogenic
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Oct 3, 2011
Pre-PCI ultrasound exam of access site decreases vascular complications
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Sep 21, 2011
Stereotactic radiosurgery has advantages in treating brain metastases
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Sep 21, 2011
Acetylcysteine does not prevent contrast-induced nephropathy
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Sep 12, 2011
Risk of second cancer confirmed after EBRT for testicular seminoma
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Sep 7, 2011
Surgery should be first treatment for intracranial hemangiopericytoma
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Aug 30, 2011
Creatinine clearance helps set safe dose of contrast medium
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Aug 18, 2011
Considerable risk of pneumothorax seen with transthoracic needle lung biopsy
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Aug 2, 2011
Radiosurgery may be better option for single brain metastasis
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Aug 1, 2011
Multidetector CT accurately diagnoses skeletal chest injuries after CPR
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Jul 26, 2011
High-dose chemo with stem-cell transplant for breast cancer not worthwhile
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Jul 20, 2011
Chemotherapy improves survival in carefully selected stage II colon cancer patients
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Jul 18, 2011
Bone density stabilizes in HIV patients on HAART
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Jul 12, 2011
Multidetector CT highly accurate for diagnosing appendicitis and ruling it out
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Jun 23, 2011
DMSA renal scan no better than cystourethrography for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux
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Jun 17, 2011
New RF catheter for pulmonary vein isolation linked to silent embolism risk
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Jun 16, 2011
Less Aggressive Approach to Abdominal Gunshot Wounds Possible
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May 19, 2011
Effectiveness of radiation therapy not jeopardized by amifostine use
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May 18, 2011
Incidence of nephrotoxicity similar using iodixanol or iopromide for angiography
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May 17, 2011
CT angiography predicts long-term cardiac risk in patients with chest pain
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May 10, 2011
High-dose atorvastatin before PCI may prevent contrast-induced nephropathy
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May 10, 2011
Advantages of stereotactic body radiation therapy remain questionable
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May 2, 2011
