Latest - Radiology

• Men Have Fun in Prostate Cancer Trial In a randomized trial, football, or soccer as it is known in the United States, benefitted men with prostate cancer in multiple ways.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• TCT 2019OCT Bests FFR Guidance in Optimizing PCI: FORZA A new study suggests that optical coherence tomography reduces MACE and optimizes outcomes vs fractional flow reserve guidance in angiographically intermediate coronary lesions.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Investigational Osteoarthritis Drug Results Mixed Sprifermin, when injected into the knee in higher doses, led to significant growth in cartilage thickness, but clinical benefit is uncertain. Five-year results will test durability.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• A Single Session of RFA for Benign Thyroid Nodules A single session of radiofrequency ablation may be an effective alternative to surgery for benign thyroid nodules.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, October 2019
• AAO 2019AI Sparks Legal Debate Over Machine-Generated Mistakes Specialists are figuring out where computers belong in the healthcare system, how reimbursement will work, and who is legally liable when machines make mistakes.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• TCT 2019CTCA Does Not Reduce Time to Diagnosis in Suspected ACS The addition of CT coronary angiography to acute triage and management of patients with suspected ACS did not reduce median hospital length of stay or cost, findings of the PROTECCT trial show.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Impacts of a Surgical Endovascular Trauma Service Learn how the implementation of an endovascular trauma service impacted case volume and time to hemostasis in one institution.
  Annals of Surgery, October 2019
• NAFLD, Liver Fibrosis Score and Cognitive Function in Adults Is there an association between liver fibrosis, even prior to its clinical manifestation, and impairment in cognitive function in older adults?
  Liver International, October 2019
• Severe Silicosis in Engineered Stone Fabrication Workers This report describes 18 recent cases of silicosis, including the first two fatalities reported in the United States, among workers in the stone fabrication industry.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2019
• IBD Patients Have High Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Patients in Ontario with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and particularly those with Crohn's disease (CD), are at risk for high exposure to ionizing radiation from abdominal computed tomography (CT) scanning, an observational study reveals.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019
• Top 10 Health Tech Hazards for 2020 Surgical staplers, point-of-care ultrasound, and sterile processing procedures top the ECRI Institute's annual list of top tech hazards.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• ASBMR 2019Secondary Fracture Guidelines Urge Action to Stem Treatment Gap Older patients who suffer a hip or vertebral fracture are failing to begin treatment for osteoporosis to prevent a secondary break. The reasons are multiple; new guidance seeks to address the issues.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Radiographic Pituitary Adenoma Treatment Response Assessment When it comes to evaluating treatment response in pituitary adenomas, how do these radiographic approaches compare with more standard methods?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, October 2019
• FoCUS in the Pediatric Perioperative Setting Can focused cardiac ultrasonography imaging add value to pediatric perioperative care? This article explores clinical applications, technical aspects, and interpretation of FoCUS findings in children.
  Anesthesia & Analgesia, October 2019
• Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Let the Women Decide   Dr Andrew Kaunitz recommends keeping our eyes on the 'big picture' in decisions about the use of menopausal hormone therapy.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, October 2019
• TCT 2019Zero-Contrast PCI in CKD Patients Helps Avoid Later Dialysis No coronary lesion seemed too complex for the procedure that used intravascular ultrasound and pressure readings to guide stenting, usually avoiding need for contrast injection, protecting the kidneys.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Brain Age Gap a Novel, Reliable Marker for Dementia Risk? The gap between brain age, as estimated with MRI, and chronologic age may serve as a biomarker for dementia risk.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2019
• Severe Pulmonary Disease Associated With E-Cigarette Use This report offers guidance to clinicians for recognizing and reporting cases of severe pulmonary disease which may be associated with the use of electronic cigarette products.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2019
• Thrombus Imaging in Acute Stroke: Are We Even Close? Can imaging characteristics of thrombi provide predictive value or useful information for planning endovascular procedures?
  Stroke, October 2019
• Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Kids Suggests Underlying Immunodeficiency Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children without known risk factors could be a marker of underlying primary immunodeficiency (PID), according to a systematic review.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2019