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Medicare to Deny Coverage of CT Colonography Screening: medpage TODAY

Medicare won’t pay for noninvasive, CT-based “virtual colonoscopies” to screen for colorectal cancer, according to a proposed coverage decision. “The evidence is inadequate to conclude that CT colonography is an appropriate colorectal cancer screening test,” said a memo posted on the Centers for [...]

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My blog completes three years of existence today. Tomorrow is the third anniversary of my very first post.
As is usually the case, this is a period of introspection and self-examination. I am glad to find that my commitment to blogging continues despite the many attractions (some would say distractions) offered by less labour-intensive online pursuits [...]

Trauma Junkie (aka myrtlife on twitter) presents the very first edition of…

Welcome to the first edition of “A Source of Inspiration: A Respiratory Therapy Blog Carnival.” It is my hope that this will become a tradition similar to the more notorious medical blog carnivals, Grand Rounds and Change of Shift.
My goal was simple: To find [...]

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The few people who follow my blog know that I have linked to a few radiology search engines in my right sidebar. One of the first radiology search engines that I added was Yottalook.
Here is my introductory blog post when they launched the beta.
I was pleasantly surprised today to find a Google Alert that took [...]

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The AP Chest radiograph shows hyperinflated right lung with mediastinal shift to the left.
Diagnosis: A classical example of Obstructive Emphysema.
Plain CT scan of the Thorax showed a foreign body obstructing the Right Main Bronchus just distal to the carina.
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Chest Radiograph AP view
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This one is a spotter. The answer will be posted in the next post at 7pm IST on Tuesday February 17, 2009.
For those who need some help, there is some clinical history after the fold…
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The next edition of SurgeXperiences will be hosted here on Sunday, March 1, 2009.
The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, February 27, 2009.
Please submit your post via this form.
SurgeXperiences is a blog carnival about surgical blogs. It is open to all (surgeon, nurse, anesthesia, patient, etc) who have a surgical blog or article to [...]