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I started writing this on the way back home from a meeting that I attended over last weekend. This has remained a rough draft for the past three days. I decided to publish it now with minimal changes. Else this too shall remain in my drafts folder for a long enough time to become irrelevant.
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An impressive and compelling editorial in the latest issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
First, Do No Harm . . . to Early Pregnancies - Doubilet and Benson 29 5: 685. [Excerpts here with emphases added by me. The editorial is free to view &/or download in India. Subscription may be required for [...]

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Presenting one of the rare occasions in which radiology features in the mainstream media…

[Image source: Afghanistan, April, 2010 - The Big Picture. The Boston Globe]
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The caption to this image (photo number 3 in The Boston Globe’s The Big Picture article Afghanistan, April, 2010) reads…

A CAT Scan shows the placement of a 14.5 millimeter high explosive [...]

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A young adult (mid thirties), a known case of non-specific aortoarteritis (Takayasu’s arteritis) was referred for a CT scan of the Abdomen including a CT Aortogram to rule out mesenteric ischemia.
The inital plain (no IV or oral contrast) CT scan did not show any evidence of abdominal pathology. So a CT Aortogram was done.
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Note: Though this is a medical post that concerns hospital care in the USA, I believe the issues covered in these videos are universally applicable to hospitals and patients all over the world. I urge everyone, especially those visitors who are not from the USA to view the videos.
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via Movin’ Meat: AMS.

I haven’t looked at the numbers lately, but Altered Mental Status, or AMS, must be in the top ten, if not the top five most common ER presentations. AMS, as a triage complaint, is like a bizarre little birthday present for an ER doc. You just don’t know what you’re [...]

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via The ultrasound that saved a baby girl’s life - guest post by Dr Linda M. Lee at KevinMD.com. Originally posted at Dr. Linda’s Life Lessons
“We already have two girls at home and we want a son. We have too many girls.” My eyes welled with tears as I thought of the fate of [...]

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The worst case of pulmonary metastases that I have seen. 40-year-old woman, operated for primary lung malignancy (adenocarcinoma) a year ago. Note the reduced lung volume on the right side.
Further Reading:

emedicine article on Lung Metastases [Registration required, Free]

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