Sacral Tuberculosis
Here is a case of 35 year Indian origin male with backache with MRI revealed marrow edema in the sacral vertebral bodies along with presacral abscess noted on sagittal fat suppressed images. Interestingly before the MRI Xray didnot show much changes. In patients with osteomyelitis, MRI will pick up the changes earlier than plain xray.MRI SHOWING SARCAL EDEMA& PRESACRAL ABSCESS XRAY LS SPINE LATERAL VIEW Famous Radiology Blog http://www.sumerdo...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - August 2, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Virtually Better
By KIM BELLARD
The COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t have come at a better time for virtual reality. It has caused many workers to work remotely, introducing many workers to collaborative tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams and even more to video platforms like Zoom or Skype. But we’re just beginning to understand what collaboration could look like — such as virtual reality (VR).
As CNBC noted: “Virtual reality is booming in the workplace amid the pandemic.” Even a pre-pandemic Perkins Coie survey, done for the XR Association, predicted an explosion of immersive technologies l...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Kim Bellard VR Source Type: blogs
The white coat won ’t protect you from financial ruin
These past few weeks have turned the entire world topsy turvy and called into question many beliefs that were previously taken for face value. One of those fundamentals that has been shaken to its very core is the stability a physician has with his or her job or income. Decades ago, my father — a […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/xrayvsn" rel="tag" > Xrayvsn, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Finance COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Does the EMR improve or worsen patient safety?
An excerpt from When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. One of the selling points for the electronic medical record (EMR) was that it would be a boon for patient safety. Just having all the medical records in one place is a monumental improvement over the days of lost charts and misplaced X-rays. […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 2, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/danielle-ofri" rel="tag" > Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Health IT Primary Care Source Type: blogs
AiRTouch Portable X-Ray Receives FDA Clearance, Can Be Used for COVID Diagnosis
Aspenstate announced that it has received FDA clearance for the AiRTouch, a lightweight portable X-ray system that could be particularly useful for quickly obtaining chest X-rays of COVID-19 patients.
The handheld device weighs in at 5.5 pounds (2.5 Kg) and resembles a large digital camera with a touchscreen. AiRTouch acquires images with the push of a button and can wirelessly transmit them to PACS (clinical image storage system), without the need for a computer. Its battery charges within two hours and can capture up to 300 exposures per charge. Its portability has already made it useful in drive-through scr...
Source: Medgadget - May 11, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Dentistry Diagnostics Emergency Medicine Orthopedic Surgery Public Health Radiology Sports Medicine Source Type: blogs
Can AI and radiographs help in resource-poor areas for the fight against COVID-19?
Conclusion
With new evidence emerging every day and with COVID-19 guidance and protocols adapting responsively, the national responses vary widely across the globe. However, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea have shown that aggressive and proactive testing plays a crucial role in containing the spread of the disease.
We believe AI has great potential for helping doctors quantify and monitor COVID progression from a patient’s chest X-rays – this will help determine treatment pathways faster and thus slow any surges in emergency cases. AI will also play a critical role in expanding screening for...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Tech bhargava reddy manoj tld pooja rao preetham srinivas qure.ai tarun raj Source Type: blogs
New radiation therapies keep advanced prostate cancer in check
Treatments for prostate cancer are always evolving, and now research is pointing to new ways of treating a cancer that has just begun to spread, or metastasize, after initial surgery or radiation. Doctors usually give hormonal therapies in these cases to block testosterone, which is a hormone that makes the cancer grow faster. But newer evidence shows that treating the metastatic tumors directly with radiation can produce better results.
In March, researchers published the latest study that supports this approach. Based at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, the team used a method for delivering power...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Living With Prostate Cancer Prostate Knowledge Treatments HPK Source Type: blogs
Knee arthroscopy: Should this common knee surgery be performed less often?
Imagine you’re walking along and suddenly experience excruciating knee pain. Though it initially seems stuck in one position, after a minute or two you can limp along home, but just barely. At your doctor’s visit, an x-ray is normal but symptoms continue for weeks. An MRI is performed and now you have an explanation: a torn meniscus. (Two menisci — rubbery cartilage pads that act as shock absorbers — separate the bottom of your knee bone from the top of your shin bone.) A month later, you’re no better despite rest, pain medicines, and physical therapy. It’s time for surgery to fix it, right? Maybe not.
Knee art...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Injuries Osteoarthritis Pain Management Surgery Source Type: blogs
New X-Ray Detector to Reduce Radiation Exposure, Improve Medical Imaging
X-ray imaging is a cornerstone of modern medicine, but it comes with substantial risk for patients and healthcare providers. CT scanners, fluoroscopes, and mammography machines have to produce a great deal of ionizing radiation because existing silicon-based detectors aren’t very efficient at capturing incoming X-rays. Most of the radiation passes through existing detectors. Now, researchers at Los Alamos and Argonne National Laboratories have developed an X-ray detector based on perovskite, a calcium titanium oxide mineral, that is orders of magnitude more sensitive than conventional silicon detectors.
More sensi...
Source: Medgadget - April 15, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Radiology Source Type: blogs
Part One: Tapping the Wrist
The wrist is not commonly aspirated in the emergency department, but emergent arthrocentesis may be indicated for extreme or concerning cases, and tapping the wrist to determine the underlying pathology or relieve pain may be of great value. The synovial fluid from the joint space can be analyzed for crystals, infection, and blood. This information may help determine the overall plan and aid in decision-making and consultation. The ultimate treatment plan may include admission, intravenous antibiotics, multiple aspirations, and even surgical washout.A swollen, painful wrist that is hot to the touch is concerning for sep...
Source: The Procedural Pause - April 1, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Watch This Space
I am relatively new to working with our advanced practice practitioners, so I often check x-rays if I have a moment.An x-ray of a wrist has a great chance of being reviewed because this is my favorite joint. I love the challenge of catching things when I don't know the case. I was definitely rewarded by this case.The thing that caught my eye was the space between the scaphoid and the lunate. It was huge, especially when looking at the sclerotic changes in the other bones of this wrist. Most of the joint spaces seem narrowed but not the scapholunate. Whether you go with the British version (Terry Thomas) or the American ...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - April 1, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The Costs of Covid-19: What Health Plans & Employers Are Saying About Covering Care | WTF Health
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
“[Employers’] top priority is getting their employees and their family members the appropriate care, but there are a lot of unknowns about how this is going to impact their actual total cost of care…”
As Covid-19 testing and treatment rise in U.S., many people — and their employers — may be starting to wonder: who is going to pay for this? How much is this going to cost?
Castlight Health’s CEO, Maeve O’Meara, talks to us about all-things healthcare cost, coverage and benefits administration, drawing from her position leading a company that focuses on helpi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Jessica DaMassa WTF Health Castlight Health Source Type: blogs
CT scanning is just awful for diagnosing Covid-19
This study, in the same high-tier journal, claims that the sensitivity of CT is 98% vs a sensitivity of 70% for viral PCR. They say:
“Our results support the use of chest CT for screening for COVD-19** for patients with clinical and epidemiologic features compatible with COVID-19 infection particularly when RT-PCR testing is negative.”
With a statement as strong as that, surely they are saying that they have evidence that CT can be applied broadly? They even mention patients with epidemiological features of infection … that is to say, folks who have been exposed but don’t have symptoms.
Here is the patient...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Artificial Intelligence COVID-19 Health Tech Physicians Research CT Luke Oakden-Rayner Radiology Source Type: blogs
What one study from China tells us about COVID-19 and children
As we try to predict what will happen here in the US with COVID-19, it’s natural to look at the experience in China, where the epidemic began. In a study published in the journal Pediatrics, we learn about how the pandemic affected children.
What this study tells us
The study looked at information about 2,143 children with COVID-19 infections that were reported to China’s Centers for Disease Control from January 16 to February 8 of this year. Of the infections, about a third were confirmed with a laboratory test for COVID-19. The others were diagnosed based on symptoms and the results of other tests, such as x-rays.
Th...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Infectious diseases Parenting Prevention Source Type: blogs
Not Alone
"Hey, what do you think of this? It isn't dislocated, but this guy was in a fight, and has a lot of shoulder pain," a colleague said to me.It seems that the humerus gets virtually all the attention in shoulder x-rays, particularly in the Y view. Many are done with the image after determining the head truly sits in the middle of the Y between the coracoid and the acromion. There is more to shoulder films than just the humeral head's location, however. Take another look at the coracoid and the acromion.Scapular fractures account for just one percent of fractures. The vast majority of these are of the body and th...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - March 2, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
