Secret History: Return of the Black Death Channel 4, 7-8pm In 1348 the Black Death swept through London, killing people within days of the appearance of their first symptoms. Exactly how many died, and why, has long been a mystery. This Secret History documentary follows experts as they pick through the evidence and reveal why the plague killed on such a scale. And they ask, what might be coming next?

Medscape

https://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2011/4/4/Clin%20Infect%20Dis.-2002-O'Grady-1281-307.pdf

Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

https://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2008/3/6/CRC.pdf

Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology.

Naomi P. O'Grady, M.D., Mary Alexander, R.N. Lillian A. Burns, M.T., M.P.H., C.I.C. E. Patchen Dellinger, M.D. Jeffery Garland, M.D., S.M. Stephen O. Heard, M.D. Pamela A. Lipsett, M.D. Henry Masur, M.D. Leonard A. Mermel, D.O., Sc.M. Michele L. Pearson, M.D. Issam I. Raad, M.D. Adrienne Randolph, M.D., M.Sc. Mark E. Rupp, M.D. Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H. and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).

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Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, 2011

Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine.

6626Background: Despite limited data, PET-CT has become increasingly used as an initial staging tool in patients with SCLC. The test was endorsed by ASCO in September 2015 for staging in patients p...

FDG-PET/CT in small cell lung cancer (SCLC): A value analysis.

Disparities in the contemporary clinical management of stage Ia renal cell carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) study

New Codes, Once Again

Pneumomediastinum is usually first identified radiographically in the emergency department. Distinguishing benign from more ominous causes, such as esophageal rupture, is imperative, particularly in the setting of associated esophageal disease. We describe a case, with correlative imaging, of spontaneous pneumomediastinum as the initial presentation of achalasia. A general discussion of spontaneous pneumomediastinum is also provided, including the pathophysiology, precipitating and predisposing factors, clinical manifestations, role of radiology in the diagnosis as well as the radiographic signs.

http://www.radiologycases.com/index.php/radiologycases/article/viewFile/523/pdf

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to achalasia: an unusual but benign cause.

Please see the Editorial Comment by David M. Yousem discussing this article. Depositions are critical components of any medical malpractice lawsuit and seek to help uncover the facts of the case to...

Richard Duszak

Papers

FDG-PET/CT in small cell lung cancer (SCLC): A value analysis.

Disparities in the contemporary clinical management of stage Ia renal cell carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) study

New Codes, Once Again

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to achalasia: an unusual but benign cause.

The Medical Malpractice Deposition: A Review for Radiologist-Defendants.