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ED Bookings Up Stress Test Compliance
Scheduling an exercise stress test before angina patients leave the emergency department more than doubles the likelihood that they will have the test, Australian researchers found.The rate of stress test completion was 75% among patients given an appointment while still at the ER, but 31% when told to make an appointment on their own (adjusted P
BP Often High in Kids on Dialysis
Many children receiving dialysis continue to have poor blood pressure control even when on antihypertensive treatment, a cross-sectional study found.Six months after beginning dialysis, 67.9% of pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) had hypertension that was either uncontrolled or untreated, according to Susan M. Halbach, MD, of Seattle Children's Hospital, and colleagues.That despite the fact that 57.8% had been given antihypertensives, they reported in the April issue of the J
Deja vu all over again at RSNA 2010
Even though the theme for RSNA 2010 was "personalized medicine," exhibitors and attendees alike were continuing to discuss and debate the hot topic of last year's show - dose reduction.Meaningful use and its impact placed a distant second for the buz
