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Intracardiac echocardiography recognized as ‘transformative’ imaging modality in new SCAI position statement

WASHINGTON—The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published a comprehensive roadmap that details the use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide structural heart ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Prone Positioning of Intubated Patients with an Elevated Body-Mass Index

Prone positioning improves oxygenation and decreases mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). 1 This print supplement to the video reviews the procedure for placing ...
News Medical

Pre-operative MRI for breast cancer patients may need to be done in a different position

The difference in how a woman is positioned during MRI prior to breast conserving surgery and how she is positioned during the surgery distorts and displaces tumors while the surgery is being ...
ascopubs.org

Phase I-II Trial of Prone Accelerated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy to the Breast to Optimally Spare Normal Tissue

Prognostic Significance of Immune Subset Measurement in Individuals With AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma Patients with stages I or II breast cancer, excised by breast conserving surgery with negative ...
News Medical

Prone positioning associated with lower mortality and intubation in COVID-19 patients

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused immense loss of life and health, as well as economic and ...