What's in a Name? Factors Associated with Documentation and Evaluation of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules.

Rationale: Radiologist reports of pulmonary nodules discovered incidentally on computed tomographic (CT) images of the chest may influence subsequent evaluation and management.

Objectives: We sought to determine the impact of the terminology used by radiologists to report incidental pulmonary nodules on subsequent documentation and evaluation of the nodules by the ordering or primary care provider.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with incidentally discovered pulmonary nodules detected on CT chest examinations performed during 2010 in a large urban safety net medical system located in northeastern Ohio.

Impaired renal function is not associated with increased volume of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Background: Patients with low glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are at risk for hemorrhagic stroke and experience poor long-term outcomes after stroke. These associations may be mediated by hematoma volume. We investigated the relationship between impaired renal function (GFR <60 mL/min/1.