A Clinically Optimal Protocol for the Imaging of Enteric Tubes: On the Basis of Radiologist Interpreted Diagnostic Utility and Radiation Dose Reduction.

Rationale And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a patient thickness-based protocol specifically for the confirmation of enteric tube placements in bedside abdominal radiographs. Protocol techniques were set to maintain image quality while minimizing patient dose.

Materials And Methods: A total of 226 pre-intervention radiographs were obtained to serve as a baseline cohort for comparison.

Assessment of complication rates based on time of feeding initiation in radiologically guided gastrostomy tubes: a retrospective study.

Purpose: We aimed to assess the association between complication rate and time to feeding in a cohort of patients undergoing radiologically guided placement of gastrostomy tubes.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of all patients receiving pull-type and push-type gastrostomy tubes placed by interventional radiologists between January 1st, 2017 and December 31st, 2018 at a single institution. Primary outcomes included procedural and tube-related complications per medical chart review with a follow-up interval of 30 days.

Increasing Volume of Bone Marrow Biopsies by Radiology Providers: Evaluation of Trends by Physician Specialty and Practice Setting.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate trends in bone marrow biopsies performed in the United States by physician specialty and practice setting.

Methods: The CMS Medicare Physician Supplier Procedure Summary database was queried from 2005 to 2016 for bone marrow biopsies and aspirations (BMBs). Data were categorized according to the largest subspecialty groups (medicine, surgery, radiology, pathology, and other) and encounter setting (office, inpatient hospital, and outpatient hospital).

Prognosticating Outcomes in Interstitial Lung Disease by Mediastinal Lymph Node Assessment. An Observational Cohort Study with Independent Validation.

Rationale: Mediastinal lymph node (MLN) enlargement on chest computed tomography (CT) is prevalent in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and may reflect immunologic activation and subsequent cytokine-mediated immune cell trafficking.

Objectives: We aimed to determine whether MLN enlargement on chest CT predicts clinical outcomes and circulating cytokine levels in ILD.

Methods: MLN measurements were obtained from chest CT scans of patients with ILD at baseline evaluation over a 10-year period.

Hering's Law in Congenital Ptosis: Evaluation of the Contralateral Response to Unilateral Congenital Ptosis Repair.

Purpose: To determine the applicability and clinical relevance of Hering's law for the eyelids in cases of congenital ptosis.

Methods: A retrospective chart review and digital photograph analysis of patients who underwent unilateral congenital ptosis repair at a tertiary, university-based, Oculoplastics clinic was conducted. Pre- and postoperative eyelid height (marginal reflex distance), upper eyelid symmetry, and brow position were determined using ImageJ analysis software.