OAK BROOK, IL – In an effort to completely eliminate the risk of bleeding, newly-issued guidelines from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) now recommend that interventional procedures should only be performed once a patient’s INR, or international normalized ratio, has been appropriately lowered to a target goal...
Portland, OR – Local radiologist and entrepreneur Tim L’Atrophy is making news this week as he debuts his new groundbreaking radiology workstation. According to L’Atrophy, he has designed a new chair/desk combination that allows him to complete all of his work without burning excessive amounts of calories each...
Washington, DC – Arun Matthews, a 3rd year medical student has been reported missing from his third floor library cubicle since the early hours of yesterday. According to his peers, he was last seen in the medical school library computer lab looking at bone radiographs trying to locate the enigmatic Codman Triangle.
The Codman...
February 4th, 201901ATLANTA, GA – In an effort to minimize the risk of aspiration during tomorrow’s three-hour East coast flight from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to Boston’s Logan International Airport, JetBlue Pilot Mickey Albright has made all 189 of his passengers on Flight 486 NPO after...
January 19th, 201901PITTSBURGH, PA – Sometimes it’s better to acknowledge one’s own shortcomings and move on. That is why we’re saluting a hero, internist Dr. Keisha Boots, for summoning the strength and courage to do something all of us have always wanted to do: she tossed the tall stack of unread New England Journal of...
December 1st, 201802Philadelphia, PA– Following an unexpected announcement from executive leadership, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has converted all of its inpatient hospital beds into bathtubs full of ultrasound gel.
With the rise of point-of-care ultrasound, (POCUS) there has been a dramatic increase in the need for ultrasound gel,...
November 19th, 201801SOMEWHERE IN THE HOSPITAL BASEMENT WHERE THERE IS NOTHING BUT TOTAL DARKNESS AND BATS – Radiologist Christopher Jett-Black impressed his peers today by telling them his recently-checked 25-hydroxyvitamin D was less than zero. It was -400 ng/ml to be exact.
“AHHHH, close the door!!!!”
“If we as radiologists...
November 13th, 201802DURHAM, NC – Stating that the outside world contains enough variables to make pulmonary aspiration a true and serious risk, hospitalist Mack Reynolds has told his patient that he should remain NPO after discharge later today.
“Remember after you leave not to eat ever again”
“Sleeping in one’s own bed, lying...
September 1st, 201802NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Newly minted interventional radiology attending Dr. Marcus Jones scored a personal victory today when he successfully mended a leaking pipe leading to his kitchen sink using only dental floss and chewing gum. Jones says he was washing the dishes like normal when he noticed a significant amount of water gushing...
August 31st, 201804Radiologists attempt to decrease claustrophobia and increase transparency during CT scan by removing machine’s outer coverings
In an effort to increase patient satisfaction during imaging studies, a group of radiologists recently began scanning patients in a CT scanner with the outer coverings of the huge machine removed. With the...
