#1: Disappearing STEMI – Prehospital Post-ROSC STEMI Is Suspect
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients with prehospital post-ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) STEMI on ECG often don’t have STEMI on ECG in the ED.
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Associations with resolution of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction criteria on out-of-hospital 12-lead electrocardiograms following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2025 Apr;209:110567. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110567. Epub 2025 Mar 6. PMID: 40057016
#2: Do No Harm – Is CT the Donut of Death?
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Computed Tomography (CT) examinations in 2023 alone are projected to result in approximately 103,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients and could account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually.
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Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Apr 14:e250505. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0505. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40227719
