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A team led by Dr. Anupam Kharbanda of Children s Minnesota in Minneapolis found that although decision support didn t necessarily reduce the overall use of CT for diagnosing pediatric appendicitis across the entire study population, at one health system it did reduce the use of the modality in those children at low or moderate risk of the condition. Although [our study] did not show an overall reduction in imaging, [it] revealed more appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, the group wrote.
Although appendicitis is the most common pediatric surgical emergency, it can be difficult to distinguish it from other causes of acute abdominal pain, Kharbanda and colleagues noted. The pressure to improve emergency department efficiency has led to an increase in the use of CT and ultrasound in patients with suspected appendicitis, but both have their drawbacks: CT exposes children to radiation and ultrasound may produce unclear results.
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San Mateo County Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow said in a statement Wednesday that even he does not yet have a full understanding of how the COVID-19 vaccine is flowing through the county. (Shutterstock)
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA Confused about the local coronavirus vaccine rollout?
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San Mateo County Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow said in a statement Wednesday that even he does not yet have a full understanding of how the COVID-19 vaccine is flowing through the county.
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Morrow said a lack of data and the various routes of vaccine distribution make it difficult to grasp how many people and exactly who has received the vaccine in the county. He urged people to be patient as uncertainty and ambiguity are expected in the early phases of such a large endeavor.
Busy phone lines and crashed websites: Bay Area seniors hit hurdles in race to get vaccinated
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1of8Marian Sullivan (left) of San Francisco receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination from medical assistant Lori Viramontes (right) at the new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Sutter Health in San Francisco on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. Sutter Health is only vaccinating seniors aged 75 and older and not yet vaccinating those seniors 65-74 years old.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of8Nurse Stephanie Contreras (hands at right) shows Yvonne Gavre (left) of San Francisco the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination she is about to receive at the new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Sutter Health in San Francisco on Thursday, January 14, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. Sutter Health is only vaccinating seniors aged 75 and older and not yet vaccinating those seniors 65-74 years old.Lea Suzuki/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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An increasing number of women are using cannabis before becoming pregnant, as well as early in the pregnancy, according to a new study published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open. The findings, from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, are based on reports from 276,991 women living in California before recreational marijuana was legalized in that state. The women were asked. California Mar 10, 2019
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