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The evolving role of PET imaging in Nephrology

March 9, 2016

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging modality that provides functional imaging of structures based on their ability to metabolize glucose and concentrate specific molecules that have been labeled with a positron-emitting radionuclide. Metabolically active cells (e.g,…

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Point of Care Evidence-Based Nephrology Diagnosis

June 23, 2015

The use of evidence-based diagnosis is what we are taught that we should all do but in practice, this is quite difficult. EBM diagnoses rely on likelihood ratios but it is impossible to remember the diagnostic accuracy of…

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