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Is change worth it? A gastric emptying case report

Ana Santiago Pereira Andre Nunes Damion Bailey gastrointestinal NM nuclear medicine

There are numerous approaches to implementing change and making improvements in healthcare, with many of these stemming from established classic sciences and disciplines. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of healthcare provision, there are an increasing number of publications available to the scientific community detailing innovative methods for well established procedures for effecting change in clinical settings. To cope with such a high flow of information, implementation of in-house systems is crucial to maintaining a continuous improvement attitude guided by adequate and contemporaneous scientific evidence.

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An overview of CZT technology

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Professor John C Dickson

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Dos and don’ts for a clinically useful gynaecology scan and report

A clinically useful gynaecological ultrasound scan and report is pivotal to the patient’s ongoing management. The referring clinician should have their clinical question answered, a diagnosis given for any abnormal findings and, where appropriate, recommendation for further investigation or referral to a specialist team. This is particularly pertinent with regards to the gynaecological patient. A […]

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