The study represents the largest and most comprehensive investigation of contrast-associated acute kidney injury in patients with cancer. 

This psychological phenomenon describes the notion that people believe they can make better predictions or decisions once they have been exposed to new information on the subject, often causing them to overestimate their own abilities. 

Malpractice premiums appear to play a significant role in the rankings. Even states with ample job opportunities and low-to-moderate cost of living were ranked poorly due to their high malpractice premiums.

The ACR Manual on Contrast Media suggests that highly viscous ICM should be warmed to body temperature prior to administration when using high-rate intravenous low-osmolality power injections, viscous iodinated CM, small-caliber catheters, or for timed studies looking at peak enhancement.   

An intense focus on RVU productivity may have unintended negative consequences, experts wrote in the Journal of Operations Management.

Also, radiologist joins state medical society representing small groups, and three LucidHealth rads honored as "top docs." 

"To be brutally honest, even some of the 75th percentile numbers aren’t that great," Kyle Tucker, a member of RBMA’s Data Committee, told Radiology Business. 

The private equity-backed multispecialty group said that it has voluntarily entered into an agreement to restructure 60% of its obligations.