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A new artificial intelligence (AI) model combines imaging information with clinical patient data to improve diagnostic performance on chest X-rays, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America. ....
email article A nationwide database confirmed the sharp reduction of adult cardiac surgery volumes and unexpectedly high procedural mortality during the COVID pandemic, one group reported. Surgical cases had been fairly stable month to month until they dropped to 12,000 across the country during the month of April 2020, a 53% reduction (65% drop in elective cases and a 40% reduction in non-elective cases) from the 2019 monthly average that roughly coincided with the first wave of the pandemic. The Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, hit hardest by COVID during the first surge, showed the biggest drops of cardiac surgery volumes (71% and 63% reductions, respectively). The Mid-Atlantic in particular had a whopping 75% reduction in elective cases and a 59% decline in non-elective ones in April, reported Tom Nguyen, MD, of University of California San Francisco, at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) virtual meeting. ....