Congrats, you’re a brand-new attending.
You just finished residency, and now someone hands you a contract that says:
“$39 per RVU”
Cool, cool…
What the heck is an RVU? And how much money is that?
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Can you get the diagnosis when it comes to carotid stenosis?
Having some confusion about the strokes you see w/ICA occlusion?
Why are there so many different patterns of infarcts w/ICA occlusion/stenosis?
There are 5 main infarct patterns—and they reflect the different types of disruption to flow you get w/carotid disease: artery to artery emboli, embolic shower, & hypoperfusion
Here’s what you see:
1. Territorial infarction w/cortical or subcortical involvement
--From artery-to-artery or distal embolism.
--More than one occlusion indicates more proximal arterial dz
2. Subcortical infarction
--When ICA, MCA, & ACA perforating deep arteries are occluded
--Can be from MCA occlusion w/good collaterals or emboli directly to deep perforating arteries
3. Combined territorial & smaller cortical and/or subcortical infarcts
--From partial embolism fragmentation or emboli shower of various sizes
4. Multiple small infarcts in the distal territories of the MCA & ACA
--If in more than one arterial territory, it’s suggestive of cardio-embolism
--If single arterial territory, it’s from a parent artery steno-occlusive lesion
5. Watershed infarctions.
Two types:
--External border-zone (located between the cortical territories of ACA, MCA, & PCA)
--Internal borderzone (between the deep & superficial networks of MCA & ACA)
--Traditionally thought from low-flow, but emboli are often a cause
--Hemodynamic mechanism may be more important in internal borderzone infarcts & embolism in external borderzone infarcts
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Given the lack of an easy identifiable place or link in you website to file a complaint. Consider your organization notified.
@AlaskaAir
Recently purchased tickets for family of 4.
You changed the price in the middle of the transaction to obtain premium tickets first from $ 69 to 96 and then from $ 96 to 110. This is false/fraudulent advertisement. #falseadvertisement#CustomerCare
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@AlaskaAir They should not change once the customer agrees to pay a price, you changed the price during the transaction. That is not right. #dissapointedcustomer