jacksonianmarch

But Cano continues his hot start. Yankees pounding Angels. Beautiful thing

Just saw the replay again. Wilson was giving the plate to Tex initially, but he had crossed over the plate when Tex made contact. You guys made it sound like he was hit on the first base side of the plate. The collision occured directly over the plate. It isnt dirty

I will never fault a runner for plowing down a catcher in the regular season or playoffs.

Yeah, I had two of my abdomen when I was a first yr medical student. Turns out I had food poisoning, but there was an "abnormality vs artifact" found on the first one and I was talked into having a second. Which turned out to be clean. They are talking about creating a radiation profile for all patients where all XRays and scans are tallied and once you reach a certain threshold, there needs to be an emergent reason to go back to the scanner. Sounds like a good idea. Cause lymphoma is scary, let alone solid tumors.

Depending on your area that you are scanning and if you used or didnt use shields, you could deliver a lot of radiation. CT's of the chest and abdomen deliver the highest radiation

The trauma panel is CT Head, CT Cervical Spine, CT Chest, CT Abdomen/Pelvis with Lumbar and Thoracic Spine reconstructions.

Lester had the benefit of a massive outside corner and a lineup that likes to pound the ball into the ground. BTW, that was a hell of a play from Beltre

Offensively, Beltre's approach should be concerning. The guy swings at everything. But he is as advertised. He'll hit double digit homers and play good D. He just wont have a high OBP

I dont doubt that Wagner would be a better defensive catcher. I just dont think the sox are ready to put an offensive black hole in their lineup, especially with Cameron and Jacoby on the DL

It is the ionizing radiation. A CT scan is multiple XRays taken in a very short period of time. There has been a lot of research on this topic, and two "trauma panel" scans is equivalent in Grays to the exposure to people living a certain number of miles from Hiroshima. I dont exactly remember the mileage, but it was equivalent to an area that saw a massive spike in cancer within the following 40 yrs. Unfortunately, that is the best we have, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki data. So that is all we can go by.

The draft is falling right into the Pats hands right now. Kindle, Tate, and the DE from Michigan are still on the board

24% is better than 4% and Snyder has some pop.

So, there are two perspectives to take into account. The first is my practice. I do not CT scan patients who I think have rib fractures. There is no benefit to knowing as the treatment of a contusion or a fracture is completely and totallly pain relief. Some patients heal quicker than others and some dont. In my practice, as long as the patient can breathe comfortably, typically with the assistance of pain medicine, then I am fine with that. The only reason to do a CT scan would be if you think the underlying lung or a great vessel is injured. Now, CT scans have radiation, and we are finding that multiple CT scans can have the equivalent radiation dose of what some of the survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima received. And as one would imagine, it results in lymphomas and other tumors later on down the line. So, CT scanning a kid of his age isnt in his best interest. They did it anyway, but so be it. Also, CT scans also miss non-displaced fractures as well in the acute setting (granted, nowhere near as awful as XRays are for the acute diagnosis). They had the benefit of a week of healing to occur and probably saw calluses forming over the ribs. The second is the sox interests, since they needed to make a move. If you really wanted to know, you get a bone scan. That detects increased metabolism at the site of the fracture. But when the treatment is no different, what is the point? The sox needed an answer so they could make plans accordingly. But from a medical perspective, a bad rib contusion or a non-displaced fracture changes nothing in management, only how long you are out of commission. Hope that helped.

That is how you beat the yankee offense. Change speeds, locate, and give multiple different looks

I predicted a Lars resurgence this yr. Figured that much talent couldnt slump at the same level for 2 seasons in a row

SCM, I think you hit the nail on the head with the Wakefield thing. He goes from starter to a guy they cannot trust with the game on the line. He's now a mop-up guy and probably this is the end for him

apparently...

redsox.com is reporting that Wakefield is being bumped from the rotation

well, off to work.

He is finally starting to leave some pitches up

Thames abuses lefties

Well, being an ED resident, I dont see a lot of people in followup. But we do have our experiences in trauma clinic when we are on trauma. I'll tell you, after a week, most people can avoid the pain on breathing, but it takes a good 4-6 weeks to return to physical exertion. He might be out till the end of May, because he'll need to be pain free, then go on a rehab assignment

well, that sucked

1st error by Cano there. Hope it doesnt hurt