Purpose To update previously summarized estimates of diagnostic accuracy for acute cholecystitis and to obtain summary estimates for more recently introduced modalities. Materials and Methods A systematic search was performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and CINAHL databases up to March 2011 to identify studies about evaluation of imaging modalities in patients who were suspected of…
The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use Artri King, a product promoted and sold for joint pain and arthritis…
Lung ultrasonography facilitates quick diagnosis at the bedside and is especially useful in emergency conditions. This video describes practical considerations for patients with the most…
Emergency cardiac care, cardiology, EKGs, ECGs, electrocardiography, echocardiography, dysrhythmias, arrhythmias, STEMI, NonSTEMI, NSTEMI, cardiology
Deconstructing the myth that the normal range for the resting heart rate is 60-100.REFERENCESMaximum predicted HR:Robergs R, Landwehr R. The surprising hist…
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Special Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Threshold Approach to Clinical Decision Making
Schmorl nodes, also known as intravertebral disc herniations, refer to protrusions of the cartilage of the intervertebral disc through the vertebral body endplate and into the…
In which John discusses how Hodgkin Lymphoma can be a very different disease for different people. As you can probably tell from this video, I’m…
OpenEvidence uses artificial intelligence to aggregate, synthesize, and visualize clinical evidence in understandable, clinically-useful formats that can be used to make more evidenced-based decisions and…
