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Cardiovascular EBM Primary Care SLIDER 

CVD risk estimation: Should you get a coronary artery calcium score (CACS)?

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 admin 241 Views 0 Comments coronary artery calcium score (CACS), CVD risk

More than a decade doctors have been using CVD risk predication tools to lower cardiovascular diseases. The tools use traditional

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EBM SLIDER 

Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children: RCT for dose & duration of Amoxycillin

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 admin 499 Views 0 Comments children, community acquired pneumonia

Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: The CAP-IT

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Sri Lankan 

Presidential Secretariat

April 11, 2022July 23, 2022 admin 325 Views 0 Comments GOGOTA, SLCrisis, Sri Lanka
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Cardiovascular EBM guidelines Primary Care SLIDER 

Aspirin in primary prevention of CVD: The rapidly changing evidence

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 admin 2 Views 0 Comments Aspirin, cardiovascular disease, primary prevention, USPSTF

Aspirin in primary prevention of CVD: The rapidly changing evidence Aspirin (acetyl salicylic acid) used since 1853, is one of

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COVID-19 Infections 

Covid-19: Is it safe to reduce the self-isolation period? BMJ 2021 Dec 30

December 31, 2021July 23, 2022 admin 472 Views 0 Comments Covid-19, self-isolation

The self-isolation period varies from 14 days according to the WHO to 5 days according to the current duration in

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EBM Musculoskeletal Research SLIDER 

Rotator cuff disorders: What matters in the long run?

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 admin 539 Views 0 Comments best practice advice, corticosteroid injection, Progressive exercise, Rotator cuff disorders

Progressive exercise compared with best practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for the treatment of patients with rotator cuff

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COVID-19 EBM Primary Care 

Sotrovimab for Early Covid-19

November 21, 2021July 23, 2022 admin 4 Views 0 Comments

Highly effective treatments for Covid-19 in patients at increased risk for severe disease are needed. Sotrovimab is a human monoclonal

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Cardiovascular Cochrane EBM Primary Care 

Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19

November 15, 2021July 23, 2022 admin 2 Views 0 Comments hypertension, walking

CDSR Authors’ conclusionsBased on the current very low‐ to low‐certainty evidence, we are uncertain about the efficacy and safety of

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EBM Emergency medicine Musculoskeletal SLIDER 

Ibuprofen for acute pain relief in the emergency department

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 admin 4 Views 0 Comments

In adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute pain, a single dose of ibuprofen 400 mg provides equal

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Cancer EBM Gynaecology SLIDER 

Screening for Ovarian Cancer with CA 125 and Ultrasound Algorithm Does Not Reduce Mortality

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 admin 431 Views 0 Comments CA 125, Ovarian Cancer, Ultrasound

Clinical QuestionDoes screening for ovarian cancer using an algorithm that customizes interpretation and follow-up of cancer antigen (CA) 125 testing

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