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Shared Decision Making: The Limits

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 admin 58 Views 0 Comments doctor-patient relationship, Shared Decision Making

Shared decision-making (SDM) ensures that individuals are supported to make decisions that are right for them. It is a collaborative

Clinical Medicine COVID-19 EBM Primary Care SLIDER

Covid-19 Medications in Ambulatory Care

August 20, 2022August 22, 2022 admin 324 Views 0 Comments Covid Treatment, Covid-19

There has been important drug treatment recommendations for patients in primary ambulatory care that has been classified as ‘Non-severe’. Furthermore,

EBM Musculoskeletal Primary Care SLIDER

Vitamin D supplementation for fracture prevention? A definitive verdict

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 admin 282 Views 0 Comments Fracture, Osteoporosis, Vitamin D

N Engl J Med 2022 July 28; 387:299-309 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202106 LINK Over a third over 60 years of age in

EBM Neurology Primary Care Psychiatry SLIDER

Anticholinergic drugs and dementia: time for transparency in the face of uncertainty

July 28, 2022July 29, 2022 admin 268 Views 0 Comments Anticholinergic drugs, dementia, Old adults

Anticholinergic drugs which act on the cholinergic pathways are commonly used in clinical practice for management of conditions affecting old

Cardiovascular EBM Primary Care SLIDER

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

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 admin 242 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

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

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

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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Is high-dose amoxicillin/clavulanate (Augmentin) in adults with acute sinusitis

November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 admin 2 Views 0 Comments acute sinusitis, amoxicillin/clavulanate, Augmentin

Answer: High-Dose Amoxicillin/Clavulanate No Better than Standard Dose for Acute Sinusitis in Adults LINK – JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e212713.2021 Bottom