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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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 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

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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 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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Clinical Medicine EBM Infections Primary Care SLIDER 

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

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Primary Care Living Guideline for Long Covid

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 admin 3 Views 0 Comments

Justification for a living guideline for Long Covid in primary care Increasing Covid+ Patients and estimated Long Covid The MoH

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