CVD risk estimation: Should you get a coronary artery calcium score (CACS)?
More than a decade doctors have been using CVD risk predication tools to lower cardiovascular diseases. The tools use traditional
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Your results may vary: the imprecision of medical measurements
Clinicians and patients need to interpret a multitude of medical measurements. These are often central to monitoring health and informed
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Michael Rosen: Surviving Covid-19
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1n5s Last March, the author and educator Michael Rosen was placed into an induced coma after contracting Covid-19. He has
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Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children: RCT for dose & duration of Amoxycillin
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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Aspirin in primary prevention of CVD: The rapidly changing evidence
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: Is it safe to reduce the self-isolation period? BMJ 2021 Dec 30
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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Rotator cuff disorders: What matters in the long run?
Progressive exercise compared with best practice advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, for the treatment of patients with rotator cuff
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Sotrovimab for Early Covid-19
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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Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19
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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Ibuprofen for acute pain relief in the emergency department
In adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute pain, a single dose of ibuprofen 400 mg provides equal
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Screening for Ovarian Cancer with CA 125 and Ultrasound Algorithm Does Not Reduce Mortality
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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