Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...

Dr. Jose Jacob stresses that clinicians must be alert to the signs, as non-invasive tools may not be enough, and should weigh ...

Paula Ritchie wasn’t dying, but under Canada’s new rules, she qualified for a medically assisted death. Was that kindness or ...

A 35-year-old man presents with a chief complaint of purple discoloration of his toes and associated skin lesions that have ...

0 Asymptomatic Never diagnosed to have ABPA in the past, presentation with controlled asthma (according to GINA guidelines) and meeting the diagnostic criteria of ABPA (Box 6) 1 Acute Never ...

An important issue to consider is whether or not it replaces other diagnostic tests or becomes an additional or additive test. For patients with acute ... of Chest Pain Criteria: To evaluate ...

Objective: For patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ... can be used as a supplement to the current diagnostic criteria of ECG. Methods: The patients with recurrent ...

Patients attending the emergency department with acute chest pain of possible cardiac ischaemic origin were eligible for CPU care unless they met the following exclusion criteria: (1) ECG changes ...

Describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria and ... and the exact incidence and prevalence of acute pericarditis are unknown. It is a common differential diagnosis in patients presenting ...

Methods and analysis The POB HELP study is a clustered randomised controlled diagnostic trial investigating the (cost-)effectiveness and diagnostic accuracy of a primary care decision rule for acute ...

Chest pain presents differently across individuals ... some researchers are now calling for separate diagnostic criteria for people of different sexes.