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Generalists in medicine [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1994
Stuart Handysides's series of articles on enriching careers in general practice (the sixth and last of which is published today (p 513)) has amassed many facts and useful opinions about the state of general practice today.*RF 1-6* The accelerating pace of change makes the beginning of 1994 a good time to take stock. Handysides correctly identifies the
D, Pereira Gray   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The diagnostic value of Reversed Carnett’s sign for detecting intra-abdominal lesion in patients with acute abdominal pain

open access: yesJournal of Hospital General Medicine, 2023
Physical examinations that can be used to accurately diagnose intra-abdominal diseases important to high-value care because they reduce the number of unnecessary computed tomography (CT) studies for patients with acute abdominal pain.
Takanobu Hirosawa   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Missed Diagnosis of Cholangiocarcinoma Presenting with Atypical Symptoms

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
We report a case of delayed diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. A 62-year-old man developed acute abdominal pain in multiple sites. As the distribution pattern of the abdominal pain was not correctly interpreted based on the mechanisms of visceral and ...
Ren Kawamura   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic and Management Errors in an Immunodeficient Patient with Pneumococcal Pneumonia with Bacteraemia due to Incorrect Assessment of the Patient’s Immune Status

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
A 79-year-old woman presented with fever and pleural chest pain. Based on the assessment of mild community pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient, outpatient follow-up was planned.
Takahiro Ito   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eosinopenia as a diagnostic marker of bloodstream infection in a general internal medicine setting: a cohort study

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Little is known about the potential use of the eosinophil count as a predictive marker of bloodstream infection. In this study, we aimed to assess the reliability of eosinopenia as a predictive marker of bloodstream infection.
Takanobu Hirosawa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Dangers of Immediately Performing a Sensitive and Specific Investigation versus the Dangers of Delaying It: A Cautionary Case of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
A 60-year-old man was admitted with a 1-month history of fever and weight loss. Multiple lymphadenopathies and haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were noted from the beginning, suggesting lymphoma.
Takahiro Ito   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Generalist predators and parasitoids are considered to be important regulators of aphids. The former not only feed on these pests, but might also consume parasitoids at all stages of development.
D. Sint   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Trophic Niche Breadth of Falconidae Species Predicts Biomic Specialisation but Not Range Size

open access: yesBiology, 2022
Trophic niche breadth plays a key role in biogeographic distribution patterns. Theory posits that generalist strategies are favoured in a more heterogeneous set of environments across a spatio-temporal gradient of resources predictability, conferring ...
Juan A. Fargallo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Generalist, specialist and generic positions experienced by occupational therapists in Norwegian municipalities [PDF]

open access: yesIrish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2020
Purpose – Reforms in the health-care system may impact how health-care professionals perceive and enact their roles. This study aims to examine the way in which occupational therapists experience and describe their roles in municipalities after the ...
Sissel Horghagen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of specialist and generalist herbivores feeding on cabbage cultivars is not explained by glucosinolate profiles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Plants display a wide range of chemical defences that may differ in effectiveness against generalist and specialist insect herbivores. Host plant-specific secondary chemicals such as glucosinolates (GS) in Brassicaceae typically reduce the performance of
Dam, N.M., van   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

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