Gastrointestinal cancer risk in patients with a family history of gastrointestinal cancer
Background/Aims: This study was performed to evaluate the relationship between family history of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and incidence of any GI cancer in the Korean population.
Joo Won Chung +9 more
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Contribution of Different Patient Information Sources to Create the Best Possible Medication History
Introduction: Obtaining the best possible medication history is the crucial step in medication reconciliation. Our aim was to evaluate the potential contributions of the main data sources available – patient/caregiver, hospital medical records, and ...
Joelizy Oliveira +10 more
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Background The most important factor in evaluating a physician’s competence is strong clinical reasoning ability, leading to correct principal diagnoses. The process of clinical reasoning includes history taking, physical examinations, validating medical
Jian‐Han Lai +3 more
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Correlation between urodynamic tests, history and clinical findings in treatment of women with urinary incontinence [PDF]
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of urodynamic test in diagnosis of urinary incontinence, comparing detailed data of history and physical examination, and some easy- to-apply clinical tests.
João Bosco Ramos Borges +3 more
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Details acquired from medical history and patients’ experience of empathy – two sides of the same coin [PDF]
BACKGROUND: History taking and empathetic communication are two important aspects in successful physician-patient interaction. Gathering important information from the patient’s medical history is needed for effective clinical decision making while ...
Daniela Vogel +4 more
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The Influence of Foreign Language Instruction on History-Taking Skills in Primary Care [PDF]
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the impact of foreign language acquisition on medical students' history-taking skills in primary care, which is an essential component of undergraduate medical education, and identify any disparities between native ...
Tumay Sadikoglu +2 more
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Differential vulnerability to the punishment of cocaine related behaviours: effects of locus of punishment, cocaine taking history and alternative reinforcer availability. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The availability of alternative reinforcement has been shown to reduce drug use, but it remains unclear whether it facilitates a reduction or cessation of drug seeking or taking.
Everitt, Barry J +2 more
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Background There is no consensus regarding the best time to teach two fundamental pillars of clinical medicine: medical interview and physical examination. We investigated the impacts of teaching the course “Medical Interview and Physical Examination” in
Haruko Akatsu +6 more
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Extended scope of nursing practice: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained nurses and pre-registration house officers in pre-operative assessment in elective general surgery [PDF]
Aim/ Principal Research Question:1) To determine whether pre-operative assessment carried out by an appropriately trained nurse (ATN) is equivalent in quality to that carried out by a pre-registration house officer (PRHO).2) To assess whether pre ...
Alhameed, H. +15 more
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