An Objective Structured Clinical Exam to Assess Semiology Skills of Medical Students
Introduction: Mastery of history taking and physical exam skills is a key competence of medical students. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations are the gold standard to assess these competencies, but their implementation in Portugal is poorly ...
Vitor Hugo Pereira +5 more
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Effect of Hypertension on Outcomes of High-Risk Patients After BCG-Treated Bladder Cancer [PDF]
Immunotherapy with Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) is the most efficacious treatment for high-risk bladder cancer (BC) (Ta/T1 or carcinoma in situ) to reduce the risk of recurrence.
Alberto, Bovo +5 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus +6 more
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Structured data entry for narrative data in a broad specialty: patient history and physical examination in pediatrics. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Whereas an electronic medical record (EMR) system can partly address the limitations, of paper-based documentation, such as fragmentation of patient data, physical paper records missing and poor legibility, structured data entry (SDE, i.e ...
Bleeker, S.E. (Sacha) +4 more
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Agonia da história clínica e suas conseqüências para o ensino médico
A história clínica, cada vez mais, vem sendo subestimada como ferramenta indispensável à formação médica. Sendo esta desvalorização multifatorial, dois são os fatores que a tornam menos atraente aos olhos dos recém-egressos das universidades e mesmo para
Jane Bandeira Dichi, Isaias Dichi
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Self-evaluation of Sexual History Taking Skills Among Medical Students in Southern Thailand
Objective: Sexual health is an important issue in a holistic approach in general clinical practice. Inappropriate sexual history taking could lead to improper clinical management.
Thareerat Ananchaisarp +11 more
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor +12 more
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Delayed intramural duodenal hematoma after a simple diagnostic endoscopic ultrasonography fine-needle aspiration procedure [PDF]
A 65-year-old man was evaluated for a difficult-to-characterize pancreatic head mass in the setting of idiopathic chronic pancreatitis. He had no other relevant medical history and was not taking any anticoagulant or antiplatelet treatment.
Brito, Jorge +4 more
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An Approach to the Allergic Child
No abstract available.
E.G. Weinberg
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