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Acute Hypokalaemia: The Evidence Behind the Protocolmediscuss.org › acute-hypokalaemia-evidence-behind-the-protocol
Why the potassium will not rise until the magnesium is corrected, how fast intravenous potassium may go and through which line, which oral preparation to use, how the ECG changes, how large the deficit really is, and how to find the cause: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Acute Hypokalaemia protocol.
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Empirical Antibiotics in India: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › empirical-antibiotics-evidence-behind-the-pathway
How to read the Indian resistance figures without over-reading them: the ICMR AMRSN 2024 table whole, what each figure means for the agent chosen, why it applies to the sick and the hospitalised and not to the outpatient, and why most penicillin allergy labels are wrong. The evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Empirical Antimicrobial Pathway.
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Pre-Surgical Risk: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › pre-surgical-risk-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why one question about stairs predicts surgical risk better than most tests, why every surgical patient is at risk of a clot, and why the lungs deserve a score as much as the heart: the physiology and the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Pre-Surgical Risk Pathway.
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The QT Interval and the Electrolytes: The Evidence Behind Two Toolsmediscuss.org › qt-interval-and-electrolytes-evidence-behind-the-tools
Why five QT formulas exist and where they part company, what QT monitoring found in Indian tuberculosis patients, why magnesium comes before potassium, why the adjusted calcium misleads, and why the TTKG was withdrawn: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS QTc calculator and electrolyte panel.
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Acute Pancreatitis Severity: The Evidence Behind the Scoresmediscuss.org › acute-pancreatitis-severity-evidence-behind-the-scores
Why severity in acute pancreatitis is predicted early but graded late, what the Revised Atlanta classification and the modified Marshall score actually measure, the blood urea trap in BISAP, and how well the scores perform in Indian patients: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Acute Pancreatitis Severity tool.
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Beta Cell Function and Insulin Resistance: The Evidence Behind the Toolmediscuss.org › beta-cell-function-evidence-behind-the-tool
What HOMA-IR, HOMA-%B, QUICKI and the C-peptide can and cannot tell you from one fasting sample, why there is no agreed cut-off for insulin resistance, and what the thin-fat Indian means for the reading: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Beta Cell Function tool.
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Cervical Screening and the Abnormal Pap: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › cervical-screening-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why cervical cancer is preventable twice, the three screening frameworks India runs at once, what a negative VIA can and cannot tell you, why screen and treat exists, and why CIN2 is managed on conditions: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS cervical screening pathway.
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Head Injury: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › head-injury-evidence-behind-the-pathway
How many head injuries India sees and which of the published numbers hold, what the one Indian validation of the Canadian CT head rule found about scanning in practice, and why mannitol has less behind it than its reputation: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS head injury pathway.
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Insulin in Pregnancy: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › insulin-in-pregnancy-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why the glucose targets in pregnancy differ between ADA, NICE and the Indian national protocol, two ways to start insulin in gestational diabetes, what antenatal steroids and labour do to the dose, and the test after delivery that matters most: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Insulin in Pregnancy pathway.
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LDL Cholesterol: The Evidence Behind the Calculatormediscuss.org › ldl-cholesterol-evidence-behind-the-calculator
Why one lipid profile gives three different LDL values, why Friedewald reads low when the triglycerides are high and the LDL is low, which equation to trust at which triglyceride level, and when no calculated LDL should be trusted: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS LDL Cholesterol Calculator.