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Outpatient Type 2 Diabetes: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › outpatient-type-2-diabetes-evidence-behind-the-pathway
How to set an HbA1c target for the patient in front of you, when the HbA1c itself cannot be trusted, which drug combinations to stop at once, and what every patient should be told about sick days: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Outpatient Diabetes Pathway.
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Pregnancy Dating and the Antenatal Schedule: The Evidence Behind the Toolmediscuss.org › pregnancy-dating-and-antenatal-schedule-evidence-behind-the-tool
Why one wrong date at booking moves every later decision, how the crown-rump length dates a pregnancy, when a scan should change the due date and when a small baby should not, and what the aspirin, DIPSI and foetal movement trials found: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS pregnancy and antenatal scheduler.
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Acute Hyperkalaemia: The Evidence Behind the Protocolmediscuss.org › acute-hyperkalaemia-evidence-behind-the-protocol
Why calcium goes first although it does not lower the potassium, what each treatment does and how fast, how the ECG changes, how to check the sample and work through the causes, and which common Indian drugs raise the potassium: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Acute Hyperkalaemia protocol.
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Acute Stroke and the NIH Stroke Scale: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › nihss-and-acute-stroke-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why the NIH Stroke Scale scores a right-hemisphere stroke lower, how reliable it is between examiners, how the Siriraj score performs in Indian hospitals, what IRIS-TNK showed for the Indian tenecteplase dose, and the large-core thrombectomy trials: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS stroke pathway.
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Alcohol Withdrawal: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › alcohol-withdrawal-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why the brain shakes when the alcohol stops, why symptom-triggered dosing works only where the ward can score it, how to read the benzodiazepine table, why phenytoin does not prevent the fits, why thiamine comes before glucose, and what to start before discharge: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS alcohol withdrawal pathway.
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Diagnosing Diabetes and Prediabetes: The Evidence Behind the Thresholdsmediscuss.org › diabetes-diagnosis-evidence-behind-the-thresholds
Where 126, 200 and 6.5 per cent came from, why the ADA and WHO still disagree at 100 and 110, why the three tests find different people in India, when the HbA1c misleads, and why a value at target is not a normal value: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS diabetes diagnosis tool.
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ECG Interpretation: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › ecg-interpretation-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why the ECG is read in a fixed order, and how to look for an infarction when the QRS is already wide: the original and the modified Sgarbossa rules, the figures behind them, and what a negative result does not mean. The evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS ECG Interpretation Pathway.
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Hepatic Staging in Cirrhosis: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › hepatic-staging-cirrhosis-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why the sodium sits inside MELD-Na, when a Maddrey function of 32 calls for steroids and what must be excluded first, how to tell hepatorenal syndrome from the other kidney injuries of cirrhosis, and why NSAIDs and ACE inhibitors are avoided: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Hepatic Staging Pathway.
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Monitoring Antiretroviral Therapy: The Evidence Behind the Guidemediscuss.org › monitoring-antiretroviral-therapy-evidence-behind-the-guide
Which tests a person on antiretroviral therapy needs, and when; why tenofovir means kidney tests and zidovudine means blood counts; how each adverse reaction is recognised and which single drug is changed: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS ART Monitoring & ADR Guide.
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Pathogen-Directed Therapy: The Evidence Behind the Guidemediscuss.org › pathogen-directed-therapy-evidence-behind-the-guide
Why a smaller MIC is not a stronger drug, why the same isolate can be susceptible and resistant at once, how to choose between agents that are all reported sensitive, what the report never tells you about intrinsic resistance, and what the national surveillance figures do and do not mean: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Pathogen-Directed Therapy Guide.