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Gout and Hyperuricaemia: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › gout-and-hyperuricaemia-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why a raised urate on a health check is not a reason to start a drug, what the allopurinol and febuxostat trials found, why the dal can stay, and what the Indian figures do and do not tell us: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS hyperuricaemia and gout pathway.
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HPV Vaccination: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › hpv-vaccination-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why a girl of 12 needs one dose of HPV vaccine and her sister of 17 needs three, what the Indian cohort found at ten years, why a woman already sexually active still gains, why vaccination never replaces screening, and the WHO targets for 2030: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS HPV Vaccination Pathway.
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MAP, Shock Index and Pulse Pressure: The Evidence Behind the Toolmediscuss.org › map-shock-index-pulse-pressure-evidence-behind-the-tool
Why the organs follow the mean pressure and not the systolic, how the shock index finds the bleeding patient whose pressure has not fallen yet, and what the pulse pressure says about the stroke volume: the physiology and the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS MAP, Shock Index and Pulse Pressure tool.
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NEWS2: The Evidence Behind the Early Warning Scoremediscuss.org › news2-evidence-behind-the-early-warning-score
What the National Early Warning Score 2 measures, why one red parameter matters more than a low total, when Scale 2 is safe, how NEWS2 does against qSOFA in sepsis, where it misleads, and what to do on a ward that cannot observe hourly: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS NEWS2 tool.
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Postpartum Haemorrhage: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › postpartum-haemorrhage-evidence-behind-the-pathway
Why the loss should be measured and not guessed, why tranexamic acid runs against a clock, what the balloon trials really found, and where the surgical ladder came from: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS postpartum haemorrhage pathway.
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The SpO2/FiO2 Ratio and ARDS: The Evidence Behind the Toolmediscuss.org › spo2-fio2-ratio-and-ards-evidence-behind-the-tool
How to use the saturation ratio when there is no blood gas, why it fails above a saturation of 97 per cent, how the three ARDS definitions disagree on the same patient, what the ROX index adds on high flow oxygen, and where the Indian thresholds differ: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS SpO2/FiO2 Ratio and ARDS Severity tool.
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Anaemia Indices: The Evidence Behind the Calculatormediscuss.org › anaemia-indices-evidence-behind-the-calculator
Where each red cell index comes from, why the published cut-offs work less well in Indian patients, the patient who has both thalassaemia trait and iron deficiency, and how common anaemia and the carrier state are in India: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS anaemia indices calculator.
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: The Evidence Behind the Pathwaymediscuss.org › dic-evidence-behind-the-pathway
What DIC is and why it causes both clotting and bleeding, the mechanism step by step, the ISTH overt DIC and SIC scores whole, and the anticoagulant that was withdrawn: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS DIC pathway.
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Kinetic GFR: The Evidence Behind the Calculatormediscuss.org › kinetic-gfr-evidence-behind-the-calculator
Why a creatinine that is still rising cannot be fed into Cockcroft-Gault, what the kinetic equation does instead, and what it changes at the drug chart: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS Kinetic GFR Calculator.
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Levothyroxine Dosing: The Evidence Behind the Toolmediscuss.org › levothyroxine-dosing-evidence-behind-the-tool
Why extra body fat adds levothyroxine dose without adding the capacity to use it, why the TSH target rises with age, how often older patients are overtreated, and what the studies show about a weekly dose and Helicobacter: the evidence behind the MEDiscuss CDSS levothyroxine tool.