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Challenges and choices in drug therapy for chronic pain
Vertebral compression fractures: What time destroys, methylmethacrylate may mend
Vertebral compression fractures: Manage aggressively to prevent sequelae
Pre-event smallpox vaccination: Unresolved issues
Watchful waiting is reasonable for gallstone symptoms
Not all patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis require surgery. Nearly half of patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated gallstone disease can be managed successfully with observation and minor dietary changes. This option is a safe one we can offer our patients.
Not all patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis require surgery. Nearly half of patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated gallstone disease can be managed successfully with observation and minor dietary changes. This option is a safe one we can offer our patients.
Not all patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis require surgery. Nearly half of patients with symptomatic but uncomplicated gallstone disease can be managed successfully with observation and minor dietary changes. This option is a safe one we can offer our patients.
Six-item screening tool is sensitive for dementia
This study provides excellent evidence that a 6-item screening tool based on orientation to date and a 3-item short-term recall is sensitive for dementia. Clinicians should consider using this simple screen in an outpatient setting, keeping in mind that the final diagnosis of dementia is a clinical judgment after full assessment and that this screen was not intended for use in following patients over time. Caution also should be exercised in extending these results to patients in the hospital, who were not included in this trial.
This study provides excellent evidence that a 6-item screening tool based on orientation to date and a 3-item short-term recall is sensitive for dementia. Clinicians should consider using this simple screen in an outpatient setting, keeping in mind that the final diagnosis of dementia is a clinical judgment after full assessment and that this screen was not intended for use in following patients over time. Caution also should be exercised in extending these results to patients in the hospital, who were not included in this trial.
This study provides excellent evidence that a 6-item screening tool based on orientation to date and a 3-item short-term recall is sensitive for dementia. Clinicians should consider using this simple screen in an outpatient setting, keeping in mind that the final diagnosis of dementia is a clinical judgment after full assessment and that this screen was not intended for use in following patients over time. Caution also should be exercised in extending these results to patients in the hospital, who were not included in this trial.