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Meningitis: positive Gram stain and initial observations may help ... Patient, acute meningitis. Intervention or Exposure, bacterial meningitis. Comparison, viral meningitis. Outcome, differential diagnosis. 2.
Meningitis: Multiplex viral PCR appears excellent in diagnosis In patients with suspected meningitis, viral PCR on CSF rules in (LR+-) or out (LR+0.01) the ... Intervention or Exposure, viral PCR. Outcome, viral meningitis. 3.
Chest pain: myocardial infarction: a clinical prediction rule can ... pain radiating to the neck, left shoulder or left arm, and reproduced on palpation (LR-0.093). chest pain for 48 hours or more and no new changes on ECG ... 4.
Hyperkalaemia: thrombocytosis elevated serum potassium. Graber M, Subramani K, Corish D, et al: Thrombocytosis elevates serum potassium. American Journal of Kidney Disease 1988; 12 (2): 116-120 ... 5.
Evidence-Based On-Call Malcolm Daniel; Glasgow Royal Infirmary; Glasgow, Scotland Patricia Davis, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A., ... 6.
Pleural effusion: Light's criteria helped rule out exudative ... In patients with pleural effusions, if none of the Light's criteria for an exudate were met, this made an exudative effusion much less likely (LR-0.036) . ... 7.
Atrial fibrillation: warfarin reduces stroke, but increases major ... aspirin v. placebo: major haemorrhage, months, 18/1282 (1.4%), 0.94 (0.48 to 1.84), 1200 (NNT = 87 to infinity; NNH = 140 to infinity) ... 8.
COPD, asthma: uncomplicated cases were unlikely to have a chest X ... One in five patients with an acute exacerbation of asthma or COPD had a chest X-ray that leads to a change in management. ... 9.
COPD, asthma: uncomplicated cases were unlikely to have a chest X ... One in five patients with an acute exacerbation of asthma or COPD had a chest X-ray that leads to a change in management. ... 10.
Infective endocarditis: transthoracic echocardiogram could ... transoesophageal echocardiography- presence or absence of vegetation or abscess. Diagnostic test: transthoracic echocardiography in left lateral decubitus ... |
