Acromegaly—Consensus, What Consensus?

Consensus ? What consensus ?

The notion of a consensus, although it means little in science, is often used in support of the claim of man-made warming. Even quite recently we've seen reports about more than 400 people, mainly highly qualified scientists who "reject the consensus". But what is the history of claims of a consensus and what exactly is the consensus to which these claims refer, and even more importantly, do th...

ISUOG consensus statement: what constitutes a fetal echocardiogram?

In 2006 the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) published practice guidelines for the sonographic screening of congenital heart disease (CHD) during the second trimester of pregnancy1. This document described two levels for screening low-risk fetuses for heart anomalies. Firstly, a ‘basic’ scan should be performed by analyzing a four-chamber view of the feta...

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement: what is the international consensus?

What can experience add to early medical education? Consensus survey.

OBJECTIVE To provide a rationale for integrating experience into early medical education ("early experience"). DESIGN Small group discussions to obtain stakeholders' views. Grounded theory analysis with respondent, internal, and external validation. SETTING Problem based, undergraduate medical curriculum that is not vertically integrated. PARTICIPANTS A purposive sample of 64 students, st...

The NIH 2002 Consensus Conference on hepatitis C: what it said and what it means.