Does This Sound Religious?

Does this child have appendicitis?

CONTEXT Evaluation of abdominal pain in children can be difficult. Rapid, accurate diagnosis of appendicitis in children reduces the morbidity of this common cause of pediatric abdominal pain. Clinical evaluation may help identify (1) which children with abdominal pain and a likely diagnosis of appendicitis should undergo immediate surgical consultation for potential appendectomy and (2) which ...

Reverse Remodeling: Does This Work?

Does this patient have influenza?

CONTEXT Influenza vaccination lowers, but does not eliminate, the risk of influenza. Making a reliable, rapid clinical diagnosis is essential to appropriate patient management that may be especially important during shortages of antiviral agents caused by high demand. OBJECTIVES To systematically review the precision and accuracy of symptoms and signs of influenza. A secondary objective was t...

Does this patient have dementia?

CONTEXT While as many as 5 million individuals in the United States have dementia, many others have memory complaints. Brief tests to screen for cognitive impairment could help guide dementia diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To review the literature concerning the practicality and accuracy of brief cognitive screening instruments in primary care. DATA SOURCES A search of MEDLINE (including data from AI...

Does Posh English Sound Attractive?

Poshness refers to how much a British English speaker sounds upper class when they talk. Popular descriptions of posh English mostly focus on vocabulary, accent and phonology. This study tests the hypothesis that, as a social index, poshness is also manifested via phonetic properties known to encode vocal attractiveness. Specifically, posh English, because of its impression of being detached, a...