Fibrinolytic Therapy: What Size to Fit All?

Fibrinolytic therapy: what size to fit all?

To The Editor: I read with interest the series of articles addressing one of the most interesting debates in modern cardiology.1–3 Unfortunately, for the great majority of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Croatia, use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a therapeutic option is still a daydream. As in other developing countries, this choice is ...

Does one size fit all?

Should ‘ one size fit all ? ’

Silver dressings were compared with non-antimicrobial, low-adherent control dressings. A total of 304 patients were recruited, all with venous ulceration of the lower leg that had been present for more than 6 weeks, of whom 213 participated in the trial, and 91 underwent observation only. Participants were randomized to receive either an antimicrobial silver dressing (n = 107) or a control dres...

When One Size Doesn't Fit All.

There are few things in this world that we buy and use that don’t require some form of variation or customization to achieve a satisfactory outcome or experience. Whether it’s cars, clothing, or cooking oils, personal experience and comfort level are important factors in arriving at the right choice. I’ve worked in pharmacy clinical decision support at several database companies over the years,...

Exploratory Testing: One Size Doesn't Fit All

Exploratory testing (ET) is a powerful and efficient way of testing software by integrating design, execution, and analysis of tests during a testing session. ET is often contrasted with scripted testing, and seen as a choice between black and white. We pose that there are different levels of exploratory testing from fully exploratory to fully scripted and propose a scale for the degree of expl...