Instructions IN CLINICAL MEDICINE,

Evidence Based Medicine: Clinical Trials

Evidence based medicine is very important for success of modern medicine. It is the ongoing process of using the most reliable evidence from clinical studies, scientific understanding and medical practice to make the best possible medical choice for patients. Evidence based medicine is how medicine advances and how we get improvements in life expectancy and quality of life. It not only identifi...

Studies in Clinical Medicine

Studies in Clinical Medicine

The volume before us consists of a collection of papers published at various times in the medical journals, together with a selection of clinical lectures delivered presumably at the Polyclinic in London. They cover a very wide range of subjects, the first place being given to rheumatoid arthritis and its manifold manifestations. The author has devoted a great deal of energy and research, not o...

Pictures in Clinical Medicine

A 33-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital with a history of spontaneous discharge of tapeworm segments. He also had a history of a similar episode three month previously. He was asymptomatic. He denied having recently eaten raw fish such as trout, and did not have frequent travelling habits. Laboratory data, including complete blood count, eosinophil and vitamin B12 levels were wi...

Spreadsheets in Clinical Medicine

There is overwhelming evidence that the continued and widespread use of untested spreadsheets in business gives rise to regular, significant and unexpected financial losses. Whilst this is worrying, it is perhaps a relatively minor concern compared with the risks arising from the use of poorly constructed and/or untested spreadsheets in medicine, a practice that is already occurring. This artic...