Introduction to Clinical Answers: Croup

A Short Introduction to Clinical Photography for the Plastic Surgeon

How to find answers to clinical questions.

Many barriers exist to finding answers to physicians' clinical questions. Lack of time, resources, and computer skills, as well as physicians' environment and attitudes about problem solving, all contribute to unanswered questions. Making use of computer-based information resources can give physicians a framework for answering questions and keeping their practice consistent with the best availa...

An Introduction to some new approaches in clinical education

Introduction: Clinical education is one of the most important and crucial parts of health science education. Successful clinical education needs to adopt effective approaches that are based on up to date knowledge, clients’ and patients’ needs. Therefore, it can prepare the learners for learning. This study aimed to introduce some new approaches in clinical education. Methods: In this review s...

Croup.

INTRODUCTION Croup is characterised by the abrupt onset, most commonly at night, of a barking cough, inspiratory stridor, hoarseness, and respiratory distress due to upper airway obstruction. It leads to signs of upper airway obstruction, and must be differentiated from acute epiglottitis, bacterial tracheitis, or an inhaled foreign body. Croup affects about 3% of children per year, usually bet...

Semantic Clustering of Answers to Clinical Questions

Access to clinical evidence is a critical component of the practice of evidence-based medicine. Advanced retrieval systems can supplement precompiled secondary sources to assist physicians in making sound clinical decisions. This study explores one particular issue related to the design of such retrieval systems: the effective organization of search results to facilitate rapid understanding and...