Medical cardiovascular treatment trials: Relevant to medical ophthalmology in 1997?

On Medical Ophthalmology

The student of medicine at a date early in his clinical training is introduced to the necessity for the cultivation of thoroughness in his examination of the patient, the motive of this exhortation being twofold, namely, (i) that he may gain a complete knowledge of the individual patient as the only sure ground of correct diagnosis, and (2) that he may so develop his own powers of observation a...

Recent medical technologies guidance relevant to surgeons

BRUCE CAMBELL Identifying procedures depends on clinicians notifying them when they first contemplate their use. That does not mean that they cannot start using the procedure: until NICE publishes guidance, the kind of ‘special arrangements’ recommended when evidence is uncertain is the rule: tell your hospital; tell your patients; and audit your results with special care. Reference 1. Health S...

Research related to medical treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Medical treatment of heart disease has improved significantly in the past 30 years. The spectacular change in the natural history of rheumatic heart disease is apparent from a 1948 article that reported that 42% of children with rheumatic heart disease died of rheumatic infection or bacterial endocarditis. Antibiotics and cardiac surgery have improved the outcome from rheumatic heart disease. C...

Eye Manifestations of Internal Diseases (Medical Ophthalmology)

Teaching ophthalmology to the medical student: a novel approach.

1 Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP São Paulo (SP), Brazil and Visiting Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Chicago (IL), EUA. 2 Physician, Department de Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP São Paulo (SP), Brazil. Funding: No specific financial ...