Practical Considerations in Clinical Pathology Data Interpretation and Description

Clinical Pathology: Application and Interpretation

Sociocultural Considerations in Data Collection and Interpretation

This essay suggests additional sociocultural considerations that might improve data collection and analysis. The IUNS initiative on food habits and the elderly offers a theoretical and methodological framework to relate nutritional and non-nutritional factors to health outcomes and longevity. The research is designed to test hypotheses about the relationships between diet and disease; and migra...

Equine Laminitis: Practical Clinical Considerations

Over the past 20 yr, extensive research efforts as well as clinical experience has greatly increased our knowledge base of equine laminitis. Our present understanding of the disease is that there is failure of the lamellar attachment between the distal phalanx and hoof wall. This, in turn, initiates a sequence of events ranging from no permanent structural damage to loss of the hoof capsule. Af...

ACCF 2012 Expert Consensus Document on Practical Clinical Considerations in the Interpretation of Troponin Elevations

*American College of Cardiology Foundation Representative; †Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Representative; ‡American Association for Clinical Chemistry Representative; §American College of Physicians Representative; American College of Emergency Physicians Representative; ¶American College of Chest Physicians Representative; #ACCF Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensu...

Practical Considerations in Raking Survey Data