Should “policlinics” replace “polyclinics”?

Flipped learning: should it replace didactic learning?

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Needle Core Biopsy Should Replace Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Breast Lesions Diagnosis

qSOFA should replace SIRS as the screening tool for sepsis

Vincent JL, Martin GS and Levy MM recently wrote an article in Critical Care entitled “qSOFA does not replace SIRS in the definition of sepsis” [1]. In this paper they specified that “the qSOFA is meant to be used to raise suspicion of sepsis and prompt further action but it is not a replacement for SIRS and is not part of the definition of sepsis”. One of the starting points that induced the S...

Polyclinics and psychiatry

The preliminary review of the National Health Service (NHS) in England, led by Lord Darzi, proposed the development of ‘polyclinics’, which in the final report are referred to as ‘GP-led health centres’. Although there is considerable confusion in the literature about what it actually means, the term polyclinic will be familiar to those who have worked in the former Soviet countries of Europe (...

Should meta-analysis replace large randomized control trials?