( 1) Odontóloga. Alumna del Máster de Cirugía e lmplantología Bucal. Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Barcelona. (2) Profesor titular de Patología Quirúrgica Bucal y Maxilofacial. Profesor del Máster de Cirugía e lmplantología Bucal. Facultad de Odontología. Universidad de Barcelona. (3) Catedrático de Patología Quirúrgica Bucal y Maxilofacial. Director del Máster de Cirugía e Implantolo...

Physicians, having shared and survived the gauntlets of medical school and residency, tend to be supportive of one another. At the same time, having first hand knowledge of the time commitment that goes with our profession, we are often hesitant to ask for one another's assistance. These factors have been instrumental in the evolution of the curbside or sidewalk consult, a practice that is ingr...

BACKGROUND Even after achieving tremendous advances in diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), many of the patients undergo delays in diagnosis and initiation of treatment, which leads to worsening of the condition and poor prognosis. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to perform a literature review to quantify the lag times in diagnosis and treatment of RA and study the ...

Hospital leadership identified poor physician compliance with a patient treatment protocol that was intended to avoid the occurrence of blood clots in hospitalized patients. The computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system at that time was user driven; that is, no clinical decision support pathways were built into the system. Initial plans were to integrate a decision tree into the CPOE sys...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether X-ray, computed tomography (CT), bone scan, and clinical impression accurately reflect the level of vertebral fracture in patients about to undergo vertebroplasty. DESIGN Retrospective observational study, utilizing patient inpatient notes, referral correspondence, and clinicians' private notes. SETTING Single center - all patients referred to one pain medici...

health workforce shortages in sub-saharan africa are widely recognized, particularly of physicians, leading the training and deployment of non-physician clinicians (npcs). the paper by eyal et al provides interesting and legitimate viewpoints on evolving role of physicians in context of decisive increase of npcss in sub-saharan africa. certainly, in short or mid-term, npcs will continue to be a...