Evidence based diagnosis: Terminology is unsatisfactory

Glossary of evidence-based orthopaedic terminology.

As surgeons incorporate the philosophy of evidence-based orthopaedics into patient care, they need to become familiar with common terminology. A glossary of commonly used terms encountered among evidence-based orthopaedic practitioners is presented.

The hypothesis of localized chemiosmosis is unsatisfactory.

The hypothesis of 'localized' chemiosmosis have been put to an experimental test in the system of oxidative phosphorylation by rat liver mitochondria. We find that the variation of the ratio of phosphate potential to delta muH with delta muH does not depend on how delta muH is varied. This is in conflict with hypotheses of localized chemiosmosis. Of all coupling hypotheses, only the parallel-co...

Why is blood pressure control unsatisfactory--or is it?

Arterial hypertension is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular and renal disease. There are several aspects that make the management of hypertension almost unique. Hypertension is common, i.e. there is a high prevalence of the condition in most industrialized countries; it is simple to detect, i.e. ubiquitously available office brachial manometry anduor ambulatory blood-pressure measurement e...

Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis

T here is great excitement in the tuberculosis (TB) scientific community over the introduction of new tools into TB control activities. The development of new tools is an important component of the Global Plan to Stop TB and the World Health Organization's new global Stop TB Strategy [1,2]. Anticipating the introduction of new tools, the Stop TB Partnership has established a Retooling Task Forc...

Is the practice of haematology evidence based? II. Evidence based morphological diagnosis.