Potential for diagnostic errors in men taking statins

an appropriate model for exchange rate predictability in iran: comparing potential forecastability

nowadays in trade and economic issues, prediction is proposed as the most important branch of science. existence of effective variables, caused various sectors of the economic and business executives to prefer having mechanisms which can be used in their decisions. in recent years, several advances have led to various challenges in the science of forecasting. economical managers in various fi...

Teaching for Reducing Diagnostic Errors.

Diagnostic errors, constituted by a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis detected later by additional tests or findings, are one of the most vexing issues in medicine. They are one of the commonest causes of patient- harm and also medical negligence claims. Although a variety of constructs have been proposed to explain diagnostic errors, the complex interplay of cognitive- and system-factors tha...

Statins as potential therapeutic drug for asthma?

BACKGROUND Statins are lipid-lowering agents that also exhibit pleiotropic effects in decreasing oxidative stress and inflammation. There have been several published studies reporting the use of statins in the treatment of asthma patients, but their results are not consistent. The aim of this study is to determine whether statins are beneficial for asthma administration, and explore the potenti...

Statins in rheumatic heart disease: taking the bite out?

lthough infrequent in the developed world, rheumatic heart isease (RHD) remains a major health problem worldwide, nd with increasing immigration over the past decades, will ontinue to be encountered in most cardiology practices. The orld Health Organization has estimated that more than 15 illion people worldwide are affected, with a half million new ases of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) yearly (2...

Diagnostic errors in medical practice.