US doctors investigate more than 50 possible cases of monkeypox

Do GPs know more than other doctors?

In this issue of the European Journal of General Practice, Barais et al., present their glossary of diagnostic reasoning terms [1]. COGITA is a European group of general practitioners (GPs) reflecting on diagnostic reasoning and decision making, perhaps more widely known under their popular name ‘The Gut Feeling Group’. References of their publications can be found on http://www.gutfeelings.eu....

Outcome of CABG in Patients Aged More Than 50 Years

Method: Sixty-one patients were included in the study, aged 14 and 89 years old. Forty-four patients were more than 50 years old and 17 young patients. All the patients had Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) from January 2009 to August 2010. Severity, risk factors, type of procedure, co-morbidities, recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and laboratory analysis were documented. Number ...

Canadians continue to spend more on drugs than doctors.

Margaret McCartney: Remember that doctors are more trusted than journalists.

In the past few months the Daily Mail has excoriated GPs for letting “millions” down by being “shut in the afternoon,” for “failing an estimated 32 000 cancer patients,” and for “failing to diagnose patients with early dementia.” It often does this on the front page in large font, and I know that these headlines hurt many GPs who work long and hard under intolerable pressure. Free speech is imp...

Is Less than 50% More Narcotics Really Noninferior?

epidural infusion, yet the title and abstract only mention the single-injection femoral nerve block (FNB) or adductor canal nerve block (ACB). The patient-controlled epidural analgesia contained 10 μg/ml hydromorphone combined with 0.06% bupivacaine set at 4 ml/h continuous infusion with 4 ml of patient-controlled boluses on demand every 10 min on the day of surgery (postoperative day 0 [POD 0]...