Should GP’s be using Rheumatoid Factor in the diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Early diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is important in preventing long-term damage and disability. RA should be suspected largely on the basis of clinical findings, such as...
View ArticleIncrease in emergency admissions to hospital for children in England
There are currently pressures on those working in primary care settings to reduce hospital admissions yet acute admissions for children continue to rise. This article on British children was the first...
View ArticleEvidence base for interventions delivered to children in primary care
This collaborative project was completed by the Cochrane Child Health Field at the University of Alberta, Canada and the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. The...
View ArticleOxWATCH: Oxfordshire Women and Their Children’s Health
Little is known about the impact of pre-pregnancy factors and pregnancy itself on women’s long-term health and wellbeing. Some specific pregnancy disorders are known to be associated with increased...
View ArticleWHO guidelines on Cardiovascular risk
The WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020 provides a road map to attain nine voluntary global targets, including that of a 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases,...
View ArticleSelf-monitoring and self-management of oral anticoagulation
Cochrane Library Podcast Carl Heneghan, University of Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, discusses a new Cochrane review of self monitoring and self management for oral anticoagulation...
View ArticleClinical Prediction Rules in Practice
Background One way of implementing Evidence-Based Medicine for diagnosis and prognosis in clinical practice is to use appropriately validated and tested clinical prediction rules (CPRs). There are...
View ArticlePosition Paper on Anti-Microbial Resistance Diagnostics
Annette Pluddemann Igho Onakpoya Sian Harrison Bethany Shinkins Alice Tompson Ruth Davis Christopher P. Price Carl Heneghan Read Full Report – AMR Diagnostic technologies_10 June...
View ArticleDiagnostic technologies for antimicrobial resistance
Annette Pluddemann Director: Diagnostic Horizon Scan Programme Tackling antimicrobial resistance is an important global public health challenge. The World Health Organisation has highlighted that...
View Article“For One Week Only” – Diagnosing high blood pressure in primary care
David Nunan- Deparrtmental Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow At the 44th Annual Conference of the Society for Academic Primary Care I presented results from our study to assess the diagnostic...
View ArticleMedication adherence
People often miss taking prescribed medication, because of forgetfulness, changing medication schedules or busy lifestyles. It is estimated that between 40% and 60% of people do not take medication as...
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