Statistics

A Presentation exploring the possible new biomarkers of CHD risk  

An excellent presentation by Hans Rosling reviewing global development statistics in relation to health - relating them to things we can all understand  

<p>Suicide risk assessment in the emergency department.</p <p>An interview with Jeff Young, MD.</p <p>&nbsp;</p <p>Here's the link to the 'famous awake intubation video'</p <p>that will be one of the topics on the next episode</p <p>&nbsp;</p <p><a title="Link to awake intubation video" href="http://blog.emcrit.org/misc/awake-intub-video/" target="_blank">http://blog.emcrit.org/misc/awake-intub-video/</a></p>  

<div class="postBody">Sepsis is a common cause of death in the intensive care unit.&nbsp; In this episode I present some of the statistics on septic deaths, introduce the definitions, and present the basic science.&nbsp; Part 2 will cover fluid and drug therapy for septic shock.&nbsp; </div>  

<p <p>Case discussion with Drs. George Blumenschein of MD Anderson and Walter Curran of Emory University, reviewing concerns about risks of aggressive treatment of bulky locally advanced NSCLC and potential management strategies.</p </p>  

<p <p>Case discussion with Drs. George Blumenschein of MD Anderson and Walter Curran of Emory University, reviewing concerns about risks of aggressive treatment of bulky locally advanced NSCLC and potential management strategies.</p </p>  

The podcast series titled "Black Box Warnings: Implications for Clinical Practice, Antidepressants, and Suicide" is divided into three parts. In Part 2, Drs. Sid Zisook and Stephen Stahl discuss potential side effects of antidepressants that may be related to increased risk for suicidality, and the evidence for increased risk with antidepressants in different age groups.  

There is evidence that occupants of damp or mouldy buildings are at increased risk of respiratory symptoms, that remediation of dampness can reduce adverse health outcomes, that exposure to mould increases the risk of various conditions and that allergic people are particularly susceptible.  

Neoadjuvant therapy with an aromatase inhibitor provides the best potential risk/benefit profile for postmenopausal women with HER2-negative, strongly ER-positive and PR-positive disease.  

Outside a protocol setting, carboplatin/docetaxel/trastuzumab followed by trastuzumab for a total duration of one year provides the best potential risk/benefit profile for elderly patients with ER-negative, PR-negative, HER2-positive, multiple node-positive breast cancer with a prior cardiac history.  

Outside a protocol setting, a combination of endocrine therapy and trastuzumab provides the best potential risk/benefit profile for women with ER-positive, HER2-positive metastatic disease.  

Outside a protocol setting, the combination of lapatinib and capecitabine provides the best potential risk/benefit profile for women with ER-negative, PR-negative, HER2-positive, node-positive disease with cancer recurrence after AC->TH.  

ResearchToPractice.com/HOUJC109 – Case 5: 53yo woman with symptomatic, high-risk mantle-cell lymphoma treated with R-hyper-CVAD. Interviews conducted by Neil Love, MD. Produced by Research To Practice.  

MeetTheProfessors.com – 61yo w/4-cm, poorly diff. adenocarcinoma invading subserosa, colectomy; no lymphovasc. invasion detected, all 17 nodes negative; enrolled on ECOG-E5202, classified “low-risk” therefore did not receive adjuvant chemo  

Multimodality Therapy for High-Risk Disease  

ResearchToPractice.com/VPB209 - Case 6: A 51-year-old postmenopausal woman with a 1.3-cm, Grade II, node-negative, ER-positive, PR-positive, HER2-negative IDC and an Oncotype DX® Recurrence Score® of 21 (intermediate risk). Interviews conducted by Neil Love, MD. Produced by Research To Practice.  

Summary of statistics  

A brief introduction to medical statistics for any student thinking of contributing to audit/research  

In a world undergoing constant change, in the era of globalisation, the training of medical professionals should be under constant review so that it can be tailored to meet the needs of this society in transition. This is all the more true at times of economic uncertainty, such as the current conditions, which have a direct impact on health services. Professionals need new Competencies for new times. Over the last decade initiatives have emerged in various Anglo- Saxon countries which have defined a framework of basic Competencies that all medical specialists should demonstrate in their professional practice. In addition to this, we must respond to the creation of the European Higher Education Area which has implications for specialised training. In Spain, training for medical specialists was in need of an overhaul and the recently passed law (Real Decreto 183/2008) will allow us to move forward and implement, in medical education, initiatives and innovations required in our medical centres, to respond to the new society and bring us in line with international professional education and practice. The way forward is a Competencybased model for medical education with assessment of these Competencies using simple instruments, validated and accepted by all the stakeholders. The institutions involved (hospitals, medical centres and other health care services) should trial different approaches within the general framework established by the current legislation and be conscious of the duty they have to society as accredited training organisations. Accordingly, they should consolidate their teaching and learning structures and the various different educational roles (Director of Studies, Tutors, and other teaching positions), showing the leadership necessary to allow proper implementation of their training programmes. For this, the Spanish Autonomous Regions must develop their own legislation regulating Medical Specialty Training. So, medical professionals should receive training, based on ethical values, behaviours and attitudes that considers humanistic, scientific and technical factors, developing an understanding of the scientific method; ability to put it into practice; skills to manage complexity and uncertainty; a command of scientific, technical and IT terminology to facilitate independent learning; and a capacity for initiative and teamwork, as well as skills for dealing with people and for making an effective, democratic contribution both within health organisations and in the wider society. Key words: Postgraduate Medical Education. Competencybased Medical Education.  

Aneurysm repair is a mechanical solution to the problem of progressive expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysm and the risk of rupture. Although open surgical repair, which has been the established approach, is very effective, it carries substantial risks from the extensive surgical procedure. Endovascular repair was developed to reduce the risks associated with open surgery and to provide a treatment option for patients who are not deemed to be surgical candidates.