1 Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care and Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, kuopio Campus, Yliopistonranta 1, P.O.

Contributors SHB authored the first draft. VMM contributed revisions and comments to improve the manuscript. SHB is the guarantor. Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this ...

Correspondence to: Dr Mary Bond PenTAG, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane, Exeter EX2 4SG, Devon, UK; mary.bond{at}pms.ac.uk The negative psychological ...

The Choosing Wisely initiative promotes conversations between patients and clinicians, to choose care that is supported by evidence, and truly necessary. The consultation is an efficient diagnostic ...

Correspondence to Dr Marleen Kunneman, Medical Decision Making, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; kunneman{at}lumc.nl For too many people, ...

Correspondence to Dr Paul Fontelo, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA; fontelo{at}nlm.nih.gov In 1998, the ‘Evidence Cart’ was introduced to provide decision ...

Qualitative research has an important place within evidence-based health care (EBHC), contributing to policy on patient safety and quality of care, supporting understanding of the impact of chronic ...

Introduction An increasing number of people with chronic venous insufficiency have various options for maintenance compression therapy (MCT) including compression socks, custom adjustable Velcro ...

†Composite outcome = all cardiovascular events and all cause mortality. Abbreviations defined in glossary; NNT and CI provided by author. ‡Number needed to treat with an ACE inhibitor based regimen ...

Forms of artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning-based systems, are rapidly making their way into healthcare. The recent rise of machine learning—especially the development of deep ...

Objectives Drug nomenclature is an international system that helps in identifying the drugs. Trade names often reflect a characteristic of the drug or a relationship that will be of useful value for ...

2 Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance Malden, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence to Dr Allen F Shaughnessy, Department of Family Medicine, Tufts University Family ...