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A Clinical Decision Support System for Earth-independent Medical Operations
Elizabeth E. KellerApr 16, 2024 Deep space exploration requires a paradigm shift in astronaut medical support toward Earth-independent medical operations. Currently, astronauts rely on real-time communication with ground-based medical providers. However, as the distance from Earth increases, so do communication delays and disruptions. Deep space exploration crews will need to autonomously detect, diagnose, treat, and
Clinical trial shows rheumatoid arthritis drug could prevent disease
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could also prevent the disease in individuals deemed to be at risk. Results from a Phase 2b clinical trial, published today in The Lancet by researchers led by King's College London, provide hope for arthritis sufferers after it was shown that the biologic drug
Poor quality clinical data informing NICE decisions on treatments in over half of cases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The quality of evidence submitted to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for informing its decisions to recommend technologies for use in the NHS was poor in more than half of cases, reveals a 20-year analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Open. The data quality submitted
How integrating AI and clinical decision support systems can help in the ER
Deployment of artificial intelligence for point-of-care clinical decision support is in its nascency. Despite the media attention and proliferation of AI studies, translation to clinical practice is rare. Little evidence exists on best practices for deployment, particularly in emergency medicine. Emergency medicine serves as the frontline of healthcare and the integration of AI and clinical
Clinical Challenges: Is Recalcitrant Atopic Dermatitis Really Comorbid Disease?
Clinical Challenges > Atopic Dermatitis — Dupilumab failure signals the need for extended patch testing to identify a missed diagnosis by Kristin Jenkins, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today November 8, 2023 Recent evidence indicates that a significant percentage of patients with recalcitrant eczematous dermatitis, including those dubbed "treatment-resistant" to dupilumab (Dupixent), may be living with a
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of MS
Clinical Challenges > ECTRIMS: MS — A three-question quiz on stopping therapy, family planning, and radiologically isolated syndrome by Crystal Phend, Contributing Editor, MedPage Today October 30, 2023 A MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on multiple sclerosis (MS) looked at determining when to stop therapy as patients age, family planning for affected women, and management
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Together, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and St. Mary's Hospital Center (SMHC) have contributed to an international clinical trial that will change the way we treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—the most common form of lung cancer. In this trial, an immunotherapy
Lessons from WHO GBV clinical handbook
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a sensitive topic that requires professionals working with victims and survivors to be empathetic. The World Health Organization (WHO)‘Clinical Handbook on the Health Care of Survivors Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Violence, Namibia’ has helped doctors, social workers and nurses like Mark Bezuidenhout, an enrolled nurse at Epako Clinic
WHO’s GBV clinical handbook an eye-opener for doctors in Namibia
When Dr Ifeolu Oyedele first learned that he would be going for training on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s ‘Clinical handbook for the health care of survivors subjected to intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence’ he did not think he would learn anything new from the session. In fact, he was already sensitized through his
Need Kids for Clinical Studies? Try Facebook to Reach Parents
Social media platforms are a useful way to reach parents of children with rheumatologic diseases for purposes of clinical research, researchers suggested. Children of parents who responded to surveys distributed through social media were generally similar, in terms of diagnoses and other disease characteristics, to those enrolled in a large, formal registry of pediatric rheumatologic…