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The Rational Clinical Examination JAMA page
Sackett DL, Rennie D. The science of the art of the clinical examination [editorial]. JAMA. 1992;267:2650-2
Sackett DL, Rennie D. A primer on the precision and accuracy of the clinical examination. JAMA 1992;267:2638-44
Williams JW Jr, Simel DL, Sackett DL, et al. Does this patient have ascites? JAMA 1992;267:2645-8
Deyo RA, Rainville J, Kent DL, et al. What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain? JAMA 1992;268:760-5
Anonymous. Evidence-based medicine. A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1992;268:2420-5
Sauve JS, Laupacis A, Ostbye T, et al. Does this patient have a clinically important carotid bruit? JAMA 1993;270:2843-5
Stephenson BJ, Rowe BH, Haynes RB, et al. Is this patient taking the treatment as prescribed? JAMA 1993;269:2779-81
Williams JW Jr, Simel DL. Does this patient have sinusitis? JAMA 1993;270:1242-6
Grover SA, Barkun AN, Sackett DL. Does this patient have splenomegaly? JAMA 1993;270:2218-21
Detsky AS. Smalley PS. Chang J. Is this patient malnourished? JAMA 1994;271:54-8
Froehling DA, Silverstein MD, Mohr DN, et al. Does this dizzy patient have a serious form of vertigo? JAMA 1994;271:385-8
Goldstein LB. Matchar DB. Clinical assessment of stroke. JAMA 1994;271:1114-20
Naylor CD. Physical examination of the liver. JAMA 1994;271:1859-65
Kitchens JM. Does this patient have an alcohol problem? JAMA 1994:272:1782-1787
Holleman DR, Simel DL. Does the clinical examination predict airflow limitation? JAMA 1995;273:313-319
Siminoski K. Does this patient have a goiter? JAMA 1995;273:813-817
Reeves RA. Does this patient have hypertension? JAMA 1995;273:1211-1218
Turnbull JM. Abdominal bruits: is listening for abdominal bruits useful in the evaluation of hypertension? JAMA 1995;274:1299-1301
Cook DJ, Simel DL. Does this patient have abnormal central venous pressure? JAMA 1995;275:630-634
Wagner JM, McKinney WP, Carpenter JC. Does this patient have appendicitis? JAMA 1996;276:1589-1594
Etchells E, Bell C, Robb K. Does this patient have an abnormal systolic murmur? JAMA 1997;277:564-571
Simel DL and Rennie D. The Clinical Examination: An agenda to make it more rational. [Editorial] JAMA 1997;277:572-574
Badgett RG, Lucey CR, Mulrow CD. Can the clinical examination diagnose left-sided heart failure in adults? JAMA 1997;277:1712-1719
Bastian LA, Piscitelli. Is this patient pregnant? Can you reliably rule in or rule out early pregnancy by clinical examination? JAMA 1997;278:586-591
Metlay JP, Kapoor WN, Fine MJ. Does this patient have community-acquired pneumonia? JAMA 1997;278:1440-5
Margolis P, Gadomski A. Does this infant have pneumonia? JAMA. 1998;279:308-313
Whited JD, Grichnik JM. Does this patient have a mole or a melanoma? JAMA 1998;279:696-701
Anand SS, Wells PS, Hunt D, et al. Does this patient have deep vein thrombosis? JAMA 1998;279:1094-1099
Panju A, Hemmelgarn BR, Guyatt GH, et al. Is this patient having a myocardial infarction? JAMA 1998;280:1256-63
Lederle FA, Simel DL. Does this patient have abdominal aortic aneurysm? JAMA 1999;281:77-82
McGee S, Abernethy III WB, Simel DL. Is this patient hypovolemic? JAMA 1999;281:1022-1029
Choudhry NK, Etchells EE. Does this patient have aortic regurgitation? JAMA 1999;281:2231-2238
Attia J, Hatala R, Cook DJ, Wong GJ. Does this adult patient have acute meningitis? JAMA 1999;282:175-181
Barton MB, Harris R, Fletcher SW. Does this patient have breast cancer? JAMA 1999;282:1270-1280
D'Arcy CA, McGee S. Does this patient have carpal tunnel syndrome? JAMA 2000;283:3110-7
Ebell MH, Smith MA, Barry HC, et al. Does this patient have strep throat? JAMA 2000;284:2912-2918
Salkind AR, Cuddy PG, Foxworth JW. Is this patient allergic to penicillin? JAMA 2001;285:2498-2505
Myers KA, Farquhar DRE. Does this patient have clubbing? JAMA 2001;286:341-347
Solomon DH, Simel DL, Bates DW, Katz JN, Schaffer JL. Does this patient have a torn meniscus or ligament of the knee? JAMA 2001;286:1610-1620
Smetana GW, Shmerling RH. Do this patient have temporal arteritis? JAMA 2002;287:92-101.
Williams JW, Hitchcock Noël P, Cordes JA, et al. Is this patient clinically depressed? JAMA 2002;287:1160-1170
Klompas M. Does This patient have an acute thoracic aortic dissection? JAMA 2002;287:2262-2272
Bent S, Nallamothu BK, Simel DL, et al. Does this woman have an acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection? JAMA 2002;287:2701-2710
Trowbridge RL, Rutkowski NK, Shojania KG. Does this patient have acute cholecystitis? JAMA 2003;289:80-86
Rao G, Fisch L, Srinivasan S, et al. Does this patient have Parkinson disease? JAMA 2003;289:347-53
Bastian LA, Smith CM, Nanda K. Is this woman perimenopausal? JAMA 2003;289:895-902
Rothman R, Owens T, Simel DL. Does this child have acute otitis media? JAMA. 2003;290:1633-1640
Chunilal SD, Eikelboom JW, Attia J, et al. Does this patient have pulmonary embolism? JAMA 2003;290:2849-58
Booth CM, Boone RH, Tomlinson G, Detsky AS. Is this patient dead, vegetative, or severely neurologically impaired? JAMA 2004;291:870-9
Anderson MR, Klink K, Cohrssen A. Evaluation of vaginal complaints. JAMA 2004;291:1368-1379
Steiner MJ, DeWalt DA, Byerley JS. Is this child dehydrated? JAMA 2004;291:2746-2754
Murff HJ, Spigel DR, Syngal S. Does this patient have a family history of cancer? JAMA 2004;292:1480-9
Luime JJ, Verhagen AP, Miedema HS, et al. Does this patient have an instability of the shoulder or a labrum lesion? JAMA 2004;292:1989-99
Green AD, Colon-Emeric CS, Bastian L, et al. Does this woman have osteoporosis? JAMA 2004;292:2890-900
Call SA, Vollenweider MA, Hornung CA, et al. Does this patient have influenza? JAMA 2005;293:987-97
Scherer K, Bedlack RS, Simel DL. Does this patient have myasthenia gravis? JAMA 2005;293:1906-14
Goldstein LB, Simel DL. Is this patient having a stroke? JAMA 2005;293:2391-402
Wang CS, FitzGerald JM, Schulzer M, et al. Does this dyspneic patient in the emergency department have congestive heart failure? JAMA 2005;294:1944-56
Wells PS, Owen C, Doucette S, et al. Does this patient have deep vein thrombosis? JAMA 2006;295:199-207
Bagai A, Thavendiranathan P, Detsky AS. Does this patient have hearing impairment? JAMA 2006;295:416-28
Khan NA, Rahim SA, Anand SS, et al. Does the clinical examination predict lower extremity peripheral arterial disease? JAMA 2006;295:536-46
Detsky ME, McDonald DR, Baerlocher MO, et al. Does this patient with headache have a migraine or need neuroimaging? JAMA 2006;296:1274-83.
Ranji SR, Goldman LE, Simel DL, et al. Do opiates affect the clinical evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain? JAMA 2006;296:1764-1774.
Straus SE, Thorpe KE, Holroyd-Leduc J. How do I perform a lumbar puncture and analyze the results to diagnose bacterial meningitis? JAMA 2006;296:2012-2022.
Primers' on
Evaluating Statistics
Probability and Odds and Interpreting their Ratios
Type I and Type II Errors
Absolute vs. Relative Differences
Correlation Coefficients
95% CIs for the Number Needed To Treat
Statistical Significance and p-Values
95% Confidence Intervals
Evaluating Study Design
Before-After Studies
Group Randomized Trials
Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Interpreting Surveys
Utilities
Scores - What counts?
Special Topics
Lead-Time, Length, and Overdiagnosis Biases
Dissecting a Medical Imperative
HEDIS 287
Geografic variation in health care
Compendium of ECP Primers
Evidence-based Case Reports ongoing
Wani M, Nga E, Navaratnasingham R. Should a patient with primary intracerebral haemorrhage receive antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy? BMJ 2005;331:439-442
Phillips B, Tyerman K, Whiteley SM. Use of antibiotics in suspected haemolytic-uraemic syndrome. BMJ 2005;330:409-410
Clenney TL, Viera AJ. Corticosteroids for HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome. BMJ 2004;329:270-272
Lantz PE, Sinal SH, Stanton CA, et al. Perimacular retinal folds from childhood head trauma. BMJ 2004;328:754-756
Reis S, Hermoni D, Livingstone P, et al. Integrated narrative and evidence based case report: Case report of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation. BMJ 2002;325:1018 -1020
Soares-Weiser K, Paul L, Brezis M, et al. Antibiotic treatment for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. BMJ 2002;324:100-2
Dorling J, Salt A. Assessing developmental delay. BMJ 2001;323:148-9
Lucassen A, Watson E, Eccles D. Advice about mammography for a young woman with a family history of breast cancer. BMJ 2001;322:1040-1042
Del Mar C. Asymptomatic haematuria ... in the doctor. BMJ 2000;320:165-6
Parker MJ. Managing an elderly patient with a fractured femur. BMJ 2000;320:102-3
Ash S, Beardsley J. Sciatica: which intervention? BMJ 1999;319:302-303
Graham A, Fahey T. Sore throat: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas. BMJ 1999;319:173-4
Samanta A, Beardsley J. Low back pain: which is the best way forward? BMJ 1999;318:1122-3
Vause S, Macintosh M. Use of prostaglandins to induce labour in women with a caesarean section scar. BMJ 1999;318:1056-8
Hicks NR, Dawes M, Fleminger M, et al. Chlamydia infection in general practice. BMJ 1999;318:790-2
Dawes M, Hicks NR, Fleminger M, et al. Treatment for head lice. BMJ 1999;318:385-6
Mulrow CD. Helping an obese patient make informed choices. BMJ 1998;317:266-7
Glasziou P. Twenty year cough in a non-smoker. BMJ 1998;316:1660-1
Godlee F. Applying research evidence to individual patients. Evidence based case reports will help. BMJ 1998;316:1621-1622
From Research to Practice
Atkins CD. A clinician’s view of statistics. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:500-504.
Mandelblatt JS, Fryback DG, Weinstein MC, et al. Assessing the effectiveness of health interventions for cost-effectiveness analysis. Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:551-8.
Atkins CD. Translating statistics for use in the clinic. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:626-628.
Berkwits M, Inui T. Making use of qualitative research techniques. J Gen Intern Med 1998;13: 195-99.
Conde MV, Williams JW, Mulrow CD. Targeting depression interviewing: An Exercise in Diagnostic Reasoning. J Gen Intern Med 1998;13:262-5.
Elasy TA, Gaddy G. Measuring subjective outcomes: rethinking reliability and validity. J Gen Intern Med 1998;13:757-71.
The What is...? series
What is evidence-based medicine?
What is an NNT?
Implementing NNTs
What is cost-effectiveness?
What are health utilities?
What is a systematic ?
What is a QALY?
Implementing QALYs
What is meta-analysis?
What is quality of life?
What is a Cox model?
What makes a good clinical guideline?
What is clinical governance?
What is critical appraisal?
What is an integrated care pathway?
What are confidence intervals?
What is NICE?
What is clinical audit?
What is PBMA?
Implementing PBMA
What is health economics?
The Modern Scientific Physician
Hoey J, Todkill AM. No mere theory: Olli Miettinen's "The modern scientific physician". CMAJ 2001;165:439-40.
Miettinen OS. 1. Can practice be science? CMAJ 2001;165:441-2.
Miettinen OS. 2. Medical science versus scientific medicine. CMAJ 2001;165:591-2.
Miettinen OS. 3. Scientific diagnosis. CMAJ 2001;165:781-2.
Miettinen OS. 4. The useful property of a diagnostic. CMAJ 2001;165:910-1.
Miettinen OS. 5. The useful property of an intervention. CMAJ 2001;165:1059-1060.
Miettinen OS. 6. The useful property of a screening regimen. CMAJ 2001;165:1219-20.
Miettinen OS. 7. Theory of medicine. CMAJ 2001;165:1327-8.
Miettinen OS. 8. Educational preparation. CMAJ 2001;165:1501-3.
Problems in Clinical Judgement
Redelmeier DA, Ferris LE, Tu JV, et al. Problems for clinical judgement: introducing cognitive psychology as one more basic science. CMAJ 2001;164:358-60.
Redelmeier DA, Schull MJ, Hux JE, et al. 1. Eliciting an insightful history of present illness. CMAJ 2001;164:647-51.
Redelmeier DA, Tu JV, Schull MJ, et al. 2. Obtaining a reliable past medical history. CMAJ 2001;164:809-13
Schull MJ, Ferris LE, Tu JV, Hux JE, et al. 3. Thinking clearly in an emergency. CMAJ 2001;164:1170-5.
Tu JV, Schull MJ, Ferris LE, et al. 4. Surviving in the report card era. CMAJ 2001;164:1709-12.
Redelmeier DA, Cialdini RB. 5. Principles of influence in medical practice. CMAJ 2002;166:1680-4.
Bioethics for Clinicians
Singer PA. Bioethics for clinicians. CMAJ 1996;155:189-190
Etchells E, Sharpe G, Walsh P, et al. 1. Consent. CMAJ 1996;155:177-80
Etchells E, Sharpe G, Burgess MM, et al. 2. Disclosure. CMAJ 1996;155:387-91
Etchells E, Sharpe G, Elliott C, Singer PA. 3. Capacity. CMAJ 1996;155:657-61
Etchells E, Sharpe G, Dykeman MJ, et al. 4. Voluntariness. CMAJ 1996;155:1083-6
Lazar NM, Greiner GG, Robertson G, Singer PA. 5. Substitute decision-making. CMAJ 1996;155:1435-7
Singer PA, Robertson G, Roy DJ. 6. Advance care planning. CMAJ 1996;155:1689-92
Hebert PC, Hoffmaster B, Glass KC, et al. 7. Truth telling. CMAJ 1997;156:225-8
Kleinman I, Baylis F, Rodgers S, et al. 8. Confidentiality. CMAJ 1997;156:521-4
Harrison C, Kenny NP, Sidarous M, et al. 9. Involving children in medical decisions. CMAJ 1997;156:825-8
Weijer C, Dickens B, Meslin EM. 10. Research ethics. CMAJ 1997;156:1153-7
Lavery JV, Dickens BM, Boyle JM, et al. 11. Euthanasia and assisted suicide. CMAJ 1997;156:1405-8
Flagler E, Baylis F, Rodgers S. 12. Ethical dilemmas that arise in the care of pregnant women: rethinking "maternal-fetal conflicts". CMAJ 1997;156:1729-32
McKneally MF, Dickens BM, Meslin EM, et al. 13. Resource allocation. CMAJ 1997;157:163-7
Burgess MM, Laberge CM, Knoppers BM. 14. Ethics and genetics in medicine. CMAJ 1998;158:1309-13
Singer PA, MacDonald N. 15. Quality end-of-life care. CMAJ 1998;159:159-62
Weijer C, Singer PA, Dickens BM, et al. 16. Dealing with demands for inappropriate treatment. CMAJ 1998;159:817-21
Lemmens T, Singer PA. Bioethics for clinicians: 17. Conflict of interest in research, education and patient care. CMAJ 1998;159:960-5
Singer PA, Todkill AM. Bioethics for clinicians: continuing the series. CMAJ 2000;163:833
Ellerby JH, McKenzie J, McKay S, et al. 18. Aboriginal cultures. CMAJ 2000;163:845-50
Coward H, Sidhu T. 19. Hinduism and Sikhism. CMAJ 2000;163:1167-70
Bowman KW, Hui EC. 20. Chinese bioethics. CMAJ 2000;163:1481-5
Daar AS, al Khitamy AB. 21. Islamic bioethics. CMAJ 2001;164:60-3
Goldsand G, Rosenberg ZR, Gordon M. 22. Jewish bioethics. CMAJ 2001;164:219-22
Hebert PC, Levin AV, Robertson G. 23. Disclosure of medical error. CMAJ 2001;164:509-13
Lazar NM, Shemie S, Webster GC, Dickens BM. 24. Brain death. CMAJ 2001;164:833-6
McKneally MF, Singer PA. 25. Teaching bioethics in the clinical setting. CMAJ 2001;164:1163-7
Shanner L, Nisker J. 26. Assisted reproductive technologies. CMAJ 2001;164:1589-94
Markwell HJ, Brown BF. 27. Catholic bioethics. CMAJ 2001;165:189-92
Pauls M, Hutchinson RC. 28. Protestant bioethics. CMAJ 2002;166:339-43
Academe and Industry
Schieppati A, Remuzzi G, Garattini S. Modulating the profit motive to meet needs of the less-developed world. Lancet 2001;358:1638-41.
La Montagne JR. Biotechnology and research: promise and problems. Lancet 2001;358:1723-4.
Vallance P. Biotechnology and new companies arising from academia. Lancet 2001;358:1804-6.
Montaner JS, O'Shaughnessy MV, Schechter MT. Industry-sponsored clinical research: a double-edged sword. Lancet 2001;358:1893-5.
Medicine, Society, and Industry
James A. Medicines, society, and industry. Lancet 2002;360:1346.
Collier J, Iheanacho I. The pharmaceutical industry as an informant. Lancet 2002;360:1405-9.
Abraham J. The pharmaceutical industry as a political player. Lancet 2002;360:1498-502.
Henry D, Lexchin J. The pharmaceutical industry as a medicines provider. Lancet 2002;360:1590-5.
Dukes MN. Accountability of the pharmaceutical industry. Lancet 2002;360:1682-4.
Narrative Based Medicine
Greenhalgh T, Hurwitz B. Narrative based medicine: why study narrative? BMJ 1999;318:48-50.
Launer J. Narrative based medicine: a narrative approach to mental health in general practice. BMJ 1999;318:117-9.
Elwyn G, Gwyn R. Narrative based medicine: stories we hear and stories we tell: analysing talk in clinical practice. BMJ 1999;318:186-8.
Jones AH. Narrative based medicine: narrative in medical ethics. BMJ 1999;318:253-6.
Greenhalgh T. Narrative based medicine: narrative based medicine in an evidence based world. BMJ 1999;318:323-5.
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