Perioperative beta blocker Gdlns outdated… […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: Statins and Macrolides
Statins and macrolides […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: Medicare
Editor’s note: For those of you outside the US this story will seem ridiculous…also, as after this post was written, the Boston Globe also published a front page article on how a hospital will pay a >$5 million fine for using “observation” status too little (the status that leads to patients paying more) with no […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: intimate partner violence screening
No effect of partner violence screening […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: CT scans increasing in kids and risk of cancer
increasing CT scans in kids and risk of cancer […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: Diagnostic Radiation Exposure
Diagnostic radiation exposure increasing and harmful […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: Choosing (Tests) Wisely…
A great source for choosing tests wisely […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: Lung Cancer Screening with low-dose CT–ready for prime time?
Lung Cancer Screening with low-dose CT–ready for prime time? […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: More on Hypertension from the past few years
NICE (National institute for health and clinical excellence, in the UK, which sends out recommendations for many clinical issues — well-researched and probably less influenced by pharmaceutical money, etc –. These are very thoughtful guidelines with some major changes over JNC here (though rumor has it that a revised JNC is on the near horizon). […]
Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest: White Coat Hypertension-Very Common
White Coat Hypertension–Common and Needs to be Recognized […]