General Medicine Classics

1. The ABCD2 score is a validated, seven-point, risk-stratification tool to identify patients at high risk of stroke following a...

1. The Child-Pugh score consists of five clinical features and is used to assess the prognosis of chronic liver disease...

1. The POISE trial was a randomized controlled trial exploring the effect of perioperative beta-blockers on cardiac death, nonfatal myocardial...

1. Intensive glycemic control in critically ill patients significantly increases 90-day mortality when compared to conventional glycemic control. 2. The...

1. Previous studies suggest that intensive blood glucose control reduces the risk of microvascular complications, though questions remained regarding the...

This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark Trials,...

The following study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics in Radiology: Summaries of Clinically Relevant...

1. Postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer randomized to anastrazole as first-line therapy experienced an increase in time to progression...

1. LCZ696, a combination of valsartan with a neprilysin inhibitor, significantly reduced the risk of death from cardiovascular causes and...

1. The use of loop diuretics in acute decompensated heart failure is commonplace, but clinical practice varies widely with regards...