Don’t observe the patient only from the biological point of view but consider also the subjective component of the disease, the level of health literacy and the familial and social context in which the patient is inserted.
It’s fundamental that medical students are aware of the importance of a doctor-patient relationship within which the patient is considered in its entirety and not as a passive receiver of assistance. Such relationship is essential to the realization of an effective...Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Back Pain
Magnetic resonance imaging for back pain is regularly prescribed at the first signs of back pain or sciatica (pain radiating down the leg), often in the absence of physical and medical treatment to alleviate the pain. If no serious neurological or systemic symptoms...
In the case of suspected late-onset autoimmune diabetes (LADA) or gestational diabetes mellitus, the search for anti-insular cell antibodies (ICA) and anti-insulin antibodies (IAA) should not be performed.
Search instead simultaneously for anti-GAD, anti-IA2 and anti-ZnT8 antibodies. The finding of even one antibody positivity among anti-GAD, anti-IA2 and anti-ZnT8 is a diagnostic criterion of LADA and suggests an autoimmune pathogenesis in gestational diabetes...
Do not search for IgA class antibodies to deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP) to screen for celiac disease in the general population.
In people following a gluten-containing diet, the test for IgA anti-gliadin deamidated peptide (GPD) antibodies has lower diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for celiac disease than the test for IgA anti-transglutaminase (TG) antibodies. Therefore, the test for IgA...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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