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Non-compliance with clinical guidelines increases the risk of complications after primary total hip and knee joint replacement surgery – Helen Mary Badge et al.

Thomas Dakin2023-01-18T14:24:20+11:00Clinical guidelines, Hip, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery|

Total hip and total knee replacement (THR/TKR) are common and effective surgeries to reduce the pain and disability associated with arthritis but are associated with small but significant risks of preventable complications such as surgical site infection (SSI) and venous-thrombo-embolism (VTE). This study aims to [...]

The potential for overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis because of blood pressure variability: a comparison of the 2017 ACC/AHA, 2018 ESC/ESH and 2019 NICE hypertension guidelines

Overdiagnosis causes well people to be labelled as abnormal or diseased with possible adverse psychosocial and financial consequences, and usually results in overtreatment with possible physical harms. It may occur because of overdetection because of increased sensitivity of a new test, and/or overdefinition because of [...]

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Non-compliance with clinical guidelines increases the risk of complications after primary total hip and knee joint replacement surgery – Helen Mary Badge et al.

The potential for overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis because of blood pressure variability: a comparison of the 2017 ACC/AHA, 2018 ESC/ESH and 2019 NICE hypertension guidelines

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