Ways to make the right decisions in internal medicine and some specialized fields
Authors:
Pavel Havránek
Authors‘ workplace:
Interní oddělení Nemocnice České Budějovice
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Vnitř Lék 2021; 67(7): 390-393
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Main Topic
Overview
The article presents the Choosing wisely (CHW) approach to selected problems of internal medicine, as developed by professional societies in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and the Federal Republic of Germany. It deals in more detail with issues and procedures in specialized fields of nephrology and rheumatology. There are negative, but also some positive recommendations on how the CHW approach views them.
Keywords:
antidepressants – screening – Autoantibodies – Antipsychotics – Proteinuria – glucocorticoids – renal failure – Lyme disease – colchicine – low back pain – prostate specific antigen – densitometry – multivitamins – nootropics – bacteriuria
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Diabetology Endocrinology Internal medicineArticle was published in
Internal Medicine
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