Background: Ground-level falls are common among older adults and are the most frequent cause of traumatic intracranial bleeding. The aim of this study was to derive a clinical decision rule that ...

A meta-analysis of 20 000 people from the general population who were patch tested confirmed a 20% prevalence of contact allergy, with nickel being the most common allergen (11.4%).1 Prevalence is ...

Sleeping posture from 28 weeks’ gestation to birth is important for all pregnancies regardless of risk factors1. A recent meta-analysis showed that, compared with the left-lateral going-to-sleep ...

Footnotes. Competing interests: None declared. This article has been peer reviewed. Contributors: All of the authors contributed to the conception and design of the work, drafted the manuscript, ...

Guideline development. We developed this guideline in accordance with the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument18 and the ADAPTE framework19 for guideline ...

Bell palsy is an idiopathic weakness or paralysis of the face of peripheral nerve origin, with acute onset. It affects 20–30 persons per 100 000 annually, and 1 in 60 individuals will be affected over ...

On the surface it is an innocent world: Christopher Robin, living in a beautiful forest surrounded by his loyal animal friends. Generations of readers of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories have ...

When central venous access cannot be established delivering vasopressors via peripheral catheters is acceptable. Administration of vasopressors through peripheral venous catheters has traditionally ...

Who gets eosinophilic esophagitis? While eosinophilic esophagitis affects people of all ages, higher rates are seen among those aged 5–14 years and 20–45 years, and the prevalence is higher in cold ...

KEY POINTS The main characteristic of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is tachycardia when standing, without a drop in blood pressure. Patients describe lightheadedness and ...

Oral medications. Oral medications include anti-epileptic, β-blocker, antihypertensive and antidepressant drugs. Many of the medications have moderate-to-high potential for drug interactions and ...

We thank Bahji and colleagues1 and Elefante and colleagues2 for their interest in the guideline on the management of alcohol use disorder (AUD).3 We appreciate the opportunity to explain that the ...