EMS providers can play an important role in a patient’s ongoing care and safety. Scene observations of poor or unsafe living conditions, interaction with exhausted caregivers and suspicions of abuse ...

The importance placed on the physical examination in the assessment of patients with cardiovascular disorders appears to be declining, perhaps in part due to a paucity of data showing its value in the ...

Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) have become integral to contemporary clinical research and practice, offering direct insight into how patients perceive their health, well‐being and functional status.

Use of telemedicine The authors provide a process for conducting a primary care visit via videoconferencing with an adult patient in the home setting. The demand for telemedicine increased markedly ...

Tony Mira, founder of anesthesia billing and software company Anesthesia Business Consultants, explained the importance of a quality physical status assessment before undergoing anesthesia in a July 5 ...

Aims The prognostic value of signs of congestion in patients suspected of having chronic heart failure (CHF) is unknown. Our objectives were to define their prevalence and specificity in diagnosing ...

Doctronic reports that AI and doctors complement each other in diagnostics, balancing speed and accuracy with empathy and ...

A total of 368 in-person clinical evaluations of patients with cancer were included. PE was normal or had alterations already seen in previous consultations in 87% of the cases. Among patients with ...

The appropriate use of touch in clinical settings has increasingly become complex with many social and environmental factors coming into play such as COVID-19 and the MeToo movement. With the ...

Fig 1. Updated recommendations from the 2023 practical assessment and management of vulnerabilities in older patients receiving systemic cancer therapy ASCO guideline. EB, evidence based; GA, ...

Background Physical examination tests for hip dysfunction and injury of the strongest diagnostic accuracy were identified in a recent systematic review with meta-analysis in BJSM. These tests are ...