Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in April 2012 so far:Another Sobering Result: Among older patients, telemonitoring did not result in fewer hospitalizations or ED visits http://goo.gl/r0hXr
Turmeric spice (3 gm/day) decreases risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting http://goo.gl/TTO5b
Fast-food salt content varies by country: Chicken McNuggets contain 0.6 g of salt/100 g in UK vs 1.6 g in US http://goo.gl/PfJDj and http://goo.gl/Lg9rM
He Who Sits the Most Dies the Soonest http://goo.gl/ia1Jz and - Original study: http://goo.gl/pEkmk
Insulin degludec, new ultra-longacting basal insulin, associated with lower risks of hypoglycaemia than insulin glargine - The Lancet http://goo.gl/UbJpE
Promising new era for CF: ivacaftor (Kalydeco) blue pill, $294,000 per year, works for 4% of patients (G551D mutation) http://goo.gl/gXPxl
Value of screening for kidney disease unclear - 11% of all US adults and 44% of those older than 70 have it http://goo.gl/Bqfwv
Five S's relieve babies' pain during vaccinations: "swaddling, side/stomach position, shushing, swinging and sucking" http://goo.gl/NDYK2
1 in 16 youth plays the highly dangerous choking game: putting pressure on the neck with a towel or belt to cut off someone's oxygen supply, then releasing the pressure to give a "high" sensation http://goo.gl/bMeaE
Why MRI Machines Make That Loud Noise? 125 DB equivalent to a rock concert, ear protection is recommended. http://goo.gl/gKzJn
Why Facebook Terrifies Google - Facebook's ad targeting page has an incredible basket of granular options http://goo.gl/Vxxi0 - Does this work for clinical trials recruitment?
The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams.
Comments from Twitter:
Australian Doctor @australiandr: I'm not so sure re swaddling one, other thoughts?@DrVes: Top articles in medicine in April 2012 goo.gl/vA3Ys
Dear Ves, Congratulations to you and the other authors on an excellent blog. Amid various medical cases the multidisciplinary team can benefit from a means to center the various aspects of care. I champion Hodges' model a (free, open) generic conceptual framework that can be appreciated and used by the majority of people.
ReplyDeleteAs well as identifying SCIENCE, SOCIAL, and INTERPERSONAL care (knowledge) domains the model includes a POLITICAL domain.
The model is agnostic in terms of disciplines, speciality, media form and is not too difficult to learn and use.
There is a recent slide presentation from a conference in Liverpool, Hope University:
http://www.slideshare.net/h2cm/swan2012-31-mar-hodges-model-workshop
The blog below provides some examples of the model with concepts related to the domains:
http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/
This page may also help:
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/quads.htm
It's an A4 format page with indicative content. In use of course the model's content is determined by the situation and should be person centered.
The homepage for the website basically presents the model, its two axes and care domains:
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/
Kind regards,
Peter Jones
Lancashire, UK
Hodges Health Career - Care Domains - Model
http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/
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