"Predatory" open access publishers
The Charleston Adviser has published an interesting analysis of some of the recent open access ‘upstarts′, titled ““Predatory” Open-Access Scholarly Publishers“. They include some that I′ve noted before such as Bentham Open and Scientific Journals International. As I would have expected, Libertas Academica and its sister publisher Dove Press do better than the others included [...]
A clinical risk score for aortic dissection
The aortic dissection detection score (ADD score) is a sensitive bedside tool for the evaluation of patients presenting with chest pain and other symptoms consistent with dissection. Read here for a description of the tool and its validation.
The wheels of translation (of evidence into practice) turn slowly
It′s well known that doctors are slow to put new evidence into practice, a tendency that is not well understood. Home treatment of DVT with low molecular weight heparin affords a unique opportunity to document the time interval from publication of evidence to implementation in practice because information on process of care is readily obtainable [...]
Ratings Health Insurance – Where are they and what does that mean?
When the affairs of a health plan, is responsible for the conduct of respect they are matters of the company's world-renowned. It makes no sense to accept the insurance if you are ambidextrous with the assembly can not pay medical bills. It is important that the analysis of the real rate of health insurance companies [...]
Gram negative bacteria which produce carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzymes—treatment options
Here is an update from Future Microbiology. Free full text from Medscape here.
