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Speaking of Evidence-Based Treatment
"Unlike jurors, clinicians frequently must make decisions without the luxury of the totality of evidence. When we speak of evidence-based medicine, it is important to remember that available data may be incomplete, outdated, and of questionable relevance to particular patients, especially those excluded from randomized trials."Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr. MD.
"As we grow in learning, we more justly appreciate our dependence upon each other. The sum-total of medical knowledge is now so great and wide-spreading that it would be futile for one man to attempt to acquire, or for one man to assume that he has, even a good working knowledge of any large part of the whole. The very necessities of the case are driving practitioners into cooperation. The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered, and in order that the sick may benefit of advancing knowledge, union of forces is necessary."
Dr. William J. Mayo, Rush College of Medicine Commencement, 1910
Dr. William J. Mayo, Rush College of Medicine Commencement, 1910
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- ASHA Convention 2007 Highlight
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- Carley
- a certified member of the American Speech Hearing Association and licensed in the state of South Carolina
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2 comments:
Polymyositis is a type of inflammatory myopothy...it means "many muscle inflammation." It tends to become more evident in adulthood, and usually presents with bilateral proximal muscle weakness, most notably in the upper legs. It's associated with pathogens that cause Lyme Disease and toxoplasmosis. As previously mentione, even though it usually presents in the proximal muscles of the upper leg, it manifests itself in multiple muscle groups that include the muscles of the swallowing mechanisms...both oral, pharyngeal and esophageal. This would lead to dysphagia.
Thanks, Christie.
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