Daily Clinical Briefing

A concerning mortality signal makes routine antiviral prescribing harder to justify in critical illness.

Prehospital ultrasound is most useful when a reliable positive finding changes the trauma response.

Cancer myths can fuel self-blame, restrictive eating and delayed action on weight loss.

Match liver surgery to anatomy and avoid treating steroid response as diagnostic proof.

Check signal quality before escalating oxygen, and preserve maintenance treatment during acute pain.

Match investigations to the clinical question, and avoid treating uncertain results as definitive.

Pair eGFR with albuminuria, then frame uncertain decisions for transparent evidence appraisal.

Classifying infantile epilepsy before treatment, trauma ECMO and simulation.

HIV harm reduction and tricuspid valve assessment with neurological diagnostic uncertainty, rheumatic fever and cancer nutrition