Clinical Skill: The Ebbing Art of Medicine

Datta, Ananda

doi:10.21315/mjms2021.28.1.13

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“…(5) There is a large body of literature concerned with the loss of clinical skills and growing dependence on technology in medicine [ 39 ]. Fear of missing a low probability diagnosis and litigation has also resulted in defensive medicine, increasing the rates of unnecessary diagnostic imaging [ 40 ]; this places emergency physicians at particularly high risk due to the nature of their work.…”

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The HINTS examination and STANDING algorithm in acute vestibular syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis involving frontline point-of-care emergency physicians

Nakatsuka

Molloy

2022

PLoS ONE

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This systematic review aims to evaluate whether point-of-care emergency physicians, without special equipment, can perform the HINTS examination or STANDING algorithm to differentiate between central and non-central vertigo in acute vestibular syndrome with diagnostic accuracy and reliability comparable to more specialized physicians (neuro-ophthalmologists and neuro-otologists). Previous research has concluded that emergency physicians are unable to utilize the HINTS examination with sufficient accuracy, without providing any appropriate education or training. A comprehensive systematic search was performed using MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane CENTRAL register of controlled trials, Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, Google Scholar, the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, and conference programs and abstracts from six medical organizations. Of the 1,757 results, only 21 were eligible for full-text screening. Two further studies were identified by a manual search of references and an electronic search for any missed studies associated with the authors. Five studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. For the STANDING algorithm, there were two studies of 450 patients who were examined by 11 emergency physicians. Our meta-analysis showed that emergency physicians who had received prior education and training were able to utilize the STANDING algorithm with a sensitivity of 0.96 (95% confidence interval: 0.87–1.00) and a specificity of 0.88 (0.85–0.91). No data was available for the HINTS examination. When emergency physicians are educated and trained, they can use the STANDING algorithm with confidence. There is a lack of evidence regarding the HINTS examination; however, two ongoing studies seek to remedy this deficit.

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