Validation of forearm fracture diagnoses in administrative patient registers.

Unlabelled: The validity of forearm fracture diagnoses recorded in five Norwegian hospitals was investigated using image reports and medical records as gold standard. A relatively high completeness and correctness of the diagnoses was found. Algorithms used to define forearm fractures in administrative data should depend on study purpose.

Does it make sense to use written instruments to assess communication skills? Systematic review on the concurrent and predictive value of written assessment for performance.

Objectives: To evaluate possible associations between learners' results in written and performance-based assessments of communication skills (CS), either in concurrent or predictive study designs.

Methods: Search included four databases for peer-reviewed studies containing both written and performance-based CS assessment. Eleven studies met the inclusion criteria.

What do we know about written assessment of health professionals' communication skills? A scoping review.

Objective: The aim of this scoping review was to investigate the published literature on written assessment of communication skills in health professionals' education.

Methods: Pubmed, Embase, Cinahl and Psychnfo were screened for the period 1/1995-7/2020. Selection was conducted by four pairs of reviewers.

Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) based on cystatin C was associated with increased risk of hip and proximal humerus fractures in women and decreased risk of hip fracture in men, whereas eGFR based on creatinine was not associated with fracture risk in both sexes: The Tromsø Study.

Purpose: Patients with end-stage kidney disease have an increased fracture risk. Whether mild to moderate reductions in kidney function is associated with increased fracture risk is uncertain. Results from previous studies may be confounded by muscle mass because of the use of creatinine-based estimates of the glomerular filtration rate (eGFRcre).

[A man in his sixties with dyspnoea and oedema].

Background/case Presentation: A man in his sixties with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was hospitalised due to oedema and dyspnoea during the previous weeks. He was hypertensive, with 10 kg weight gain, generalised oedema, proximal myopathy and moon face. The assessment was consistent with ectopic ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome.