An Electronic Clinical Decision-Making Tool for Patients with Suspected Colorectal Cancer-Preliminary Evaluation in Patients Presenting with Rectal Bleeding.

Background And Objectives: The electronic clinical decision-making application was designed to assist physicians with evaluation of patients with suspected colorectal cancer (CRC). The physician completes an interactive checklist of evidence-based clinical parameters, and a recommended referral urgency is generated based on the post-test probability of CRC. This study aimed toward validation of the tool in symptomatic patients presenting with rectal bleeding.

Right line, right patient, right time: every choice matters.

The field of vascular access has developed significantly over recent decades. It has been adapted to provide a range of techniques for a range of patients much faster than a full appreciation of the risks involved has developed. Improved governance of vascular access procedures in the UK is needed.