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The scores and guidelines you use daily, with the sources attached.
Written for working clinicians and trainees. Each article names the guideline and year, links the primary source next to the claim, and says where the evidence stops.
Clinical AI
AI for Doctors: A 60-Second Safety Checklist for Answers
AI for doctors works best with a quick check: open the sources, confirm the guideline year, keep PHI out, and know where FDA oversight of CDS software stops.
Cardiology
ASCVD Risk Calculator: Pooled Cohort Equations vs PREVENT
ASCVD risk calculator guide for clinicians: what the Pooled Cohort Equations and AHA PREVENT estimate, how 2026 ACC/AHA thresholds work, and where CAC fits.
3 min readCardiology
CHA2DS2-VASc Score: How to Calculate It and Apply It
Calculate the CHA2DS2-VASc score line by line, compare 2023 ACC/AHA and 2024 ESC anticoagulation thresholds, and avoid the common scoring mistakes.
3 min readNephrology
eGFR Calculator: The CKD-EPI 2021 Equation Explained
Use an eGFR calculator built on the race-free CKD-EPI 2021 equations. See when to add cystatin C, how KDIGO stages map, and eGFR vs Cockcroft-Gault dosing.
3 min readNeurology
GCS Score: How to Score Eye, Verbal, and Motor Responses
GCS score explained for clinicians: exact eye, verbal, and motor descriptors, how to stimulate, NT charting for intubated patients, GCS-P, and severity limits.
3 min readCardiology
Lipoprotein A Testing (Lp(a)): Who, When, and Next Steps
Lipoprotein a testing for clinicians: who to test, mg/dL vs nmol/L, what 2018, 2022 and 2026 guidelines say, and where Lp(a) drug trials stand in October 2026.
3 min readEvidence Skills
PICO Question: Build a PubMed Search with MeSH Terms
Learn how to write a PICO question and turn it into a PubMed search with MeSH terms, [tiab] tags, Boolean logic and filters, using one worked example.
3 min readCardiology
QTc Prolongation: Measure, Correct, and Escalate
QTc prolongation for clinicians: Bazett vs Fridericia, wide QRS adjustments, action thresholds, common causes, CredibleMeds risk lists, and what to escalate.
4 min readCritical Care
SIRS Criteria vs qSOFA: Thresholds, Sepsis-3 and SEP-1
SIRS criteria vs qSOFA score: exact thresholds, why Sepsis-3 moved to SOFA, what the 2026 Surviving Sepsis guideline says, and why CMS SEP-1 still uses SIRS.
4 min read