”The harm and the benefit of treatment is about the same” - cardiac screening for athletes
Medicine and Science from The BMJ
April 22, 201616m 56s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (mcdn.podbean.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Sudden cardiac death of young athletes needs to be avoided but does screening really help? Hans Van Braband, researcher at the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, joins us to explain that the evidence for screening doesn't show benefit, and may lead to harm.
Read the full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1156