Mythbusting

Kidney Stones

IV fluids no benefit - Journal of Endourology 20(10) 713

Sensitivity of blood on Udip: 67%, spec: 53% - EMJ 25(10)640

Alpha antagoinists (NNT 3.3) - Annals of EM 2007 50(5)552


Water is as good as antiseptic for foley insertion

Am J Inf Control 29 :389


No association between epistaxis and hypertension

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2011 Dec;268(12):1749-53. Epub 2011 Jun 9.

Blood Press. 2003;12(3):145-8.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 May 29;134(3):e107-9. Epub 2008 May 21.