Mobile App Now Available for iOS and Android

Welcome to the Standard of Care

Where medical professionals, researchers, students, and the general populace can find essential medical information.


Standard of care

For a physician a duty of care is a legal obligation imposed requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care...
Read More

Charcot-Bouchard (Microaneurysms)

  2380   Also known as microaneurysms.     Charcot–Bouchard aneurysms are aneurysms of the brain vasculature which occur in...
Read More

Pelvic pain

Pelvic pain is pain in the area of the pelvis, and acute pain is more common than chronic pain. If...
Read More

Klinefelter’s syndrome

1922 Associated with 47XXY chromosome abnormality, with hypogonadism, low level of androgens, altered androgen:estrogen ratio and 20-50 times greater risk...
Read More

Neonatal deaths

Estimated 4 million neonatal deaths worldwide each year. Neonatal mortality accounts for 40% of deaths among children younger than five...
Read More

Ossicles

The ossicles, also called auditory ossicles, are three bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in...
Read More

Forceps delivery

Associated with facial palsy nerve injury, brachial plexus injury and intraventricular hemorrhage in infants as well as vaginal lacerations, cervical...
Read More

Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4)

Retinol binding protein 4, also known as RBP4, is a transporter protein for retinol (vitamin A alcohol) in the bloodstream....
Read More

Glycerol

Glycerol is a precursor for synthesis of triacylglycerols and of phospholipids in the liver and adipose tissue.  When the body...
Read More

Antenatal steroids

Administered in women at increased risk of preterm delivery is associated with a substantial decrease in the risk of respiratory...
Read More

Oh hi there 👋
It’s nice to meet you.

Sign up to receive medical memos from StandardOfCare in your inbox

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.

Useful Links

Medical Links

Click Here

CME Links

Click Here

Blog Posts

Click Here

Factoids

Click Here

Advertise With Us

Click Here

Share this site!

Click Here