TY - JOUR
T1 - The concept of risk in medicine
T2 - Historical and epistemological reflections
AU - Cooti, A. A.
AU - Cooti, A.
AU - Gensini, G. F.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - The concept of risk in medicine varies according to different health settings and different times. At present, risk is considered, in the cardiovascular area, the probability of developing a clinical event through time computed on the basis of the quantification of the presence and of the interaction of different diseases and/or risk factors. The definition of risk factors in the biomedical field is here documented through time to show how recent clinical-epidemiological elements have been achieved. In the twentieth century many epistemological and methodological objectives have been attained with regard to the theoretical idea of risk and to the practical tools useful to modify it, and the example of the management of diabetes is furnished as documentation of this progress. Nonetheless, correct risk evaluation continues to remain a formidable challenge in the health scenario.
AB - The concept of risk in medicine varies according to different health settings and different times. At present, risk is considered, in the cardiovascular area, the probability of developing a clinical event through time computed on the basis of the quantification of the presence and of the interaction of different diseases and/or risk factors. The definition of risk factors in the biomedical field is here documented through time to show how recent clinical-epidemiological elements have been achieved. In the twentieth century many epistemological and methodological objectives have been attained with regard to the theoretical idea of risk and to the practical tools useful to modify it, and the example of the management of diabetes is furnished as documentation of this progress. Nonetheless, correct risk evaluation continues to remain a formidable challenge in the health scenario.
KW - Cardiovascular diseases, prevention and control
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Evidence based medicine
KW - History of medicine
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M3 - Article
C2 - 20228721
AN - SCOPUS:77952862186
VL - 101
SP - 59
EP - 62
JO - Minerva Medicolegale e Archivio di Antropologia Criminale
JF - Minerva Medicolegale e Archivio di Antropologia Criminale
SN - 0026-4806
IS - 1
ER -