Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Article rating (old)

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Featured articles[edit]

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Featured lists[edit]

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Other featured content[edit]

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Articles pertaining to the project[edit]

Journal articles

Good articles[edit]

Good articles have been evaluated for their quality, but they have not been through the featured article process. For good articles in the biology and medicine category, see Wikipedia:Good_articles/Natural_sciences#Biology_and_medicine.


General disease categories[edit]

General disease categories
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 20 of the most important general disease categories.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Ageing (Aging) needs exp
Anemia needs exp needs images
Aneurysm needs exp
Arthritis needs exp
Birth control (Contraception) needs exp/org
Cancer good
Cardiac arrhythmia needs exp/org needs ECG images.
Cardiovascular disease needs exp suggested that this article or section be merged with Coronary heart disease
Congenital disorder needs exp/org
Disease good
Epilepsy good
Foodborne illness good
Headache needs exp/org
Hepatitis good
Hernia good
Infection needs exp
Infectious disease good
Meningitis good
Neoplasm needs exp
Obesity good but it has Not verified and

Cleanup-date templates

Senescence needs org It has been suggested that Longevity genes be merged into this article or section.
Sexually transmitted infection needs exp
Streptococcus needs exp
Substance abuse needs exp
Tumor needs exp

Diseases/illnesses/conditions[edit]

Diseases/illnesses
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 50 of the most common or important diseases/illnesses/conditions. See #Other diseases below for other important conditions that didn't make it in the "top 50".
Article Status Comments (optional)
Acne good
AIDS featured
Allergy good
Alzheimer's disease good
Anxiety needs exp/org
Appendicitis needs exp/org
Asthma Featured
Atrial fibrillation needs org
Breast cancer good
Chlamydia needs exp/org
Cholecystitis needs exp/org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease needs exp/org
Clinical depression good
Colorectal cancer good
Common cold needs exp/org
Diabetes mellitus good
Diarrhea good
Eczema (probably s/b Dermatitis) needs exp/org
Gallstone (s/b Cholelithiasis) needs exp/org
Gastroesophageal reflux disease needs exp/org
Hypertension good
Influenza needs exp/org
Kidney stone needs exp/org
Lung cancer needs exp/org
Malaria good
Menorrhagia good
Migraine good
Myocardial infarction good
Myopia needs exp/org
Obsessive-compulsive disorder good
Osteoarthritis good
Peptic ulcer needs exp/org
Pneumonia Featured
Pregnancy good
Prostate cancer Featured
Sinusitis needs exp/org
Strep throat needs exp/org
Stroke good
Tuberculosis Featured
Urinary tract infection needs exp/org
Upper respiratory tract infection poor
Vertigo poor


Drugs[edit]

Drugs
Goal: Write featured-quality articles on 50 of the most important drugs, drug classes, and pharmacologic concepts. Work in collaboration with WikiProject Chemicals and WikiProject Drugs.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Analgesic needs opinion
Antibiotic needs exp/org
Anticoagulant needs exp/org
Anticonvulsant needs exp/org
Antidepressant needs exp/org/NPOV
Antihistamine needs exp/org
Antihyperlipidemic (Hypolipidaemic agent) needs exp/org
Antihypertensive needs exp/org
Antipsychotic good
Anxiolytic poor
Beta blocker needs opinion
Chemotherapy needs exp
Corticosteroid poor
Drug needs opinion
H2 blocker needs opinion
Hormone needs exp/org
Hypnotics stub
Immunosuppressive drug needs opinion
NSAID needs exp
Opioid needs opinion
Oral rehydration therapy poor
Pharmacokinetics needs exp/org
Phosphodiesterase inhibitor needs opinion
Proton pump inhibitor good
Statin needs opinion
Vaccine needs exp/org

Diagnostic procedures[edit]

Diagnostic procedures
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 50 of the most important laboratory tests, imaging studies, and diagnostic procedures.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Blood culture needs exp
Colonoscopy good Maybe too big images.
Complete blood count needs org
CT scan good could even be featured
Genetic testing good
Medical history stub
MRI good Does not cite its references or sources;
Physical examination needs exp
Procedure poor
Urinalysis needs exp
X-ray good but references are needed

Therapeutic procedures[edit]

Therapeutic procedures
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 50 of the most important surgeries, treatments, or other therapeutic procedures.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Cataract surgery needs org
Intra-aortic balloon pump stub
LASIK good
watchful waiting stub

Specialties[edit]

Specialties
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 30 major specialties and subspecialties
Article Status Comments (optional)
Anesthesiology good
Cardiology poor It's just a list.
Cardiothoracic surgery stub History is short, list of procedures should be in prose.
Consultant pharmacist needs exp
Dermatology good lack of images
Emergency medicine needs exp/org
Endocrinology needs exp/org not ready, Work section should be renamed
Gastroenterology needs exp/org
General practice needs exp
General surgery stub
Gynecology needs exp has expand template
Hematology needs exp has expand, expert templates;mostly consist of lists
Hepatology needs exp has expert template
Infectious diseases needs exp History, Vectors, Pandemics, Diagnosis sections are too short
Intensive care medicine good
Internal medicine needs exp Principles of diagnosis section should be much longer
Nephrology needs exp Diagnosis, therapy are short sections. The leading is short.
Neurology needs exp
Neurosurgery needs exp Mainly a long quote.
Obstetrics good but has cleanup; unreferenced templates
Obstetrics and gynecology stub
Occupational medicine needs org
Oncology needs org more references needed
Ophthalmology needs exp
Organ transplantation good but needs a copyedit
Orthopedic surgery needs exp
Otolaryngology needs exp just lists
Pathology needs exp
Pediatric surgery stub
Pediatrics needs exp
Pharmacology needs exp
Plastic surgery good
Podiatry stub
Preventive medicine needs exp
Psychiatry good
Public health needs exp/org needs copyedit; major subfields should be linked; come join my PH cat improvement drive!
Pulmonology needs exp
Radiology needs exp It has been suggested that medical imaging be merged into this article
Rheumatology needs exp
Surgery needs exp history should be much longer
Urology poor
Vascular surgery stub

Medicine topics[edit]

Medicine topics
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 30 of the most important topics relating to medicine in general and as a field.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Allied health needs opinion
Allied health professions needs opinion
Alternative medicine needs exp/org/NPOV
Angiogenesis needs opinion
Anesthesia needs opinion
DNA vaccination poor
Evidence-based medicine needs exp/NPOV
Exercise needs exp/org
Health needs opinion
Health care system needs exp
Health disparities needs exp/org
Health economics needs exp
Health profession needs exp/org
Health promotion stub
Health reform poor
Health science needs exp/org
History of medicine good
Hippocratic Oath good
Medical error poor
Medical ethics needs exp/org/NPOV
Medical licensing needs opinion
Medical registration needs opinion
Medical regulation needs opinion
Medical research stub
Medical school needs exp
Medicine needs opinion
Nurse needs opinion
Nursing needs exp/org
Nutrition needs opinion
Physician needs opinion
Placebo effect needs exp/NPOV
Prophylaxis needs opinion
Publicly-funded health care needs org/NPOV
Residency (medicine) needs opinion
Safety needs opinion
Screening (medicine) poor
Smoking cessation needs opinion
Tobacco smoking needs opinion
Vaccination needs exp

Signs[edit]

Signs
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 30 of the most important signs.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Fever needs exp
Heart murmur needs exp
Medical sign poor
Reflex poor
Shock needs exp
Tachycardia needs exp
Tachypnea needs exp
Abdominal mass needs exp
Hepatomegaly needs exp

Symptoms[edit]

Symptoms
Goal: write featured-quality articles on 30 of the most important symptoms. More can be found at List of medical symptoms.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Abdominal pain needs exp
Anorexia stub
Anosmia good
Asthenia stub
Back pain poor
Chest pain needs exp mainly lists
Claudication stub
Constipation good
Cough needs exp
Diarrhea good
Dizziness poor
Dyspnea poor an incomplete list
Dysuria stub
Fatigue (physical) needs exp
Hematochezia stub
Hematuria needs exp
Impotence needs org
Insomnia poor
Melena stub
Nausea needs exp
Pain good nearly ready
Palpitation stub
Rash needs exp
Symptom stub
Tinnitus good

Other diseases[edit]

Other diseases
Goal: write featured-quality articles on common or important diseases/conditions. See #Diseases/illnesses above for a "top 50" list.
Article Status Comments (optional)
Achondroplasia needs exp
Acute renal failure needs exp It has been suggested that Renal shutdown be merged into this article or section. (Discuss)
Adenoma poor
Albinism good
Alcoholic hepatitis poor Should have an own article...
Alopecia good has verify template
Amblyopia good
Amenorrhoea needs exp/org
Amoebiasis or Amebiasis needs exp/org needs cleanup; there is no external link, reference
Angiopathy poor
Anotia stub
Anthrax good
Apraxia stub
Argyria needs exp
Arteritis stub
Aseptic meningitis needs exp
Asperger syndrome Featured
Atherosclerosis good
Athetosis stub
Atrophy poor
Autism Featured
Bacterial meningitis needs exp
Beriberi needs exp
Botulism good
Brucellosis poor
Bubonic plague good
Calculi stub
Campylobacter infection poor
Candidiasis needs exp
Cardiac arrest needs exp
Cardiogenic shock needs exp
Cervical spine disorder stub
Chagas disease Featured
Chalazion poor
Chancroid good
Charles Bonnet Syndrome needs opinion
Cherubism needs opinion
Chickenpox needs opinion
Cholera needs opinion
Chordoma needs opinion
Chorea needs opinion
Chronic fatigue syndrome needs opinion
Cleft lip needs opinion
Coccidioidomycosis needs opinion
Colitis needs opinion
Color blindness needs opinion
Condyloma needs opinion
Congestive heart disease needs opinion
Coronary heart disease needs opinion
Cowpox needs opinion
Craniopagus parasiticus needs opinion
Cretinism needs opinion
Cystic Fibrosis Featured
Delayed sleep phase syndrome needs opinion
Diabetic neuropathy needs opinion
Diphtheria needs opinion
Disseminated intravascular coagulation needs opinion
Ebola needs opinion
Encephalitis needs opinion
Fever of unknown origin needs opinion
CDG syndrome needs opinion
Glioma needs opinion
Huntington's disease good
Hypertensive retinopathy needs opinion
Ichthyosis needs opinion
Interstitial cystitis needs opinion
Iritis needs opinion
Iron deficiency anemia needs exp
Irritable bowel syndrome needs opinion
Keloids needs opinion
Keratoconus Featured
Keratosis pilaris needs opinion
Kuru needs opinion
Kwashiorkor needs opinion
Lazy eye needs opinion
Lead poisoning needs opinion
Legionellosis needs opinion
Leishmaniasis needs opinion
Leprosy needs opinion
Leptospirosis needs opinion
Listeriosis needs opinion
Leukemia needs opinion
Loiasis needs opinion
Lupus erythematosus needs opinion
Lyme disease good
Lymphogranuloma venereum needs opinion
Lymphoma needs opinion
Macrovascular disease needs opinion
Macular degeneration needs opinion
Marburg fever needs opinion
Measles needs opinion
Melioidosis needs opinion
Ménière's disease needs opinion
Microvascular disease needs opinion
Mononucleosis infectiosa (Pfeiffer) needs opinion
Multiple myeloma needs opinion
Multiple Sclerosis Featured
Mumps needs opinion
Muscular dystrophy needs opinion
Myasthenia gravis needs opinion
Myelitis needs opinion
Myoclonus needs opinion
Myxedema needs opinion
Non-gonococcal urethritis needs opinion
Paratyphoid fever needs opinion
Parkinson's disease needs opinion
Pelvic inflammatory disease needs opinion
Peritonitis needs opinion
Periodontal disease needs opinion
Pertussis needs opinion
Phenylketonuria needs opinion
Pityriasis rosea needs opinion
Polio or Poliomyelitis needs opinion
Porphyria needs opinion
Progeria needs exp
Prostatitis needs opinion
Psittacosis needs opinion
Psoriasis needs opinion
Psychosis Featured
Pubic lice needs opinion
Q fever needs opinion
Rabies needs opinion
Raynaud's disease needs opinion
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) needs opinion
Respiratory distress syndrome needs opinion
Rhabdomyosarcoma needs opinion
Rheumatic fever needs opinion
Rheumatoid arthritis needs opinion
Rickets needs opinion
Rift Valley fever needs opinion
Rocky Mountain spotted fever needs opinion
Rubella needs opinion
Salmonellosis needs opinion
SARS good de-featured
Scabies needs opinion
Scarlet fever needs opinion
Sciatica needs opinion
Schizophrenia Featured
Scleroderma needs opinion
Scrapie needs opinion
Scurvy needs opinion
Sepsis needs opinion
Shigellosis needs opinion
Shingles needs opinion
Shock needs opinion
Sickle-cell disease needs opinion
Siderosis needs opinion
Silicosis needs opinion
Smallpox needs opinion
Stevens-Johnson syndrome needs opinion
Strabismus needs opinion
Synovitis needs opinion
Syphilis needs exp
Taeniasis needs opinion
Tay-Sachs disease needs opinion
Temporal lobe epilepsy poor
Teratoma needs opinion
Tetanus needs opinion
Thalassaemia needs opinion
Thrush needs opinion
Thymoma needs opinion
Tinnitus needs opinion
Tourette syndrome on peer review
Toxic shock syndrome needs opinion
Trichinosis needs opinion
Trichomoniasis needs opinion
Trisomy needs opinion
Tularemia needs opinion
Tungiasis needs opinion
Typhoid or Typhoid fever needs opinion
Typhus needs opinion
Ulcerative colitis needs opinion
Uremia needs opinion
Urinary incontinence needs exp/org
Urticaria poor
Uveitis needs opinion
Vaginitis stub
Varicella needs opinion
Vasovagal syncope needs opinion
Vitiligo needs opinion
Von Hippel-Lindau disease needs org/ref
Warkany syndrome stub
Warts needs opinion
Whooping cough (Pertussis) needs opinion
Yellow fever needs exp
Yaws poor