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- BK polyomavirus: A newly recognized threat to transplanted kidneys
An increasing serum creatinine concentration in a kidney transplant recipient should prompt a referral for reevaluation by the transplant center. Among the many possible causes: reactivation of latent BK polyomavirus infection.
- The needs of science vs the needs of patients: Ethical concernsin cancer clinical trials
Patients in cancer trials are not data points; they are vulnerable people who often view a clinical trial as their last hope.
- Interpreting the COMET trial
Although survival was better with carvedilol than with immediate-release metoprolol tartrate, we must increase the use of any approved beta-blocker in heart failure.
Endovascular therapy or conventional vascular surgery? A complex choiceAortic aneurysms, carotid stenosis, peripheral vascular disease, and stenosis of visceral vessels can now be treated percutaneously, but less invasive isn’t always better.
- Who should be taking aspirin to prevent coronary events?
How to use the estimated coronary risk in deciding whether to prescribe long-term aspirin therapy, with an algorithm and three brief examples.
