Table of Contents
Interpreting Key Trials
- Lipid-lowering therapy after coronary artery bypass surgery: the Post-CABG trial
The Post-CABG trial is an important milestone that demonstrates the benefits of treating hypercholesterolemia in patients who have had bypass surgery.
Highlights from Medical Grand Rounds
- Pitfalls in managing routine medical problems of patients with spinal cord injury
Physicians caring for patients with spinal cord injury need to know how to apply management strategies uniquely appropriate in these patients.
Current Drug Therapy
- How physicians can prevent medication errors: practical strategies
Until improved systems are in place to detect and analyze medication errors, physicians can prevent many serious medication errors by observing some basic safety practices.
Clinical Decision-Making at the Crossroads
- Arthralgias, myalgias, facial erythema, and a positive ANA: not necessarily SLE
Physicians frequently see patients with vague musculoskeletal complaints and intermittent rashes who are thought to have a connective tissue disease.
Clinical Review
- Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): current management, future directions
Half of the patients who develop ARDS die of it. However, a number of new ideas about supportive management and experimental therapies offer hope of reducing the mortality rate.
- National headache foundation
These guidelines, developed by the National Headache Foundation, target diagnosis, therapy and referral.
Cancer Diagnosis and Management
- Inpatient management of acute leukemia
In treating acute leukemia, there are four medical emergencies that require immediate attention: infection, hemorrhage, hyperleukocytosis, and tumor lysis syndrome.
