Troponin T High-sensitive Assay for Diagnosis of Acute MI
Could a single blood test in the emergency department accurately rule out myocardial infarction?
Category : Health & Medicine Journal & Academic : Health & Medical
Nonmedical Exemptions From School Immunization Requirements
More and more parents are refusing vaccination for their children. This review summarizes recent trends in vaccine exemptions, and their impact on the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease.
Kidney Injury in Those Having Angiography and Heart Surgery
Should cardiac surgery be delayed after angiography -- to protect the kidneys?
Freehand vs Guided Breast Biopsy: Accuracy, Needle Motion, Biopsy Time
How does the currently used freehand technique for breast biopsy compare with the use of a needle guidance system that limits needle motion to within the ultrasound scanning plane?
Increasing Colon, Breast, and Cervical Cancer Screening
How effective are clinicians in having their patients screened for various cancers, such as breast and colorectal? How can the system be improved?
Discriminating Clinical Features of HF in the Community
In community based heart failure management, what does preserved ejection fraction really mean -- in terms of outcomes?
BMI, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Short-Term Mortality
Earlier studies show an association between obesity and mortality using previously gathered BMI data -- but are they outdated?
ESC Guidelines on Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and CVD
See for yourself how the trickle-down effect from the increasing prevalence of diabetes is being addressed with potentially powerful clinical guidelines.
Endoscopy After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the setting of acute myocardial infarction has substantial morbidity and mortality. Is it safe to perform endoscopy on these patients?
Predictors of the Timing of Natural Menopause in the Multiethnic Cohort
Is the timing of natural menopause driven by a combination of genetic, reproductive, and lifestyle factors?
Stent Thrombosis Presenting With Cardiogenic Shock
This 68-year-old man complained of chest pain and rapidly developed cardiogenic shock 48 hours after primary percutaneous coronary intervention. What was the cause?
The Affordable Care Act
What are some of the policy accomplishments of the new Affordable Care Act, and how will it help Americans, especially those who are uninsured?
Clinical Management of Pediatric Dyslipidemia
Evidence shows that atherosclerosis begins developing at an early age. What are the current recommendations for screening and management of dyslipidemia in children?
Methotrexate-Associated Medication Errors
Overall, 67% of reported errors involved an overdose of the drug.
Patients With Heart Failure and ESC Guidelines
Is it impossible to adhere fully to current heart failure guidelines in daily clinical practice?
A Comprehensive Approach to Glenohumeral Arthritis
Glenohumeral arthritis is a debilitating and progressive condition affecting up to one-third of patients older than 60 years. Learn about its clinical management in this comprehensive review.
Graphic-Based Display of Clinical Pathology Lab Data
We have come a long way in the evolution of laboratory results reporting from the application of overlapping laboratory requests with results to photocopying cumulative reports, through several generations of the current iteration of a computerized numeric display of clinical laboratory data.
Triplet Heterotopic Pregnancy After Gonadotropin Stimulation
A patient pregnant with twins in the first trimester presents with abdominal pain and cramps and is treated for diverticulitis.
Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Continuity Clinic
Does a combined med-peds program decrease students' exposure to medicine and pediatric faculty?
Gene Amplification and Prognostic Markers in Ovarian Cancer
Microarray-based genomic analysis combined with immunohistochemical analysis was found to be a powerful technique for identification of clinically relevant gene amplification in human ovarian cancer.