Spotlight
Primary Care
Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Free
In this large study, receipt of dialysis six times weekly was not better than three times weekly.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- July 2, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 Jul 3
Specialty Care
Vasopressin Adds No Benefit to Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest
- Emergency Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Defibrillation and chest compressions remain key to survival.
- By J. Stephen Bohan, MD, MS, FACP, FACEP
- July 2, 2008
- Covering N Engl J Med 2008 Jul 3
Another Study of Medical Expulsive Therapy for Ureteral Stones
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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These findings strengthen the case for medical expulsive therapy in patients with small-to-moderate distal ureteral calculi.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering J Urol 2008 Jun
Cryoablation for Small Renal Tumors in Older Patients
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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Cryoablation is a technically feasible approach for patients with incidentally discovered renal masses who are not good surgical candidates.
- By Allan S. Brett, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering J Urol 2008 Jun
Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Is a Risk Factor for C. difficile Infection
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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Even if patients receive no other antibiotics, they can develop colitis.
- By Abigail Zuger, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Clin Infect Dis 2008 Jun 15
Last Resort for Drug-Resistant Infections: Honey?
- General Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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"Medical-grade" honey has attractive microbicidal properties.
- By Abigail Zuger, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Clin Infect Dis 2008 Jun 1
Lifetime Physical Activity and Risk for Premenopausal Breast Cancer
- Women's Health
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Women who engaged in regular strenuous exercise during adolescence and young adulthood benefited most.
- By Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering J Natl Cancer Inst 2008 May 21
Tea for Warts?
- Women's Health
- Summary and Comment
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Sinecatechins, extracted from green tea, were effective in treating external anogenital warts.
- By Sandra Ann Carson, MD
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Obstet Gynecol 2008 Jun
Sexual Orientation and Viral STI Risk: Still No Real Answers
- Women's Health
- Summary and Comment
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Lesbians reported fewer viral STI diagnoses than did bisexual or heterosexual women — but many questions remain.
- By Diane E. Judge, APN/CNP
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Am J Public Health 2008 Jun
Smoking Cessation and Mortality: Turning Back the Clock?
- Women's Health
- Summary and Comment
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At 20 years after quitting, past smokers' risk for death from all major causes was similar to that of never-smokers.
- By Diane E. Judge, APN/CNP
- July 3, 2008
- Covering JAMA 2008 May 7
A Change in the JWWH Editorial Board
- Women's Health
- Letter to Readers
- Free
Please join me in bidding a fond farewell to Marian C. Limacher, MD, as she leaves the Journal Watch Women’s Health editorial board. Marian is . . .
- By Sandra Ann Carson, MD
- July 3, 2008
Is CT plus LP Necessary to Rule Out Subarachnoid Hemorrhage?
- Emergency Medicine
- Summary and Comment
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Results of a large prospective study support the practice of using the combination of negative CT plus negative lumbar puncture to rule out subarachnoid hemorrhage in ED patients with acute headache.
- By Richard D. Zane, MD, FAAEM
- July 3, 2008
- Covering Ann Emerg Med 2008 Jun