General Medicine: Archives

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Diabetes Control Among Urban Black Americans

• November 19, 2009
• Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH

An intensive support program provided little benefit.

• Reviewing:
• Gary TL et al., Arch Intern Med 2009 Oct 26; 169:1788

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

H1N1 in Adults Can Be SevereFree

• November 19, 2009
• Abigail Zuger, MD

In California, mortality was higher among hospitalized adults than among hospitalized children.

• Reviewing:
• Louie JK et al., JAMA 2009 Nov 4; 302:1896

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Is HPV Vaccination Cost-Effective for Women Older Than 30?

• November 19, 2009
• Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

A simulation model suggests not.

• Reviewing:
• Kim JJ et al., Ann Intern Med 2009 Oct 20; 151:538

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

New and Unusual Pattern in S. aureus Resistance

• November 17, 2009
• Abigail Zuger, MD

Just because an organism is methicillin-susceptible doesn't mean it is vancomycin-susceptible.

• Reviewing:
• Pillai SK et al., Clin Infect Dis 2009 Oct 15; 49:1169

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Folic Acid and Cancer

• November 17, 2009
• Thomas L. Schwenk, MD

Cancer incidence and mortality rose with vitamin use.

• Reviewing:
• Ebbing M et al., JAMA 2009 Nov 18; 302:2119 Drake BF and Colditz GA., JAMA 2009 Nov 18; 302:2152

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Endothelin-Receptor Blockade: New Approach to Resistant Hypertension

• November 17, 2009
• Bruce Soloway, MD

Mean blood pressure dropped when darusentan was added to optimal therapy, but additional diuresis often was required.

• Reviewing:
• Weber MA et al., Lancet 2009 Oct 24; 374:1423

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

More About Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

• November 17, 2009
• Allan S. Brett, MD

Two case series strengthen the link between gadolinium exposure and NSF in renal failure patients.

• Reviewing:
• Abujudeh HH et al., Radiology 2009 Oct; 253:81 Lee CU et al., Arch Dermatol 2009 Oct; 145:1095

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Prevention of Flu Transmission in Households

• November 12, 2009
• Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

Hand hygiene and face masks can help prevent the spread of influenza.

• Reviewing:
• Cowling BJ et al., Ann Intern Med 2009 Oct 6; 151:437

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Mortality in Dialysis Patients

• November 12, 2009
• Thomas L. Schwenk, MD

Risk was elevated for both cardiovascular and noncardiovascular causes.

• Reviewing:
• de Jager DJ et al., JAMA 2009 Oct 28; 302:1782

SUMMARY AND COMMENT

Revascularization Is Ineffective for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery StenosisFree

• November 12, 2009
• Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM

This procedure conferred substantial risk without clinical benefit.

• Reviewing:
• The ASTRAL Investigators., N Engl J Med 2009 Nov 12; 361:1953