NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 355, No. 5.
This summary covers the issue of August 3, 2006. Featured are articles on the implications of a 2005 measles outbreak in Indiana, activating mutations in the ABCC8 gene in neonatal diabetes mellitus, switching from insulin to oral sulfonylureas in patients with diabetes due to Kir6.2 mutations, validation of a rule for termination of resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, limiting myocardial damage during acute myocardial infarction by inhibiting C-reactive protein, and the severe gout of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V; a review article on chronic venous disease; a clinical problem-solving article describing a sharp right turn in the diagnosis; and Perspective articles on the right to take experimental drugs before approval, on measles in the United States in 2006, and on caring for ailing refugees. |
