NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 12.
This summary covers the issue of March 20, 2008. Featured are articles on the treatment of the hypereosinophilic syndrome with mepolizumab, duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery, polymorphisms associated with cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular events, and quality of life and satisfaction with outcome among prostate-cancer survivors; review articles on hormonal contraception in women of older reproductive age and on acinetobacter infection; a case report of a woman with a nonhealing ulcer of the jaw; and Perspective articles on consent for organ donation and on the extension of asthma’s global reach.
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