NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 13.
This summary covers the issue of March 27, 2008. Featured are articles on diaphragm disuse atrophy and mechanical ventilation, coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events across four racial or ethnic groups, cervical length at mid-pregnancy and risk of cesarean delivery, drug-review deadlines and safety problems, and cardiac connections and preventing arrhythmia; review articles on hydroxurea for the treatment of sickle cell anemia and on cardiac plasticity; a case report of a girl with dyspnea on exertion; and Perspective articles on obstacles to the expansion of community health centers and on a search for new ideas for global health.
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