NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 8.
This summary covers the issue of February 21, 2008. Featured are articles on aprotinin during coronary-artery bypass grafting and risk of death, the effect of aprotinin on outcome after coronary-artery bypass grafting, surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis, hepatitis E virus and chronic hepatitis in organ-transplant recipients, and scientific and legal viability of follow-on protein drugs; a review article on lumbar spinal stenosis; a case report of a woman with renal failure and stiffness of the joints and skin; and Perspective articles on quality-improvement research and informed consent.
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