NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 361, No. 1.
This summary covers the issue of July 2, 2009. Featured are articles on phospholipase A2 receptor in idiopathic membranous nephropathy, an epidemiologic study of in-hospital CPR in the elderly, preoperative staging of lung cancer with combined PET–CT, the effects of enalapril and losartan in type 1 diabetes, the effect of Medicare Part D on drug and medical spending, and cardiomyocyte renewal; a review article on rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury; a Clinical Problem-Solving article describing a fragile balance; and Perspective articles on the role of medical liability reform in federal health care reform, on a win–win approach to financing health care reform, on the individual mandate and universal coverage, and on Vermont’s new law on marketing prescribed products. |
