NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 361, No. 19.
This summary covers the issue of November 5, 2009. Featured are articles on on-pump versus off-pump CABG, vaccination against HPV-16 oncoproteins for vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, a peptide-based erythropoietin-receptor agonist for pure red-cell aplasia, testosterone and spermatogenesis, and figuring out ferroportin; review articles on phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for pulmonary arterial hypertension and on myelodysplastic syndromes; a Clinical Problem-Solving article describing a bloody mystery; and Perspective articles on doctors, patients, and health care reform, on litigation amidst reform and the Boston Medical Center case, on payment reform for safety-net institutions, and on novel H1N1 influenza and respiratory protection for health care workers. |
