I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

New England Journal of Medicine Audio Summary for June 1, 2006


From the NEJM:
This summary covers the issue of June 1, 2006. Featured are articles on multidetector computed tomography for acute pulmonary embolism, outcomes of in-hospital ventricular fibrillation in children, body-mass index and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux in women, and unintended consequences of caps on Medicare drug benefits; review articles on panic disorder and on ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring; a case report that emphasizes thinking outside the box; and Perspective articles on the life-threatening malfunction of implantable cardiac devices and on the first months of the prescription-drug benefit.
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