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Volume 20, Issue 16
August 15, 2009

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SPECIAL FEATURE: How Much Evidence Do We Need to Change Practices in Which We Firmly Believe?
Diabetes 1970; 19:Suppl:789.
N Engl J Med 2008 Jun 12; 358:2545.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0802743
N Engl J Med 2008 Jun 12; 358:2560.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0802987
N Engl J Med 2009 Jan 8; 360:129.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0808431
Lancet 1998 Sep 12; 352:837.
Ann Intern Med 2009 Jun 2; 150:803.
BMJ 2009 Apr 18; 338:901.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b800
Arch Intern Med 2009 Jan 26; 169:150.
Evid Based Med 2009 Jun; 14:68.

Interview with: Harlan Krumholz, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Stents Are Ineffective for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis and Renal Insufficiency
Ann Intern Med 2009 Jun 16; 150:840.

Impaired Kidney Function and Risks for CV Disease and Death
BMJ 2009 Jun 29; 338:b2392.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b2392

Prognostic Value of Absence of Coronary Calcium
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 Jun; 2:675.
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 Jun; 2:689.

To Attenuate Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Start with Lifestyle
JAMA 2009 Jul 22/29; 302:394.
JAMA 2009 Jul 22/29; 302:401.

Exercise Echocardiography in Patients with Normal Exercise ECGs
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 May 26; 53:1981.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 May 26; 53:1991.

Clinical Practice Guideline Watch: Updated Recommendation for Vision Screening in Older Adults
Ann Intern Med 2009 Jul 7; 151:37.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf09/visualscr/viseldrs.htm
Ann Intern Med 2009 Jul 7; 151:44.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf09/visualscr/viseldart.htm
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm

Age-Related White Matter Changes Predict Functional Decline
BMJ 2009 Jul 6; 339:b2477.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b2477

Pay for Performance in England: Some Surprising Results
N Engl J Med 2009 Jul 23; 361:368.

Validation of a Single-Question Alcohol Screening Test
J Gen Intern Med 2009 Jul; 24:783.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/

CliniciansGuide2005/guide.pdf

Interview with: Richard Saitz, MD
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Smoking Cessation in the CCU
CMAJ 2009 Jun 23; 180:1297.

Failure to Inform Patients About Abnormal Test Results
Arch Intern Med 2009 Jun 22; 169:1123.

Hormone Therapy and Risk for Ovarian Cancer
JAMA 2009 Jul 15; 302:298.

Imaging for Acute Abdominal Pain
BMJ 2009 Jun 26; 338:b2431.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b2431

Perioperative Complications with Bariatric Surgery
N Engl J Med 2009 Jul 30; 361:445.

Refining the Indications for ERCP in Biliary Pancreatitis
Gastroenterology 2007 May; 132:2022.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2007.03.065
Ann Surg 2009 Jul; 250:68.

STIs in Children When Sexual Abuse Is Suspected
Pediatrics 2009 Jul; 124:79.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009 Jul; 28:608.

Treatment of Children with Sinusitis
Pediatrics 2009 Jul; 124:9.


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