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- Postoperative confusion in a 42-year-old man
Recognizing the cause of postoperative confusion and treating the problem: a self-test
- The preoperative bleeding time test: assessing its clinical usefulness
Because of the bleeding time test's low value in predicting perioperative bleeding, it should be abandoned as a routine screening test.
- Postoperative pulmonary complications: risk assessment, prevention, and treatment
Preoperative pulmonary function testing is needed only in high-risk patients; proper management can decrease the risk.
- Role of metformin in type II diabetes
When diet and exercise fail to control type II diabetes, metformin promotes control of blood sugar levels.
- Accuracy and predictive values in clinical decision-making
The accuracy and predictive value of a diagnostic test may differ substantially between research and clinical populations, owing to differences in disease prevalence. The article suggests ways researchers could end the confusion.
- Asthma: current controversies and emerging therapies
Anti-inflammatory drugs for maintenance therapy, use of beta agonists, emergency management, immunotherapy, and newer therapies.
- Coronary heart disease in African Americans: primary and secondary prevention
How physicians can help improve the cardiovascular health of their black patients, who have a high level of CHD risk factors.