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- 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.
- A 55-year-old man with chronic liver disease and coagulation abnormalities
Assessing the effect of cirrhosis on coagulation and preventing perioperative bleeding: a self-test
- The internist as consultant
Ways internists can improve their effectiveness in evaluating patients, managing surgical complications and communicating with referring physicians.
- 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.
- The endoscope and infection transmission: the problems and how to avoid them
Effective protocols for cleaning and disinfecting endoscopes.
- An update on prostate cancer
The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, including the role of screening and treatment strategies for localized and advanced tumors.