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- Treating High Cholesterol: Everyday Applications of the National Guidelines
Patient history and laboratory tests are key to the optimal application of the National Cholestrol Education Program guidelines.
- Prophylaxis and treatment of post-renal transplant rejection
Monoclonal preparations offer advantages over polyclonal preparations in the prophylaxis and treatment of post-transplant rejection in renal transplantation.
- Ticlopidine: New Option for Stroke Prevention
A new inhibitor of platelet aggregation shows promise in preventing stroke, as well as cardiac events in patients at risk for stroke.
- The many facets of occupational asthma
Occupational asthma presents a variety of concerns-medical, occupational, and legal.
- Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in chronic progressive renal disease
In chronic renal disease, ACE inhibition may counteract certain changes that lead to end-stage renal failure.
- A practical approach to chronic fatigue syndrome
Psychiatric referral may be the best option for a number of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
- The value of echocardiography in mitral valve repair
In patients who require surgery for mitral regurgitation, valve repair may offer numerous advantages over valve replacement.
- Evaluating pulmonary impairment: appropriate use of pulmonary function and exercise tests
In occupational lung disease, the physician’s first and primary task is detection and measurement of impairment.