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- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: Is surgery always indicated?
This disease is usually benign, but evidence of necrosis or pneumoperitoneum warrants immediate surgery.
- Diabetes therapy and cardiac risk (November 2014)
A reader comments on diabetes therapy and cardiac risk (November 2013).
- Outcome measures need context
The patient in front of me may differ from those seen in a clinical trial and may care about other outcome measures.
- Should we be concerned about thyroid cancer in patients taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists?
The risk in humans is difficult to quantify, but low.
- Managing aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: It takes a team
There is no silver bullet, but systematic application of small advances maximizes the patient’s chance of recovery.
- In Reply: Diabetes therapy and cardiac risk (November 2014)
A reader comments on diabetes therapy and cardiac risk (November 2013).
- Should patients stop taking aspirin for primary prevention?
In view of the evidence, routine use of aspirin for primary prevention is not recommended, even in patients with diabetes.
- Cystic lung disease: Systematic, stepwise diagnosis
One can arrive at the likely diagnosis in most cases on the basis of the clinical and radiographic features.