Latest Articles
- New Series
We hope to keep you abreast of how laparoscopic techniques are revolutionizing surgical care, and what this means for your patients.
Should primary care physicians screen for depression?Yes, if they have the time and resources to do something about it if they find it.
- Laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernias: An update for internists
Laparoscopic repair is safe and can provide excellent results.
- In-hospital initiation of statins: Taking advantage of the ‘teachable moment’
For a variety of reasons, starting a statin in the hospital increases long-term compliance.
- Withholding nutrition at the end of life: Clinical and ethical issues
The decision to withhold or withdraw enteral or parenteral nutrition at the end of life should be based on medical need, in collaboration with the family and patient, if possible.
- Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Using echocardiography to guide length of therapy
Empiric long-term antibiotic therapy is no longer uniformly recommended for all cases of S aureus bacteremia, although experts disagree about the optimal length of therapy.
- A Perspective on the study of Moseley et al
A provocative study suggests that arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee provides subjective pain relief via a placebo effect.