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- ‘Interpreting Key Trials’: Doing what we do best
A key CCJM mission is to quickly translate the results of important trials into practical clinical advice.
- Screening for renal artery stenosis: Which patients? Which test?
For a patient with persistently high blood pressure despite multiple medications, which screening test for renovascular hypertension is best?
- Using viral load, CD4+ levels, and clinical response to guide antiviral therapy for HIV
A summary of the most recent guidelines from the International AIDS Society.
How should a patient with an isolated GGT elevation be evaluated?Given GGT’s extremely low specificity, do not get on a merry-go-round of testing when this liver enzyme is elevated.
- Appropriate use of second-generation antihistamines
The newer antihistamines, with little or no effect on the central nervous system, have largely replaced older agents.
- Recognizing and managing depression in women throughout the stages of life
To treat depression in women effectively, one needs to appreciate how it is linked to the cycle of women’s lives.