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- Management of kidney stones: how new technology has affected the indications for intervention
Now that stones can be treated noninvasively on an outpatient basis, intervention is often less expensive and more humane than to "wait and see."
- Issues in the diagnosis and management of malignant disease
Introduction to a new regular series of succinct reviews of cancer care relevant to non-oncologists.
- Glycemic control and complications of diabetes mellitus: practical implications of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)
The DCCT results provide new impetus to find better ways to achieve near-normal glycemia.
- Long-term follow-up of children after repair of atrial septal defects
The authors advocate repair of atrial septal defects as early as possible, definitely "before age 5, in order to minimize long-term complications of left-to-right shunting.
- Changing the course of diabetic nephropathy: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in type I diabetic renal disease
An overview of the Collaborative Study Group trial, which found that ACE inhibition slows the loss of renal function in diabetes.
- A pregnant woman with shortness of breath
The authors guide the reader through a challenging diagnosis.