NEJM 4 Feb 2016 Vol 374 Renal altruism 411 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Failing that, consider live […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review—1 February 2016
NEJM 28 Jan 2016 Vol 374 Venetoclax & CLL 311 Venetoclax is a wonderful name. I shall set up a burglar alarm company in Venice so that I can see […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—25 January 2016
NEJM 21 Jan 2016 Vol 374 Share data or be damned OL The most important article this week also appears on the websites of JAMA, The BMJ, Annals of Internal […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—18 January 2016
NEJM 14 Jan 2016 Vol 374 SDM: no looking back 104 There are two interesting Perspective pieces in this week’s NEJM, both about individualizing care. The first is about shared […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—11 January 2016
NEJM 7 Jan 2016 Vol 374 Predicting next week’s PET 13 This week begins with a toughie. Diagnostic test studies are always tricky to analyse. What matters to you as […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—4 January 2016
NEJM 24 & 31 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Second cancers after Hodgkin’s cure 2499 Hodgkin’s disease was one of the first cancers to move from invariably fatal to routinely curable. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—21 December 2015
NEJM 17 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Chilling brain trauma 2403 Traumatic brain injury is the commonest cause of permanent disability in Europeans under the age of 40, and its incidence […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—14 December 2015
NEJM 10 Dec 2015 Vol 373 Pacific treatments for scabies 2305 Wow. Here is the ultimate cluster randomised trial: an island randomised trial. First find your islands in the vastness […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—7 December
NEJM 3 Dec 2015 Vol 373 CPR with or without breaks 2203 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac arrest outside hospital carries a mortality risk of more than 90%. It is usually […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 November
NEJM 26 Nov 2015 Vol 373 “Artificial cell” for diabetes 2129 “Home use of an artificial beta cell in type 1 diabetes” conjures up a vision of some huge cellular […]