JAMA 6 Oct 2010 Vol 304 1447 “In 2005, because our evaluation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Arizona revealed dismal outcomes, we established a statewide program aimed at improving survival.” […]
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 4 October 2010
NEJM 30 Sep 2010 Vol 363 1303 Spleen tyrosine kinase is an important inflammatory mediator, which for some reason has the abbreviation Syk rather than Stk. The editorial for this […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review 29 September 2010
JAMA 22-29 Sep 2010 Vol 304 1331 Heart failure management is supposedly a showcase for evidence-based medicine, with lots of interventional trials to guide the deployment of ACE inhibitors, angiotensin […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 20 September 2010
JAMA 15 Sep 2010 Vol 304 1173 Medical students dominate this week’s JAMA. These are American medical students, who all have degrees in something else before they start medicine, so they […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 13 September 2010
JAMA 8 Sep 2010 Vol 304 1073 “Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is arguably the most challenging of human malignancies”, as the commentary on this study of adjuvant chemotherapy points out. […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 6 September 2010
JAMA 1 Sep 2010 Vol 304 967 A couple of weeks ago, the BMJ published a rather strange piece about the terrible psychological effects of chemical castration in men with […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 31 August 2010
JAMA 25 Aug 2010 Vol 304 859 The first paper in JAMA comes from Denmark for a second week running, meaning that I have to rummage through Hamlet yet again […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review 23 August 2010
JAMA 18 Aug 2010 Vol 304 763 Some time ago I suggested that the best time and place to have a myocardial infarct was at about 10 am on a […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 16 August 2010
JAMA 11 Aug 2010 Vol 304 641 All this week the media has (sic) been proclaiming the end of the antibiotic era, on the basis of data which shows (sic) […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 9 August 2010
JAMA 4 Aug 2010 Vol 304 This week’s JAMA is about the health consequences of violence. These are bad, and these articles just act as gloomy reminders of how bad […]