Week 1
"Million-Dollar
Murray: Why problems like homelessness may be easier to solve than
manage." Gladwell, M., The New Yorker, February 13,
2006.
"The
Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection,
Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure",
JAMA, May 31, 2003, Vol 289, Number 19
"Unstable
Angina Pectoris", Yeghiazarians, Y, M.D., Braunstein, J,
M.D., Askari, A, M.D., and Stone, P, M.D., The New England Journal
of Medicine, January 13, 2000, Volume 342, Number 2, pages 101-114.
"Acute
Pulmonary Embolism", Victor F. Tapson, M.D., New England
Journal of Medicine 2008;358:1037-52.
"Role
of medical students in preventing patient harm and enhancing patient
safety",
S C Seiden, C Galvan, R Lamm, Qual Saf Health Care 2006; 15:272-276.
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Week 2
"Evaluation
of the Patient with Acute Chest Pain", Lee, Thomas H., M.D.,
Goldman, L, M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine, April
20, 2000, Volume 342, Number 16, pages 1187 - 1195.
"Heart
Failure", Mariell Jessup, M.D., and Susan Brozena,
M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2003;348:2007-18.
"Newly
Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation", Page, Richard L, MD, New
England Journal of Medicine, December 2, 2004;2324082016.
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Week 3
"Acute
Oliguria", Saulo Klahr, MD, and Steven B. Miller,
MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, March 5, 1998, Volume 338
Number 10, 671-675.
"Diuretic
Therapy", Brater,D. Craig, M.D., The New England Journal
of Medicine, August 6, 1998, Volume 339, Number 6, pages 387 - 395.
"Hyponatremia",
Adrogue, Horacio J., M.D., Madias, Nicholas E., M.D., The New England
Journal of Medicine, May 25, 2000, Volume 342, Number 21, pages
1581 - 1589.
"Hypernatremia",
Adrogue, Horacio J., M.D., Madias, Nicholas E., M.D., The New England
Journal of Medicine, May 18, 2000, Volume 342 Number 20 1493 - 1500.
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Week 4
"Update
on the Management of Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism",
Kennth A. Woeber, MD, FRCPE, Arch Intern Med. 2000; 160:1067-1071.
"Type
2 Diabetes Mellitus: Update on Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment",
Ricahrd J. Mahler, Michael L. Adler, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology
& Metabolism, 1999, Vol. 84, No. 4, 1165-1171
"Evidence-based
therapy for type 2 diabetes", Flemmer, Mark C., M.D., Vinik,
Aaron I., M.D., Ph.D., Postgraduate Medicine, May 1, 2000, Volume
107, Number 5, pages 27 - 47.
"The
Thyroid Nodule", Laszlo Hegedüs, M.D., N Eng
J Med 2004;351:1764-71.
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Week 5
"Acute
Bronchitis", Richard P. Wenzel, M.D., and Alpha A.
Fowler III, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2006;355:2125-30.
"Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease", Barnes, Peter J., D.Sc.,
The New England Journal of Medicine, July 27, 2000, Volume 343,
Number 4, pages 269 - 280.
"Management
of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease", E. Rand
Sutherland, M.D., M.P.H., and Reuben M. Cherniack, M.D., N Engl
J Med 2004;350:2689-97.
"Aspiration
Pneumonitis And Aspiration Pneumonia", Marik, Paul E., M.B.,
.B.Ch., The New England Journal of Medicine, March 1, 2001, Volume
344, Number 9, pages 665 - 671.
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Week 6
"Contagious
Acute Gastrointestinal Infections", Musher D.M., M.D., Musher,
B.L., M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2004; 351:2417-27
"Evaluation
of Abnormal Liver-Enzyme Results in Asymptomatic Patients",
Pratt, DS, M.D., Kaplan, MM, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine,
April 27, 2000, Volume 342, Number 17, pages 1266 - 1271.
"Hereditary
Hemochromatosis — A New Look at an Old Disease",
Antonello Pietrangelo, M.D., Ph.D., N Engl J Med 2004;350:2383-97.
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Week 7
"The
Management of Gout", Emmerson, Bryan, M.D., Ph.D., The New
England Journal of Medicine, February 15, 1996, Volume 334, Number
7, pages 445 - 451.
"Rational
Use of New and Existing Disease-Modifying Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis",
Kremer, Joel, M.D., Annals of Internal Medicine, April 17, 2001,
Volume 134, Number 8, pages 695-706.
"Drug
Treatment of Lipid Disorders", Robert Knopp, MD, The
New England Journal of Medicine, August 12, 1999, Volume 341 Number
7, 498-511
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Week 8
"The
Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis", Richard
S. Hotchkiss, M.D., and Irene E. Karl, Ph.D., The New England Journal
of Medicine, 348;2, January 9, 2003, 138-150.
"Management
of Urinary Tract Infections in Adults", Stamm, Walter E.,
M.D., Hooton, Thomas M., M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine,
October 28, 1993, Volume 329, Number 18, pages 1328 -1334.
"Cellulitis",
Morton N. Swartz, M.D., N Engl J Med 2004;350:904-12.
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Week 9
"Syncope",
Kapoor, Wishwa N., M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine,
December 21, 2000, Volume 343, Number 25, pages 1856 - 1862.
"Managing
Depression in Medical Outpatients", Whooley, Mary, M.D.,
Simon, Gregory, M.D., M.P.H., The New England Journal of Medicine,
December 28, 2000, Volume 343, Number 26, pages 1942 - 1950.
"Migraine
- Current Understanding and Treatment", Peter J. Goadsby,
MD, DSC, Richard B. Lipton, MD, and Michael D. Ferrari, MD, PhD,
N Engl J Med, Vol. 346, No. 4, January 24, 2002, 257-270
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Week 10
"Pernicious
Anemia", Ban-hock Toh, MB, BS, DSC, Ian R. VanDriel,
PhD, and Paul A. Gleeson, PhD, The New England Journal of Medicine,
November 13, 1997, Volume 337 Number 20,1441-1448
"Disorders
of Iron Metabolism", Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, The
New England Journal of Medicine, December 23, 1999, Volume 341 Number
26, 1986-1995.
"Anemia
of Chronic Disease", Guenter Weiss, M.D., and Lawrence
T. Goodnough, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, 2005;352:1011-23.
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Other Valuable
Articles
"Drugs
for Pain", The
Medical Letter, Inc., Vol. 5 (Issue 56) April 2007
"The
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome", Lorraine B.
Ware, MD, and Michael A.Matthay, MD, The New England Journal of
Medicine, May 4, 2000, Volume 342 Number 18, 1334-1349.
"Treatment
of Acute Ischemic Stroke", Brott, Thomas, M.D., Bogousslavsky,
Julien, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, September 7,
2000, Volume 343, Number 10, pages 710 - 722.
"Disseminated
Intravascular Coagulation", Marcel Levi MD, and Hugo
Ten Cate MD, The New England Journal of Medicine, August 19, 1999,
Volume 341 Number 8, 586-592
"Treatment
of Bacterial Meningitis", Quagliarello, Vincent, M.D., Scheld,
W. Michael, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine, March 6,
1997, Volume 336, Number 10, pages 708 - 716.
"Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia", Nicholas Chiorazzi, M.D., Kanti
R. Rai, M.B., B.S., and Manlio Ferrarini, M.D., N Engl J Med 2005;352:804-15.
"Bell’s
Palsy", Donald H. Gilden, M.D., N Engl J Med 2004;351:1323-31.
"Autoimmune
Hepatitis", Edward Krawitt, MD, N Engl J Med 2006;354:54-66.
"Lumbar
Puncture", Miles S. Ellenby, M.D., Ken Tegtmeyer,
M.D., Susanna Lai, M.P.H.,
and Dana A.V. Braner, M.D., N Engl J Med 2006;355:e12. Video
"Paracentesis",
Thomsen, T., Shaffer, R., White, B., and Setnik, G., The New England
Journal of Medicine, November 9, 2006; 355; e21. Video
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