Drospirenone is the new progesterone analog in heavily marketed new oral contraceptive pills (trade names Yaz, Yasmin, Angelique). Using a large insurance claims database, Jick et al identified 186 cases of DVT or PE in women aged 15-44 taking oral contraceptives and compared them to controls. Those taking drospirenone-containing OCPs had a nonfatal DVT/PE incidence [… read more]
Autonomy and beneficence, a historical perspective. Will JF, CHEST 2011;139:669-673. ICU ethics review.
Critical care for patients with stroke. Lukovits TG, CHEST 2011;139:694-700.
DVT of the upper extremity: Kucher N, NEJM 2011;364:861-869.
The effect of light on critical illness. Castro R, Critical Care 2011; 15:218
New treatments against gram-negative organisms. Bassetti M, Critical Care 2011;15:215. New antibiotics review.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Harari S, Eur Resp Review 2011;20:34-44. LAM review.
Warfarin is the best drug for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. In people with a-fib for whom warfarin was unsuitable (unstable INR, unlikely adherence, etc, but excluding those with prior bleeding on warfarin), twice daily oral direct Xa inhibitor apixaban had a hazard ratio of 0.45 over aspirin for the primary outcome of stroke (absolute [… read more]
Normal sleep in African-Americans and Caucasians: Ruiter ME, Sleep Medicine 2011;12:209-214. Race & racial differences in sleep review.
Occupational asthma – Assessment, treatment, compensation: Cowl TC, CHEST 2011;139:674-681.
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Concise Clinical Review. Baughman RP, AJRCCM 2011;183:573-581.
Treating NSCLC with tyrosine kinase / EGFR inhibitors erlotinib & gefitinib: Cataldo VD, NEJM 2011;364:947-955. Non small cell lung cancer chemotherapy treatment review.
Radiation risks from imaging; pharmacy and lactation; critical illness; interventional chest procedures; asthma; smoking; cystic fibrosis; pneumonia; infiltrative lung diseases; pulmonary embolism; pulmonary hypertension, and sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy. Coming in just under 200 pages. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2011;32:1-198.
Imaging, airflow, rhinosinusitis, congestion, allergies, the sense of smell … more than a dozen articles on “the other airway” is nothing to sneeze at. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2011; 8: 1-140.
Pleural imaging; CHF pleural effusions; hepatic hydrothorax; parapneumonic effusions and empyema; malignant pleural effusions and disease; chylothorax; thoracoscopy; the chest tube size debate; pneumothorax — did they miss anything? In 130 pages, probably not much. Sem Resp Crit Care Med Dec 2010.
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in people with heart and lung disease: Arena R, Circulation 2011;123:668-680.
Point-of-care ultrasonography: Moore CL, NEJM 2011;364:749-757.
Clinical Course & Prediction of Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Ley B, AJRCCM 2011;183:431-440.
Pulmonary Complications of Lung Transplantation: Ahmad, CHEST 2011;139:402-411.
ARDS and multi-organ failure: Curr Opin Crit Care 2011;17:1-6. Hemodynamic monitoring of ventilated patients: Ibid, pp. 36-42 The ‘ABCDE’ bundle for critical care: Ibid, pp. 43-49. Managing severely hypoxemic patients: Ibid.
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