50 Studies Every Internist Should Know [Paperback]

50 Studies Every Internist Should Knowpresents key studies that shape today's practice of internal medicine. Selected using a rigorous methodology, the studies cover topics including: preventative medicine, endocrinology, hematology and oncology, musculoskeletal diseases, nephrology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, cardiology, pulmonology, geriatrics and palliative care, and mental health. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, and its implications for practice. An illustrative clinical case concludes each review, followed by brief information on other relevant studies. This book is a must-read for health care professionals and anyone who wants to learn more about the data behind clinical practice.

Section 1. Preventive Medicine

1. Preventing Diabetes: The Diabetes Prevention Program

2. Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)

3. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: The Physicians' Health Study and the Women's Health Study

4. Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: The Women's Health Initiative

5. The Cochrane Review of Screening Mammography

6. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer

7. Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography vs. Chest Radiography: The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST)

Section 2. Endocrinology

8. Treating Elevated Blood Sugar Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)

9. Intensive versus conservative blood sugar control for patients with type 2 diabetes: the ACCORD trial

10. Intensive vs. Conventional Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DCCT)

11. Intensive vs. Conservative Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Section 3. Hematology and Oncology

12. Choice of Anticoagulant for Prevention of Recurrent Venous ThrombolÓ1