NEJM Audio Summary: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 358, No. 16.

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DATE : Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:18:14 -0400
Entered in Database : 2008-04-16 14:18:14
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This summary covers the issue of April 17, 2008. Featured are articles on weekly paclitaxel and breast cancer, intensive care for extremely premature newborns, YKL-40 levels and asthma, pharmaceutical promotion to physicians and first amendment rights, tectonic shifts in the health information economy, electronic health records and medical research, and grassroots activism and physician supply; review articles on the irritable bowel syndrome and on the management of very low birth weight; a case report of a newborn infant with apnea and seizures; and Perspective articles on personally controlled online health data, on avoiding the pitfalls of going electronic, and on the physician workforce crisis.