NEJM This Week: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 361, No. 17.

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DATE : Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:18:14 -0400
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This summary covers the issue of October 22, 2009. Featured are articles on intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients, strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children, glucocerebrosidase mutations in Parkinson’s disease, cisplatin versus cisplatin plus doxorubicin for standard-risk hepatoblastoma, X-linked thrombophilia with a mutant factor IX, and probing prostate cancer; a review article on atypical hemolytic–uremic syndrome; a case report of a woman with fever, abdominal pain, and hypotension after cesarean section; and Perspective articles on why cooperatives and triggers can’t achieve the goals of a public option, on the group health cooperative, and on disappearing diseases and familial dysautonomia.