NEJM This Week: Supplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 362, No. 2.

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DATE : Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:18:14 -0400
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This summary covers the issue of January 14, 2010. Featured are articles on the use of mental health services among U.S. Army wives, morphine use after combat injury in Iraq and PTSD, ustekinumab versus etanercept for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, preoperative biliary drainage for pancreatic cancer, tracheal allotransplantation after withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy, and progenitor cells of prostate cancer; a review article on nosocomial bacterial meningitis; a case report of a man with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and edema; and Perspective articles on "play-or-pay" insurance reforms for employers, on uncomfortable arithmetic and expanding health insurance coverage, and on measuring the performance of the U.S. health care system.