Loyola Internal Medicine Residency

Articles

EBM Approach to Arrhythmias - Reading Resources

Arrhythmia Management Guidelines:

Arrhythmia Review Articles:

Required Reading List

A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation. New England Journal of Medicine. 347(23):1825-1833, December 5, 2002.
Beta-blockers and reduction of cardiac events in noncardiac surgery. Auerbach A, Goldman L. JAMA 2002;287:1435-1444.
Prophylactic Implantation of a Defibrillator in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Moss A., Zareba W, Hall W, et al. for the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT-II) Investigators. NEJM 2002; 346:877-883.
Intensive versus moderate lipid lowering with statins after acute coronary syndromes. Cannon C, Braunwald E, McCabe C, et al. N Engl J Med 2004;350:1495-1504.
Risk of cardiovascular events and rofecoxib: cumulative meta-analysis. Juni P, Nartney L, Reichenbach S. Lancet 2004;364:2021-2029.
Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure. Maisel AS, Krishnaswamy P, Nowak R, et al. N Engl J Med 2002;347:161-167.
A Comparison of four methods of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. Esteban A, Frutos F, Tobin M, et al. N Engl J Med 1995;332:345-350.
Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Kress J, Pohlman A, O'Connor M, et al. N Eng J Med 2000;342:1471-1477.
Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The acute respiratory distress syndrome network. N Eng J Med 2000;342:1301-1308.
Dexamethasone in adults with bacterial meningitis. De Gans J, Van De Beek B. N Eng J Med 2002;347:1549-1556.
Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. Rivers E, Nguyen B, Hvastad S, for the Early Goal-directed Therapy Collaborative Group. N Engl J Med 2001;345:1368-1377.
Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. van den Berghe, G, Wouters, P, Weekers, F, et al. N Engl J Med 2001;345:1359-1367.
A comparison of enoxaparin with placebo for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in acutely ill medical patients. Samana M, Cohen A, Darmon J, et al. N Eng J Med 1999;341:793-800.
The influence of finasteride on the development of prostate cancer. Thompson IM, Goodman PJ, Tangen CM, et al. N Engl J Med 2003;349:215-224.
Evaluation of D-dimer in the diagnosis of suspected deep-vein thrombosis. Wells P, Anderson D, Rodger M, et al. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1227-35.
Acetylcysteine for prevention of acute deterioration of renal function following elective coronary angiography and intervention. Kay J, Chow W, Chan T, et al. JAMA 2003;289:553-558.
Effect of systemic glucocorticoids on exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group. Niewoehner D, Erbland M, Deupree R, et al. N Engl J Med 1999;340:1941-1947.
Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women - principal results from the Womens Health Initiative randomized controlled trial. Rossouw J, Anderson G, Prentice R, et al. for the Writing Group for the Women's Health Initiative Investigators. JAMA 2002;288:321-333.

Announcements:

This week's Tuesday AM Conference (Novembeer 10th, at 11 am in the SSOM) will be our monthly "M&M."

This week's Clinical Pathophysiology Conference (CPC) will be presented by Dr. Frank Chen at 4:30pm Thursday November 19th in SSOM room 390.

This week's Autopsy Conference will be presented by Dr.Theresa Ronan at 11 am Friday November 20th.