Aspects of general medicine.
Horizons in Medicine is a series produced annually by the Royal College of Physicians. Volume 19 is based on their Advanced Medicine Conference held in 2007 and offers updates on a wide range of topics in clinical medicine. This 'review of reviews' covers developments described in a selection of chapters. The chapters summarised include: Contemporary management of acute myocardial infarction; Imported infectious disease emergencies; New therapies in the management of type 2 diabetes; Stress and adrenal insufficiency; Making sense of a 'funny thyroid function test'; Myeloproliferative disorders: management and molecular pathogenesis; Drug allergies; Osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Understanding migraine from bench to bedside.
Kumana
Cyrus R
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Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. cyrus@hkam.org.hk
D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000628:therapy; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009196:Myeloproliferative Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests