Review

A Paradigm Shift in the Outpatient Approach to Liver Function Tests

The American Gastroenterological Association (2002), Canadian Medical Association (2005), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) released guidelines to screen patients with mild elevations of liver enzymes for hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Mildly elevated liver enzymes were defined as less than five times the upper limit of…

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Review Article

Sudden Cardiac Death

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular tachyarrhythmias is a leading cause of death in the United States. Various etiologies, including ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valvular or congenital heart diseases and other less common disorders, may result in SCD. Beta blockers are the only class of medications that…

Posted in: cost effectiveness 3 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator 5 sudden cardiac death 5

Original Article

Cost-effectiveness Strategies to Treat Osteoporosis in Elderly Women

Background: Comparing the cost-effectiveness of various antiosteoporotic drugs has not been defined. Methods: We determined the cost-effectiveness of calcitonin, raloxifene, bisphosphates and PTH in a base-case cohort of women aged 65 or older with osteoporosis. After bone densitometry, women were stratified into groups of treatment or no treatment. Our outcome…

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