SCUT: Medicine Reading List

1. AFFIRM. A Comparison of Rate Control and Rhythm Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. NEJM 5 Dec 2002; 347(23): 1825-33.

2. de Gans J. Dexamethasone in Adults with Bacterial Meningitis. NEJM 14 Nov 2002; 347(20): 1549-56.

3. NINDS rt-PA Stroke Study Group. Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke. NEJM 14 Dec 1995; 333(24): 1581-87.

4. Stein PD. PIOPED II. Multidetector Computed Tomography for Acute Pulmonary Embolism. NEJM 2006; 354(22): 2917.

5. Digitalis Intervention Group. The Effect of Digoxin on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Heart Failure. NEJM 20 Feb 1997; 336(8):525-32.

6. Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve the Neurologic Outcome After Cardiac Arrest. NEJM 21 Feb 2002; 346: 549.

7. Hebert PC. A Multi-centered, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care. NEJM 1999; 340(6): 409.

8. Bernard GR, PROWESS. Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Activated Protein C for Severe Sepsis. NEJM 2001; 344(10): 699.

9. Swartz MN. Cellulitis. NEJM 2004; 350: 904.

10. Mourad O. A Comprehensive Evidence-based Approach to Fever of Unknown Origin. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163(5): 545.

11. Annane D. Effect of Treatment with Low Doses of Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone on Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock. JAMA 2002; 288(7): 362.

12. Rivers E. Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. NEJM 2001; 345(19): 1368.

13. Spital A. Diuretic Induced Hyponatremia. Am J Nephrol 1999; 19: 447.

14. Orth SR. The Nephrotic Syndrome. NEJM 1998; 338(17): 1202.

15. Wiedemann HP. NHLBI, ARDS Network. A comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury. NEJM 2006; 354: 2564-75.

16. ALLHAT. Major Outcomes in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients Randomized to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Calcium Channel Blocker vs Diuretic: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). JAMA. 2002; 288(23): 2981-2997.

17. Zar FA. A Comparison of Vancomycin and Metronidazole for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea, Stratified by Disease Severity. Clinical Infect Dis 1 Sep 2007;45:302-7.

18. Normal Hematocrit Study. Besarab A. The effects of normal as compared with low hematocrit values in patients with cardiac disease who are receiving hemodialysis and epoetin. NEJM 1996; 339: 584.

19. Sort P. Effect of IV Albumin on Renal Impairment and Mortality in Patient with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis. NEJM 1999; 341(6): 403-9.

20. V-HeFT. Cohn JN. Effect of vasodilator therapy on mortality in chronic congestive heart failure. Resuls of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study. NEJM 1986; 314: 1547.

21. RALES. Pitt B. The Effect of Spironolactone on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Severe Heart Failure. NEJM 1999; 341: 709.

22. Caracciolo EA. Comparison of surgical and medical group survival in patients with left main coronary artery disease. Circulation 1995; 91: 2325.

23. Briguori C. REMEDIAL. Renal Insufficiency Following Contrast Media Administration Trial: A Randomized Comparison of 3 Preventive Strategies. Circulation 2007; 115: 1211

24. ARDSNET. Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. NEJM 2000; 342: 1301.

25. Thielman NM. Clinical practice: Acute infectious diarrhea. NEJM 2004; 350(1): 38.

26. Barnett HJM. NASCET. Benefit of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Stenosis. NEJM 1998; 339: 1415.

27, Wilt TJ. Management of Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Ann Intern Med 2007; 147: 639.

28. Adrogue HJ. Primary Care: Hyponatremia. NEJM 2000; 342(21): 1581.

29. Katzenstein AA. State of the Art: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. AJRCC 1998; 157: 1301.

30. Breating Not Properly (BNP) Study. Maisel AS. Rapid Measurement of B-type Natriuretic Peptide in the Emergency Diagnosis of Heart Failure. NEJM 2002; 347(3): 161.

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