doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150029002pmid: N/A
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doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150029001pmid: N/A
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables.
doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150033003pmid: N/A
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doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150037005pmid: N/A
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doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150037004pmid: N/A
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doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150041007pmid: N/A
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Variant or Prinzmetal's angina pectoris due to coronary artery spasm has gained recognition as an important clinical diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Laboratory investigations worldwide have given us a better understanding of this disorder; this knowledge has resulted in uncovering new, effective therapeutic regimens. Coronary spasm has been implicated in a variety of clinical anginal syndromes and most importantly as a potential contributing cause of myocardial infarction. Chahine, one of the early investigators of coronary spasm, has edited and written a multiauthored text on the subject of coronary artery spasm. While not an exhaustive scientific treatise on the subject, the book is well organized, well balanced, and covers all of the important aspects of the subject. The highlight of the book is the chapter by MacAlpin, who presents, in clear terms, the dilemmas that face a clinician in defining what coronary spasm is and how it should be classified. The chapters
doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150041008pmid: N/A
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The editor states that the book is addressed to internists, clinical pathologists, and nuclear medicine specialists, with the goal of disseminating information on immunoassay techniques of value in clinical medicine. However, the book is more appropriate as a reference volume for radioassayists than as a source of readily comprehensible material for physicians without experience or a fairly sophisticated background in radioassay. The first section focuses on fundamentals, with chapters on radioactivity counting, equipment, and performance parameters (an overview); statistics (a complex, abstruse chapter); radioimmunoassay method selection (a practical chapter for those embarking on a career in radioassay); principles of radioassay, including reaction kinetics (highly mathematic); and enzyme and fluorescent immunoassay (very technical). Basically, the section is too theoretic, mathematic, and recondite to interest the neophyte, but is worthwhile for the advanced student. It might have been more appropriately placed at the end of the book. A simpler, more straightforward explanation
doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150041006pmid: N/A
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract The treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in recent years has been complicated by the introduction of new diagnostic techniques and medications. The veritable upcoming explosion of new cardiovascular agents must be introduced to the practicing physician in a logical manner. This book introduces the reader to the present concepts of cardiac arrhythmias and serves to present newer anti-arrhythmic drugs. The first chapter outlines the anti-arrhythmic drugs' comparative cellular electrophysiological basis for their anti-arrhythmic action. These agents are now classified by their cellular mechanism of action. It is clear that they do not form a homogeneous group, but rather have individual effects on various cardiac tissues in normal as well as those that are hypoxic or ischemic. Understanding the fundamental electrophysiologic properties of each agent may be helpful to the physician in the appropriate selection of an agent or combination therapy for resistant tachyarrhythmias. The balance of this book is divided into
doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150042012pmid: N/A
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This is a new book dealing with poisoning and drug overdose, which seems to be an excellent addition to the literature on this subject. The editors have chosen an impressive group of contributors to the book, which is divided into two parts. The first part contains 15 general chapters dealing with such topics as the principles of pharmacology, laboratory diagnosis, toxicology, and the active methods for detoxification and acute exposure to hazardous materials. The remainder of the book is divided into nine sections (91 chapters) dealing with specific poisons. This is not a quick and easy, cookbook-approach but rather is an indepth presentation of common and uncommon problems. Each chapter includes physiologic and pharmacologic considerations as well as diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines. It is well referenced and contains information from the 1982 literature. Perhaps the most telling point about the importance of the book is the fact that the forward
doi: 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350150042010pmid: N/A
This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract This collection of articles has been well chosen to give a review of the important issues involving the Impaired Physician. Each chapter is offered by a member of the Association of Academic Psychiatry. A flow has been obtained with the ordering of articles through definition of physicians' emotional problems; the interface of medical school and impairment, treatment, and special problems; and, finally, the role of organized medicine with conclusions and recommendations. The most controversial and threatening topics have extended coverage and proper inclusion. This specifically includes problems involving women physicians and suicides, along with the more common problems of alcoholism and drug abuse in general. The only disappointment is insufficient emphasis and information on the use and involvement of Alcoholics Anonymous in prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation of impaired physicians. The extensive bibliography and listing of State Medical Society-Specialty Society Programs for impaired physicians is excellent and makes this volume a
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