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    The following articles are abstracted in the November/December 2000 issue of ACP Journal Club. The declarative title of each abstract as published in ACP Journal Club precedes the article citation.

    Therapeutics

    Losartan did not improve survival more than did captopril but was better tolerated in symptomatic heart failure

    Pitt B, Poole-Wilson PA, Segal R, et al, on behalf of the ELITE II investigators. Effect of losartan compared with captopril on mortality in patients with symptomatic heart failure: randomised trial—the Losartan Heart Failure Survival Study ELITE II. Lancet 2000 May 6;355:1582–7
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    Low dose amiodarone was better than sotalol or propafenone for preventing first recurrence of atrial fibrillation

    Roy D, Talajic M, Dorian P, et al, for the Canadian Trial of Atrial Fibrillation Investigators. Amiodarone to prevent recurrence of atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med 2000 Mar 30;342:913–20
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    Physiological and ventricular pacing had similar rates of combined stroke and cardiovascular mortality

    Connolly SJ, Kerr CR, Gent M, et al, for the Canadian Trial of Physiologic Pacing Investigators. Effects of physiologic pacing versus ventricular pacing on the risk of stroke and death due to cardiovascular causes. N Engl J Med 2000 May 11;342:1385–91
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    More patients with acute ischaemic stroke who received ancrod had good functional status at 3 months

    Sherman DG, Atkinson RP, Chippendale T, et al, for the STAT Participants. Intravenous ancrod for treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The STAT study: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2000 May 10;283:2395–403
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    Invasive diagnosis for ventilator associated pneumonia reduced 14 day mortality and antibiotic use

    Fagon J-Y, Chastre J, Wolff M, et al, for the VAP Trial Group. Invasive and noninvasive strategies for management of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia. A randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2000 Apr 18;132:621–30
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    Rifampin and pyrazinamide for 2 months prevented TB in patients with HIV infection who had a positive tuberculin test result

    Gordin F, Chaisson RE, Matts JP, et al. Rifampin and pyrazinamide vs isoniazid for prevention of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons. An international randomized trial. JAMA 2000 Mar 15;283:1445–50
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    Review: antimycobacterial therapy does not increase the rate of maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease

    Borgaonkar MR, MacIntosh DG, Fardy JM. A meta-analysis of antimycobacterial therapy for Crohn's disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2000 Mar;95:725–9
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    Review: intravascular catheter related infections can be prevented by using simple procedures

    Mermel LA. Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Ann Intern Med 2000 Mar 7;132:391–402
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    CT scanning before fibreoptic bronchoscopy improved the accuracy of bronchoscopy in suspected endobronchial carcinoma

    Laroche C, Fairbairn I, Moss H, et al. Role of computed tomographic scanning of the thorax prior to bronchoscopy in the investigation of suspected lung cancer. Thorax 2000 May;55:359–63
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    Review: oral but not inhaled corticosteroids improve radiographic outcomes in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis

    Paramothayan NS, Jones PW. Corticosteroids for pulmonary sarcoidosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;(1):(latest version 17 Oct 1999).

    Metformin plus rosiglitazone had more effective glycaemic control than metformin alone in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Fonseca V, Rosenstock J, Patwardhan R, et al. Effect of metformin and rosiglitazone combination therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2000 Apr 5;283:1695–702
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    Prognosis

    Review: hyperglycaemia after myocardial infarction increases the risk of death in patients with and without diabetes mellitus

    Capes SE, Hunt D, Malmberg K, et al. Stress hyperglycaemia and increased risk of death after myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes: a systematic overview. Lancet 2000 Mar 4;355:773–8
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    Aetiology

    Review: high volume hospitals have lower hospital mortality rates than did low volume hospitals for various procedures

    Dudley RA, Johansen KL, Brand R, et al. Selective referral to high-volume hospitals. Estimating potentially avoidable deaths. JAMA 2000 Mar 1;283:1159–66
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