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    The following articles are abstracted in the May/Jun 2004 issue of ACP Journal Club. The declarative title of each abstract as published in ACP Journal Club precedes the article citation.

    THERAPEUTICS

    ▸ Review: Commonly used antihypertensive therapies and targeted blood pressure-lowering regimens reduce cardiovascular events


    Turnbull F. Effects of different blood-pressure-lowering regimens on major cardiovascular events: results of prospectively-designed overviews of randomised trials. Lancet2003;362:1527–35.
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    ▸ Review: Spironolactone may be effective for hirsutism but data are lacking on its effectiveness for acne vulgaris in women


    Farquhar C, Lee O, Toomath R,et al. Spironolactone versus placebo or in combination with steroids for hirsutism and/or acne. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(4):CD000194.

    ▸ Review: Plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin reduces disability in the Guillain-Barré syndrome


    Hughes RA, Wijdicks EF, Barohn R,et al. Practice parameter: Immunotherapy for Guillain-Barré syndrome: Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2003;61736–40.
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    ▸ Review: Anti-tumor necrosis factor-α directed therapies are recommended for NSAID-refractory spondyloarthritis


    Maksymowych WP, Inman RD, Gladman D,et al. Canadian Rheumatology Association Consensus on the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor-α directed therapies in the treatment of spondyloarthritis. J Rheumatol 2003;301356–63.
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    ▸ Review: Hospital-at-home care does not increase mortality or readmission rates in acute exacerbations of COPD


    Ram FS, Wedzicha JA, Wright J,et al. Hospital at home for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev2003;(4):CD003573.

    ▸ Review: Vitamin E, vitamin C, and possibly coenzyme Q10 are ineffective for preventing or treating cardiovascular disease


    Shekelle P, Morton SC, Hardy M,et al. Effect of supplemental antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E, and coenzyme Q10 for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ)2003 Jul;(83):1–4. http://www.ahrq.gov

    ▸ Cognitive behavioral therapy aided discontinuation of benzodiazepine in chronic insomnia


    Baillargeon L, Landreville P, Verreault R,et al. Discontinuation of benzodiazepines among older insomniac adults treated with cognitive-behavioural therapy combined with gradual tapering: a randomized trial. CMAJ2003;1691015–20.
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    ▸ Parathyroid hormone (1–84) plus alendronate was not better than monotherapy with either agent in postmenopausal osteoporosis


    Black, DM, Greenspan SL, Ensrud KE,et al. The effects of parathyroid hormone and alendronate alone or in combination in postmenopausal osteoporosis. N Engl J Med2003;3491207–15.
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    ▸ Parathyroid hormone (1–34) alone was better than parathyroid hormone plus alendronate in men with osteoporosis


    Finkelstein JS, Hayes A, Hunzelman JL,et al. The effects of parathyroid hormone, alendronate, or both in men with osteoporosis. N Engl J Med2003;3491216–26.
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    ▸ Buprenorphine alone or in combination with naloxone reduced the use of and craving for opiates in opiate addiction


    Fudala PJ, Bridge TP, Herbert S,et al. Office-based treatment of opiate addiction with a sublingual-tablet formulation of buprenorphine and naloxone. N Engl J Med2003;349949–58.
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    ▸ Structured interruption of treatment hastened disease progression in multidrug-resistant HIV


    Lawrence J, Mayers DL, Huppler Hullsiek K,et al. Structured treatment interruption in patients with multidrug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus. N Engl J Med2003;349837–46.
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    ▸ Fondaparinux was not inferior to unfractionated heparin for symptomatic pulmonary embolism


    Büller HR, Davidson BL, Decousus H,et al. Subcutaneous fondaparinux versus intravenous unfractionated heparin in the initial treatment of pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med2003;3491695–702.
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    ▸ An exercise and behavioral management program reduced functional dependence in Alzheimer disease


    Teri L, Gibbons LE, McCurry SM,et al. Exercise plus behavioral management in patients with Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA2003;2902015–22.
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    ▸ Cannabinoids did not reduce muscle spasticity in stable multiple sclerosis


    Zajicek J, Fox P, Sanders H,et al. Cannabinoids for treatment of spasticity and other symptoms related to multiple sclerosis (CAMS study): multicentre randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet2003;3621517–26.
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    PROGNOSIS

    ▸ Patients with West Nile virus meningitis or encephalitis, but not acute flaccid paralysis, had favorable outcomes


    Sejvar JJ, Haddad MB, Tierney BC,et al. Neurologic manifestations and outcome of West Nile virus infection. JAMA2003;290511–5.
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    AETIOLOGY

    ▸ A 2 fitness-related variables—exercise capacity and heart rate recovery—predicted mortality in asymptomatic women


    Mora S, Redberg RF, Cui Y,et al. Ability of exercise testing to predict cardiovascular and all-cause death in asymptomatic women: a 20-year follow-up of the Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Study. JAMA2003;2901600–7.
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    CLINICAL PREDICTION GUIDE

    ▸ A clinical prediction rule containing 6 variables accurately predicted hypersensitivity pneumonitis


    Lacasse Y, Selman M, Costabel U,et al. Clinical diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med2003;168952–8.
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