CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.
The true value of primary care may elude modern medicine’s metrics, but PCPs have long embodied the ethos of the “good doctor.” Should the rest of the medical profession step up to save them?
Among adults 65 years of age or older, a high-dose influenza vaccine did not result in a significantly lower incidence of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia than a standard-dose vaccine.
An 80-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 12-hour history of pleuritic chest pain and an elevated d-dimer level. A CT scan showed an ulcerlike projection in the ascending thoracic aorta.
After coronary bypass for acute coronary syndrome, adding ticagrelor to aspirin did not reduce cardiovascular events but increased major bleeding at 1 year, as compared with aspirin alone.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being positioned as a tool for transforming rural care delivery, but it must be integrated into the social support network that sustains patients in their homes and communities.