To the Editor: We were surprised to read, in the article by Mangano and colleagues (Oct. 24 issue),¹ that the routine use of aspirin on the day of coronary bypass surgery is not the standard of care, given the 20-year-old evidence that starting aspirin ...

To the Editor: In the analysis by Ridker et al. (Nov. 14 issue),¹ several methodologic issues merit attention before claims of superiority for C-reactive protein in the prediction of cardiovascular risk can be substantiated. First, the authors did not ...

To the Editor: Lassen et al. (Sept. 5 issue)¹ note the high risk of venous thrombosis in patients with leg injury requiring immobilization, as well as previous studies of prophylaxis in this population. Given this high risk, none of the participants in ...

To the Editor: Keyomarsi et al. (Nov. 14 issue)¹ present the exciting and powerful finding that the levels of cyclin E in breast-cancer cells, as measured with the Western blot assay, correlate strongly with prognosis; however, there is a potential ...

To the Editor: Weenig et al. (Oct. 31 issue)¹ stress the need for extensive investigations in cases of skin ulcers that are suggestive of pyoderma gangrenosum. However, their recommendation of colonoscopy in Table 3 of their article is unclear. We ...

To the Editor: In Burke's review of genetic testing (Dec. 5 issue),¹ Tables 1 and 2 offer examples of genetic tests. The tables are intended to be illustrative, not exhaustive, and most entries are based on information from GeneTests–GeneClinics at http:/...

To the Editor: Delayed-onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, a newly described syndrome of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia that begins several days after heparin therapy has been discontinued,¹,² is caused by IgG antibodies that are reactive against ...

Field handbooks abound for every conceivable medical specialty, and Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide could easily fill this role for relief medicine. But what is special about this work is not its relatively brief medical section. It ...

This excellent second edition is an update of the highly successful first edition of The Pituitary, published in 1995. For the pituitary, a small gland albeit the “master gland” of the endocrine system, a surprising amount has changed since then. There ...

The field of hematology is growing increasingly complex, especially in the area of hemostatic and thrombotic disorders. Paradoxically, however, the number of practicing clinical hematologists in the United States has been static or has even decreased. ...