Latest Cardiovascular medicine articles from the BMJ

Derivation and validation of a risk adjustment model for predicting seven day mortality in emergency medical admissions: mixed prospective and retrospective cohort study

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:56:37 +0100

Late onset type 1 diabetes

Mon, 30 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Daniel Lasserson and colleagues describe the case of a 41 year old man from an Indian family whose father had type 2 diabetes. He presented to his general practitioner with a four week history of increasing thirst and polyuria. He had not noticed any weight loss. Blood tests were arranged to confirm the diagnosis of diabetes.

Dismantling the signposts to public health? NHS data under the Health and Social Care Act 2012

Thu, 26 April 2012 11:32:23 +0100

Effectiveness of a diabetes education and self management programme (DESMOND) for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: three year follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Self management education and good professional consultation skills for patients with diabetes

Thu, 26 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of cancer: cohort study among people receiving antihypertensive drugs in UK General Practice Research Database

Tue, 24 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Diagnostic value of single complete compression ultrasonography in pregnant and postpartum women with suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective study

Tue, 24 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

In this prospective study of 216 pregnant and postpartum women the rate of venous thromboembolic events after single complete compression ultrasonography seemed to be within the range observed in studies in non-pregnant women. These data suggest that a negative single complete compression ultrasonography result may safely exclude the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in this setting, say the authors.

Signs of shock and raised jugular venous pressure

Fri, 20 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Investigating the solitary pulmonary nodule

Thu, 19 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

The healthy entrant effect

Wed, 18 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Fever and rash in a returning traveller

Wed, 11 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Interpreting and investigating proteinuria

Thu, 05 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Acute headache and visual field defect

Wed, 04 April 2012 12:00:00 +0100

What companies don’t tell you about screening

Wed, 28 March 2012 12:00:00 +0100

Discontinuation of hormone replacement therapy after myocardial infarction and short term risk of adverse cardiovascular events: nationwide cohort study

Tue, 27 March 2012 12:00:00 +0100

A returning traveller with fever, facial swelling, and skin lesions

Thu, 22 March 2012 11:52:49 +0000

Differences in blood pressure between arms

Tue, 20 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: primary care cohort study

Tue, 20 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

New guidance for troponin assays

Thu, 15 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Implications of lowering threshold of plasma troponin concentration in diagnosis of myocardial infarction: cohort study

Thu, 15 March 2012 12:00:00 +0000