Primary Care Reports articles from September 2003

Primary Care Reports archives from September 2003

A critical appraisal of dyslipidemia therapy.
September 1, 2003... Editor's Note--First clinicians treated total blood cholesterol (TC) levels to lower our patients ' risk of suffering a cardiovascular event. Then we modified our therapeutic target and treated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels...

CME questions.
September 1, 2003... 13. Large, prospective, randomized trials that substantiate an LDL-C goal of 100 mg/dL include: a. 4S. b. LIPID. c. WOSCOPS. d. AFCAPS/TexCAPS. e. None of the above 14. Hypertriglyceridemia is associated with all of...

Prognostic value of ABPMs in patients wit treated hypertension.
September 1, 2003... Source: Clement DL, et al. N Engl J Med. 2003;348(24):2407-2415 AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING (ABPM) has been available for more than a decade, yet it has not attracted routine application in clinical practice. Several factors have...

Tazarotene cream in the treatment of psoriasis.
September 1, 2003... Source: Weinstein, GD, et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003;48:760-767. TAZAROTENE (TZT) IS A RECEPTOR-selective retinoid used topically. Tazarotenic acid, the primary metabolite of TZT, binds to the retinoic acid receptor-gamma sites in the...

Antihyperglycemic effect of Oolong tea in type 2 diabetes.
September 1, 2003... Source: Hosoda, K, et al Diabetes Care. 2003;26(6):1714-1718. ANIMAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT tea consumption can reduce plasma glucose. Teas rail into three primary categories: green, oolong, and black, which, though they all come from the...

Metformin and thiazolidinedione use in medicare patients with heart failure.
September 1, 2003... Source: Masoudi, FA, et al. JAMA. 2003;290:81-85. WITH EXPERT GUIDANCE ENCOURAGING increasingly austere levels of A1C control for diabetics clinicians have been required to become more sophisticated and diversified in diabetes (DM)...

Alcohol consumption patterns and biologic markers of Glycemic control.
September 1, 2003... Source: Kroenke, CH et al. Diabetes Care. 2003;26:1971-1978. SEVERAL DECADES OF OBSERVATIONAL Data have indicated that moderate alcohol consumption (ALC) is associated with reduced incidence of cardiovascular end points, particularly stroke...

Azelaic acid gel as a new treatment for papulopustular rosacea.
September 1, 2003... Source: Thiboutot, D, et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003; 48:836-845. ROSACEA (ROS), ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES called "acne rosacea," is unrelated pathophysiologically to acne. The pathology of ROS is characterized by vascular, inflammatory, and...

Study shows oral IIb/IIIa receptors increase mortality.
September 1, 2003... Another study has shown an increase in mortality associated with the use of an oral IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist. The use of intravenous IIb/IIIa inhibitors has become commonplace in the setting of acute coronary syndrome and percutaneous...