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Paul Sax, MD
HIV and ID Observations
An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
all matters medical, and some not so medical
Recent Posts
Choosing the Top Research Papers in HIV Medicine — and Recalling the Joy of Working with a Great ID Fellow • August 18, 2019
Way back in 2008 — the year I started writing here — I drafted an exceedingly long post listing the top published papers in HIV medicine. Oh how I tortured myself over that thing. How to define “Top”? Most cited? Most clinically important? Most rigorously scientific? Best written? After a while, I just abandoned the monstrosity. It still […]
2018-2019
Chief Resident Panel:
Justin Davis, MBBS
Cassandra Fritz, MD
Scott Hippe, MD
Ashley McMullen, MD
Ellen Poulose-Redger, MD
Insights on Residency Training
Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine
Recent Posts
Bias in the Residency Ranking Process • August 20, 2019 • Scott Hippe, MD
“Can we please try to be objective about this!” I said these words to myself over and over during this year’s interview season as we formulated our residency rank list. At my institution, the residents and faculty have equal sway in forming the rank list. The chief resident facilitates the resident half of the process. […]
Clinical Conversations
Audio podcasts featuring the week's news,
plus your comments and pertinent interviews
Recent Posts
Podcast 229: Simplifying perioperative anticoagulation in AF • August 16, 2019
Patients with atrial fibrillation who undergo surgical procedures need special attention because their anticoagulant medications, if not adjusted, increase their risk for bleeding. Those on direct-acting oral anticoagulants — or “DOACs” — face special problems because assays for the amount of drug on-board before surgery are not routinely available. Dr. James Douketis and international colleagues have […]
FROM THE ARCHIVES
In Practice: Reflections from NPs and PAs
In Practice, a blog featuring the perspectives of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, was active from 2015 through 2017.
CardioExchange
Posts and discussion from NEJM Group's clinical cardiology community, active from 2009 to 2015.
Gutcheck on Gastroenterology
Gut Check on Gastroenterology, an NEJM Journal Watch blog focusing on issues in clinical gastroenterology, was active from 2008 to 2014.
The views and opinions expressed in these blogs are not necessarily those of NEJM Journal Watch or NEJM Group.
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- Treating Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Nintedanib or Pirfenidone?
- Flexible Family Visitation Didn't Prevent Delirium in Intensive Care Patients
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Physician’s First Watch Articles
- Rivaroxaban Ranks Highest for DVT Prophylaxis After Elective Knee Replacement
- Spain Issues International Warning over Listeriosis Outbreak
- From the Blogs: Bias in the Residency Training Process
- Your NEJM Group Today: Climate Change & Health / Myocardial Viability & Heart Failure Outcomes / Cardiology & Sleep Medicine Opportunities
- Higher Doses of Omega-3s Not Linked to Diabetes Risk
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Articles
- Frequent Social Media Use Linked to Psychological Distress in Teens
- Renal Scarring in Children with Febrile Urinary Tract Infections
- Does the Amount of Dietary Gluten in Early Life Increase Risk for Celiac Disease?
- Guidelines Updated on Preventing and Treating Migraine in Children and Teens
- Fertility Preservation in Transgender Youth Undergoing Feminizing Therapy