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Recent articles of interest:

**Wang X, Yu J, Sreekumar A, Varambally S, Shen R, Giacherio D, Mehra R, Montie JE, Pienta KJ, Sanda MG, Kantoff PW, Rubin MA, Wei JT, Ghosh D, Chinnaiyan AM. Autoantibody signatures in prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 22;353(12):1224-35.
PMID: 16177248

**Binanay C, Califf RM, Hasselblad V, O'Connor CM, Shah MR, Sopko G, Stevenson LW, Francis GS, Leier CV, Miller LW; ESCAPE Investigators and ESCAPE Study Coordinators. Evaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectiveness: the ESCAPE trial. JAMA. 2005 Oct 5;294(13):1625-33. PMID: 16204662

**Impact of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Critically Ill Patients: Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
Monica R. Shah; Vic Hasselblad; Lynne W. Stevenson; Cynthia Binanay; Christopher M. O’Connor; George Sopko; Robert M. Califf
JAMA. 2005;294:1664-1670. PMID: 16204666

Sanders GD, Hlatky MA, Owens DK. Cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.Engl J Med. 2005 Oct 6;353(14):1471-80.
PMID: 16207849

Abraham E, Laterre PF, Garg R, Levy H, Talwar D, Trzaskoma BL, Francois B, Guy JS, Bruckmann M, Rea-Neto A, Rossaint R, Perrotin D, Sablotzki A, Arkins N, Utterback BG, Macias WL; Administration of Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Early Stage Severe Sepsis (ADDRESS) Study Group. Drotrecogin alfa (activated) for adults with severe sepsis and a low risk of death. N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 29;353(13):1332-41.
PMID: 16192478 - done last week

ACPJC: Alendronate reduced clinical and radiographic vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteopenia (only if pts had pre-exiting vertebral fractures)

Comparison of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria in Patients With Minor Head Injury
Ian G. Stiell; Catherine M. Clement; Brian H. Rowe; Michael J. Schull; Robert Brison; Daniel Cass; Mary A. Eisenhauer; R. Douglas McKnight; Glen Bandiera; Brian Holroyd; Jacques S. Lee; Jonathan Dreyer; James R. Worthington; Mark Reardon; Gary Greenberg; Howard Lesiuk; Iain MacPhail; George A. Wells
JAMA. 2005;294:1511-1518.

Long-Term Vasodilator Therapy in Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation
A. Evangelista and Others. Engl J Med. 2005

Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Gastroenteritis Associated with Alaskan Oysters
J. B. McLaughlin and Others. Engl J Med. 2005