50 studies every doctor should know

http://50studies.com/table-of-contents/

author, Dr. Michael Hochman, is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar in the division of general internal medicine and health services research, department of medicine, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Section 1: Preventive Medicine

• Preventing Diabetes: The Diabetes Prevention Program
• A Comparison of Different Dieting Strategies
• Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: The Physicians’ Health Study and the Women’s Health Study
• Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: The Women’s Health Initiative
• The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC)
• The Cochrane Review of Screening Mammography
• The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: The Future II Trial

Section 2: Internal Medicine

• Arrhythmia Suppression Following Myocardial Infarction:The CAST Trial
• Choosing First-Line Therapy for Hypertension: The ALLHAT Trial
• Statins in Healthy Patients with an Elevated C-Reactive Protein: The JUPITER Trial
• Rate vs. Rhythm Control for Atrial Fibrillation: The AFFIRM Trial
• Lenient vs. Strict Heart Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation: The RACE II Trial
• Beta-Blockers for Systolic Heart Failure: The MERIT-HF Trial
• Initial Treatment of Stable Coronary Artery Disease: The COURAGE Trial
• Treating Elevated Blood Sugar Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)
• Intensive vs. Conservative Blood Sugar Control for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: The ACCORD Trial
• The African American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT)
• Early vs. Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy for Patients with HIV: The NA-ACCORD Study
• Early vs. Late Initiation of Dialysis: The IDEAL Trial
• Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Sepsis
• Red Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Patients: The TRICC Trial
• Pulmonary Artery Catheters in Critically Ill Patients
• Step-Up vs. Step-Down Therapy for Dyspepsia: The DIAMOND Trial
• Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

 Section 3: Surgery

• Perioperative Beta-Blockers in Non-Cardiac Surgery: The POISE Trial
• Cardiac Stents vs. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Severe Coronary Artery Disease: The SYNTAX Trial
• Carotid Endarterectomy for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: The ACST Trial
• A Trial of Arthroscopic Knee Surgery
• Surgery vs. Rehabilitation for Chronic Low Back Pain: The MRC Spine Stabilization Trial
• Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy for Invasive Breast Cancer: The B-06 Trial
• Long Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery: The Swedish Obese Subjects Study

 Section 4: Obstetrics

• The Canadian Multicenter Post-term Pregnancy Trial (CMPPT)
• Antepartum Glucocorticoids in Premature Labor

 Section 5: Pediatrics

• Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children
• A Trial of Early Ear Tube Placement in Children
• Inhaled Corticosteroids for Mild Persistent Asthma: The START Trial
• The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA)
• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism 

Section 6: Radiology

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Low Back Pain
• Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Patients with Diabetes: The DIAD Study
• Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The Christopher Study
• Identifying Children with Low-Risk Head Injuries Who Do Not Require Computed Tomography

 Section 7: Neurology and Psychiatry

• Thrombolysis 3 to 4.5 Hours After an Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ECASS III Trial
• Initial Treatment of Depression
• Behavioral vs. Pharmacological Treatment for Insomnia in the Elderly

Section 8: Systems Based Practice

• The Group Health Medical Home Demonstration
• A Program to Improve Care Coordination at Hospital Discharge: Project RED
• Reducing Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit: The Keystone ICU Project
• Early Palliative Care in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
• Directly Observed Therapy for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Baltimore