January 22nd Question

January 22nd Question.

January 8th Question.

A 78-year-old man presents to establish care on his implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy–defibrillator. He has history of permanent atrial fibrillation, ischemic cardiomyopathy, left bundle branch block, and chronic New York Heart Association functional class III congestive heart failure. He had primary prevention cardiac resynchronization therapy–defibrillator implanted 2 years ago and ...

January 15th Question.

A 60-year-old man with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation is started on sotalol, receives a dual chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator, and undergoes electrical cardioversion. The bradycardia parameters are set as follows: • Mode: DDDR 80 to 140 beats per minute • Atrioventricular delay 220 to 400 ms • Postventricular atrial refractory period 200 to 350 ms • Ventricular...

The Epidemiology of Leprosy *A paper read at the Public Health Society, Calcutta, 22nd January, 1937.

Duet for one, Almeida Theatre, London (January 22nd to March 14th 2009).

Peter Brook, the theatre director, once told me in an interview that he had spent 10 years attempting to bring science to the stage. It was difficult, he said, because, at the level of the lab bench, science is essentially reductionist and devoid of emotion and drama. He thought of treating the theme biographically, but decided that scientists are not interested in themselves apart from their s...