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The Year's Top 10 Featured Articles on Medscape
This year our most read and highly rated articles focused on H1N1 and practice issues, and they are still important reading.

The Toll of Pandemic Influenza The first phase 6 global pandemic of the century filled intensive care units around the world.
Medscape Critical Care, March 19, 2010
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding A handy informational sheet to share with your patients, which covers symptoms, causes, and treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding.
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, March 19, 2010
Antipsychotic Use in Youth The use of antipsychotics in young patients is on the rise. Dr. Christoph Correll explores this controversial issue and reviews the efficacy and safety of antipsychotics in children and adolescents.
Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health, March 18, 2010
Hypertension Highlights: Does It All Begin and End With ALLHAT? Seven years after the first presentation of ALLHAT, we report results of the largest-ever hypertension study and discuss the possible future of antihypertensive therapy. And then -- champagne for all?
Medscape Cardiology, March 18, 2010
Effect of Brain Tumor Size and Location on Seizure Risk Varies With Tumor Grade Dr. Laura Barclay discusses an imaging study comparing the size and location of brain tumors presenting with seizures vs those presenting with nonseizure symptoms.
Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery, March 18, 2010

Genetic Tests for Warfarin Cut Costs, If Women Were Treated Like Men, and More ACC Highlights View the results of the hottest late-breaking clinical trials at the American College of Cardiology Meetings 2010 with Dr. Melissa Walton-Shirley: MM-WES, ASPIRE, DOSE, and more.
March 2010
Alemtuzumab Shows Promise in Cardiac Transplantation Alemtuzumab induction primarily has been used in renal transplantation, but Dr. Ron Shapiro reviews a study in which this agent greatly reduces incidence of rejection in cardiac transplantation.
Shapiro on Transplantation, March 2010
Once-Daily vs Twice-Daily Darunavir/Ritonavir (DRV/r): A Comparison Paul E. Sax, MD, reviews a paper presented at CROI 2010 that evaluated once-daily vs twice-daily DRV/r in treatment-experienced HIV-positive patients. Which worked best?
Sax on HIV/AIDS, March 2010
Sepsis Resuscitation Protocols: Lactate Clearance vs Central Venous Oxygen Saturation In this video blog, Dr. Andy Shorr discusses a study comparing lactate clearance and central venous oxygen saturation as goals of early sepsis therapy. Did mortality differ between protocols used?
Shorr on Pulmonary Medicine, March 2010
Is Hospitalization Associated With Cognitive Decline in Older Adults? In this video commentary, Andrew Shorr, MD, explores the findings of a recent study that suggest cognitive decline may be more likely in older adults hospitalized for critical illness.
Shorr on Pulmonary Medicine, March 2010

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