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BMC Medicine - the flagship medical journal of the BMC series - publishes original research articles, commentaries and reviews in all areas of medical science and clinical practice. To be appropriate for BMC Medicine , articles need to be of outstanding quality, broad interest and special importance. BMC Medicine (ISSN 1741-7015) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :32
Patients undergoing hip and knee joint replacement experience a better quality of care, a shorter hospital stay and fewer post-operative complications when clinical pathways are implemented rather than standard medical care
BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :31
Invasive breast cancer rates have declined dramatically in the US, particularly in urban, affluent counties compared to their less well-off counterparts, potentially reflecting concurrent reductions in the use of hormone therapy.
BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :30
Coburn and colleagues review the utility and limitations of mathematical models in predicting the course of the current influenza (H1N1) pandemic and highlight the need for more biologically complex models with regard to cross-species transmission.
BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :29
Following changes in the US Federal Administration’ s stand on stem cell research Alan Trounson discusses the rapid expansion of the field and new directions this research is likely to take
BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :28
Employing just one extra cleaner on a surgical ward has a positive clinical and economic impact by reducing microbial contamination of hand-touch sites and the number of patients who aquire meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
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Research article
Effects of clinical pathways in the joint replacement: a meta-analysis A Barbieri, K Vanhaecht, P Van Herck, W Sermeus, F Faggiano, S Marchisio, M Panella BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :32 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Recent trends in breast cancer incidence in US white women by urban/rural and poverty status Amelia K Hausauer, Theresa HM Keegan, Ellen T Chang, Sally L Glaser, Holly Howe, Christina A Clarke BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :31 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Modeling influenza epidemics and pandemics: insights into the future of swine flu (H1N1) Brian J Coburn, Bradley G Wagner, Sally Blower BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :30 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
New perspectives in human stem cell therapeutic research Alan Trounson BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :29 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Measuring the effect of enhanced cleaning in a UK hospital: a prospective cross-over study Stephanie J Dancer, Liza F White, Jim Lamb, E Kirsty Girvan, Chris Robertson BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :28 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Calculating the return on investment of mobile healthcare Nancy E Oriol, Paul J Cote, Anthony P Vavasis, Jennifer Bennet, Darien DeLorenzo, Philip Blanc, Isaac Kohane BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :27 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
Varicella vaccination in Europe Paolo Bonanni, Judith Breuer, Anne Gershon, Michael Gershon, Waleria Hryniewicz, Vana Papaevangelou, Bernard Rentier, Hans R BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :26 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Trace elements in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis Marcello Tonelli, Natasha Wiebe, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Scott Klarenbach, Catherine Field, Braden Manns, Ravi Thadhani, John Gill, The Alberta Kidney Disease Network BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :25 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Preventing contrast-induced nephropathy: problems, challenges and future directions Richard Solomon BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :24 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sodium bicarbonate-based hydration prevents contrast-induced nephropathy: a meta-analysis Pascal Meier, Dennis T Ko, Akira Tamura, Umesh Tamhane, Hitinder S Gurm BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :23 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Hibernation-like state induced by an opioid peptide protects against experimental stroke Cesar V Borlongan, Teruo Hayashi, Peter R Oeltgen, Tsung-Ping Su, Yun Wang BMC Biology 2009, 7 :31 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arthritis suppression by NADPH activation operates through an interferon- Peter Olofsson, Annika Nerstedt, Malin Hultqvist, Elisabeth C Nilsson, Sofia Andersson, Anna Bergelin, Rikard Holmdahl BMC Biology 2007, 5 :19 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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