List of publications in medicine

This is a list of important publications in medicine, organized by field.

Some reasons why a particular publication might be regarded as important:

• Topic creator – A publication that created a new topic
• Breakthrough – A publication that changed scientific knowledge significantly
• Introduction – A publication that is a good introduction or survey of a topic
• Influence – A publication which has significantly influenced the world
• Latest and greatest – The current most advanced result in a topic

Foundations

De Materia Medica

Author: Pedanius Dioscorides

Publication data: De Materia Medica, 50–70

Online version: Online version of first volume

Description: This five-volume work was a precursor to all modern pharmacopeias. In fact, it remained in use until about 1600with only additional commentary and minor additions from Arabianand Indiansources.

Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Impact

Recent studies

Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observation on male British doctors

Authors: R. Doll, R. Peto, J. Boreham, I. Sutherland

Publication data: BMJ 2004;328:1519–33.

Description: This is the British doctors study. A prospectiveclinical trialwhich has been running from 1951to 2001, and in 1956provided convincing statistical evidence that tobacco smokingincreases the risk of lung cancer.

Importance: Impact

Randomized trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study

Authors: The Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study Group.

Publication data: Lancet 1994;344:1383–1389

Description: The Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study(also known under the abbreviation 4S) is a multicenter clinical trialthat was performed in the 1990sin Scandinavia. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of a cholesterol-lowering drug called simvastatinon mortalityand morbidityin group of 4444 patients with coronary heart disease, aged between 35 and 70 years. The patients presented with moderate hypercholesterolemiabetween 5.5 and 8.0 mmol/L. The results of the trial showed that simvastatin had a lowering effect on mortality and morbidity of patients suffering from coronary heart disease.

Importance: Impact

Heart Protection Study

Authors: Medical Research Council

Online version: Research site

Description: The Heart Protection Studyis a large randomized controlled trialby the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the United Kingdom. It studies the use of statin(simvastatin40 mg) medicationand vitaminsupplementation (vitamin E, vitamin Cand beta carotene) in patients that are at risk for cardiovascular disease.

Importance: Impact

Publications in Medicine by field

Biostatistics

Biostatistics : A Bayesian Introduction

Authors: George G. Woodworth

Publication data: Wiley-Interscience (August 20, 2004)

ISBN 0471468428

Description: This book presents an introduction to biostatistics through the Bayesian lens

Cardiology

Prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator in patients with myocardial infarction and reduced ejection fraction

Authors: Moss AJ, Zareba W, Hall WJ, Klein H, Wilber DJ, Cannom DS, Daubert JP, Higgins SL, Brown MW, Andrews ML; Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II Investigators.

Publication data: N Engl J Med. 2002 Mar 21;346(12):877-83. Epub 2002 Mar 19. (MADIT 2)

Description: This study shows that anyone with coronary heart diseaseand decreased ejection fractionshould receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Applying the recommendation threatens to bankrupt the entire health careindustry of the United Stateswith its cost burden the government (a one-time cost of > $250 billion, with yearly expenditures of about 10% of that).

Importance: Impact

Endocrinology

Pancreatic extracts in the treatment of diabetes mellitus

Author: Banting FG, Best CH, Collip JB, Campbell WR, Fletcher AA

Publication data: Canadian Medical Association Journal 1922;12:141-146.

Online version: Online version

Description: Banting and Best proved the existence of the hypothetical pancreatic substance termed "insulin" by Sharpey-Schafer.

Importance: Topic creator, Breakthrough, Impact

Diabetes mellitus: its differentiation into insulin-sensitive and insulin-insensitive types.

Author: Himsworth HP

Publication data: Lancet1936;i:127-130.

Online version:

Description: Himsworth noted that there are two main types of diabetes, the insulin-depleted (type 1) and the insulin-resistant form (type 2). Insulin resistanceis a term and concept of his coinage.

Importance: Breakthrough, Impact

Other Fields

• Anesthesiology
• Bioethics
• Clinical chemistry
• Dermatology
• Embryology
• Emergency medicine
• Gastroenterology
• General practice
• General surgery
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Hematology
• Hospital medicine
• Hyperbaric medicine
• Infectious diseases
• Intensive care medicine
• Internal medicine
• Interventional radiology
• Medical informatics
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Nosology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Nutrition
• Obstetrics
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic surgery
• Otolaryngology
• Pain medicine
• Palliative care
• Pediatrics
• Plastic surgery
• Psychiatry
• Public health
• Pulmonology
• Radiation therapy
• Radiology
• Rheumatology
• Transfusion medicine
• Urology
• Vascular surgery

See also

• Clinical trials with surprising outcomes
• List of publications in biology
• List of publications in science

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