On 2014 Jul 07, Ryan Radecki commented:

Post-publication commentary:

"Lives Saved … or Profiteering by Overdiagnosis?"

Following an initial acute ischemic stroke, a search for the cause must be undertaken – for small vessel vasculitis, atherosclerotic emboli, thrombi from the systemic circulation, and so forth, beyond the domain of the Emergency Physician. However, what the Emergency Physician does encounter is the sequelae of this search, in the form of oral anticoagulants....

http://www.emlitofnote.com/2014/07/lives-saved-or-profiteering-by.html

On 2014 Jul 07, Ryan Radecki commented:

Post-publication commentary:

"Lives Saved … or Profiteering by Overdiagnosis?"

Following an initial acute ischemic stroke, a search for the cause must be undertaken – for small vessel vasculitis, atherosclerotic emboli, thrombi from the systemic circulation, and so forth, beyond the domain of the Emergency Physician. However, what the Emergency Physician does encounter is the sequelae of this search, in the form of oral anticoagulants....

http://www.emlitofnote.com/2014/07/lives-saved-or-profiteering-by.html