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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=92 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000066" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I> The Pocket Doctor</I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" The Pocket Doctor"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contributors "><U>Contributors  </U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><B>News and Updates</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legal Disclaimer"><U>Legal Disclaimer</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Symbol" >   ·   </FONT><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><U>Contact us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000" background="051c8c00erlcin.jpg"> <div> <B>     </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=388 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>News and Updates</I></div> <div> Pocket Doctor 2001 has now been published.  It is available at local medical bookstores or at Barnes and Noble.com.  An international edition is in preparation.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Errata (US version)</B></I>:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Screening</B></div> <div>  A line was inadvertently left out in the calculation of the estimate of 10 year risk for coronary heart disease in the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia algorithm in the book.  The line "subtract 1 point for HDL>60.  Add 1 point for HDL 40-49.  Add 2 points for HDL < 40." should be added to the table.  The error can potentially lead to a small  over- or under-estimate of the 10 year risk of CHD of between  1 and 4%.    Follow links for correction and PDF file. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hypercholesterolemia"><U>Treatment of hypercholesterolemia</U></A>  <a href="HTMLobj-281/Hypercholesterolemia.pdf"><u>[PDF]</u> </a>  </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Nutrition</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >The Harris-Benedict equation had the wrong factor for height  for females, which would lead to an error in calculating nutritional requirements.  Follow links for correction and corrected PDF file.  </FONT> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nutrition equations"><U>Nutrition equations</U></A>   <a href="HTMLobj-280/Nutrition_equations.pdf"><u>[PDF]</u> </a>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>