Table of Contents

May 7, 2002; 136 (9)

Articles

  • Interventions That Increase Use of Adult Immunization and Cancer Screening Services: A Meta-Analysis

    • Erin G. Stone,
    • Sally C. Morton,
    • Marlies E. Hulscher,
    • Margaret A. Maglione,
    • Elizabeth A. Roth,
    • Jeremy M. Grimshaw,
    • Brian S. Mittman,
    • Lisa V. Rubenstein,
    • Laurence Z. Rubenstein,
    • and Paul G. Shekelle
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:641-651

    Rates of adult immunization and cancer screening are most likely to improve when a health care organization supports performance of these activities through organizational changes in staffing and clinical procedures. Involving patients in self-management through patient financial incentives and reminders is also likely to positively affect performance.

  • Public Expectations and Attitudes for Annual Physical Examinations and Testing

    • Sylvia K. Oboler,
    • Allan V. Prochazka,
    • Ralph Gonzales,
    • Stanley Xu,
    • and Robert J. Anderson
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:652-659

    Public desire for a comprehensive annual physical examination is high across the United States and is sensitive to financial charges.

  • Serologic Immunity to Diphtheria and Tetanus in the United States

    • Geraldine M. McQuillan,
    • Deanna Kruszon-Moran,
    • Adamadia Deforest,
    • Susan Y. Chu,
    • and Melinda Wharton
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:660-666

    A substantial proportion of adults in the United States do not have antibody levels that are protective against diphtheria and tetanus. Although the recommended vaccine is a combination of tetanus and diphtheria, only 63% of adults in this study with protective antibody to tetanus also had protective antibody to diphtheria.

Brief Communications

  • Reversibility of Cirrhosis in Patients Cured of Thalassemia by Bone Marrow Transplantation

    • Pietro Muretto,
    • Emanuele Angelucci,
    • and Guido Lucarelli
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:667-672

    In some patients in whom bone marrow transplantation has cured thalassemia, cirrhosis may be reversible after iron removal treatment.

Academia and Clinic

  • Strategies for Culturally Effective End-of-Life Care

    • LaVera M. Crawley,
    • Patricia A. Marshall,
    • Bernard Lo,
    • Barbara A. Koenig,
    • and for the End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel*
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:673-679

    Differences in beliefs, values, and traditional health care practices are of particular relevance at the end of life. Physicians need to be sensitive to cultural differences and to develop the skills necessary to work with patients from diverse backgrounds.

Review

  • Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement and Risk for Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    • Jill Miller,
    • Benjamin K.S. Chan,
    • and Heidi D. Nelson
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:680-690

    Postmenopausal estrogen replacement is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism, and this risk may be highest in the first year of use.

Perspectives

  • Echocardiography in the Management of Pulmonary Embolism

    • Samuel Z. Goldhaber
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:691-700

    Echocardiography is useful for identifying patients with pulmonary embolism who may have a poor prognosis. Further research will clarify and more precisely define the utility and limitations of echocardiography in the management of pulmonary embolism.

Editorial

  • The Annual Physical Examination: Needless Ritual or Necessary Routine?

    • Christine Laine
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:701-703

    In this issue, Oboler and colleagues report that many Americans believe in the necessity of annual physical examinations. In addition, Stone and associates show that planned visits for prevention were potent components of interventions that increased the use of preventive services. Annual examinations provide the opportunity to plug cracks in the system and assure that patients are getting indicated preventive care.

On Being a Doctor

  • Medical Ground Zero: An Early Experience of the World Trade Center Disaster

    • Mack Lipkin, Jr.
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:704-707

    8:50 a.m.: Our pregnant chief resident says, “Did you see the World Trade Center is smoking?“

Letters

  • Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use: Acute Pharyngitis

    • Gene H. Stollerman
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:708

  • Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use: Acute Rhinosinusitis

    • James R. Johnson
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:708-709

  • Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use: Nonspecific Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

    • James R. Johnson
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:709

  • Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use: Nonspecific Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

    • Ralph Gonzales and
    • Richard E. Besser
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:709

  • Physicians and Joint Negotiations

    • Allan R. Glass
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:709-710

  • Physicians and Joint Negotiations

    • Gary H. Oberlender
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:710

  • Physicians and Joint Negotiations

    • Johnathon S. Ross
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:710

  • Physicians and Joint Negotiations

    • Jack Ginsburg
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:710-711

  • Thalidomide and Venous Thrombosis

    • B. Escudier,
    • N. Lassau,
    • S. Leborgne,
    • E. Angevin,
    • and A. Laplanche
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:711

  • Correction: Mixed Hepatocellular–Cholestatic Liver Injury after Pioglitazone Therapy

    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:711

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America: Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

    • Brent A. Bauer
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:712

  • Skin Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

    • Keyoumars Soltani
    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:712

Ad Libitum

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Ways To Deliver Preventive Health Care

    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:I16

  • Public Expectations for Annual Physical Examination and Testing

    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:I21

  • Immunity to Diphtheria and Tetanus in the United States

    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:I30

  • Reversibility of Liver Scarring in Patients Who Are Cured of Thalassemia

    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:I36

  • Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement Therapy and the Risk for Blood Clots: A Review from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    Ann Intern Med May 7, 2002 136:I42
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