Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 September 1991, Vol. 115. No. 6

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Colonization and Infection in a Long-term Care Facility

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Suzanne F. Bradley, MD; Margaret S. Terpenning, MD; Mary A. Ramsey, BS; Lidija T. Zarins, MS; Karen A. Jorgensen, RN; William S. Sottile, PhD; Dennis R. Schaberg, MD; and Carol A. Kauffman, MD

Topics: long-term care, infection, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):417-422. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-417

Protruding Atheromas in the Thoracic Aorta and Systemic Embolization

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Paul A. Tunick, MD; John L. Perez, BA; and Itzhak Kronzon, MD

Topics: atheroma, embolization, descending thoracic aorta

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):423-427. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-423

Predicting Death in Patients Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia

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Barry M. Farr, MD, MSC; Andrew J. Sloman, MD; and Michael J. Fisch, MD

Topics: community acquired pneumonia

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):428-436. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-428

Natural History of the Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome

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Randall C. Culpepper, MD, MPH; Ronald G. Williams, MD, MPH; Philip J. Mease, MD; Thomas D. Koepsell, MD, MPH; and John M. Kobayashi, MD, MPH

Topics: eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):437-442. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-437

High Rate of Infectivity and Liver Disease in Blood Donors with Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus

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Juan Ignacio Esteban, MD; Juan Carlos López-Talavera, MD; Juan Genescà, MD; Pedro Madoz, MD; Luis Viladomiu, MD; Eduardo Muñiz, MD; Carmen Martin-Vega, MD; Manuel Rosell, MD; Helena Allende, MD; Xavier Vidal, MD; Antonio González, MD; Jose Manuel Hernández, MD; Rafael Esteban, MD; and Jaime Guardia, MD

Topics: liver diseases, blood donor, antibodies, hepatitis c virus, pathogenicity

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):443-449. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-443

Pulse Oximetry Monitoring outside the Intensive Care Unit: Progress or Problem?

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David L. Bowton, MD; Phillip E. Scuderi, MD; Lynn Harris, BSN; and Edward F. Haponik, MD

Topics: intensive care unit, oximetry, pulse

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):450-454. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-450

Diagnosis and Treatment

The Patient's Story: Integrating the Patient- and Physician-centered Approaches to Interviewing

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Robert C. Smith, MD; and Ruth B. Hoppe, MD

Topics: biological sciences, michigan, patient-centered care, perception, complement system

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):470-477. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-470

Editorials

Management of Septic Shock: Present and Future

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Joseph E. Parrillo, MD

Topics: septic shock

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):491-493. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-491

Medicare Payment Reform: What Are the Prospects for Internal Medicine?

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David J. Shulkin, MD; and John M. Eisenberg, MD

Topics: internal medicine, medicare

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):493-494. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-493

Ad Libitum

Medicine, the Vanishing Sacred Elephant

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Phillip Cozzi, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):495. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-495

Book Notes

Medical Landmarks USA: A Travel Guide to Historic Sites, Architectural Gems, Remarkable Museums and Libraries, and Other Places of Health-Related Interest

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Topics: coiled bodies, libraries, museums, travel

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):501. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-501_1

The Medical Interview: The Three-Function Approach

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Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):501-502. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-501_2

The Best of Medical Humor. A Collection of Articles, Essays, Poetry, and Letters Published in the Medical Literature

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Topics: poetry, humor, medical literature

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):502. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-502_1

Improving Access to Affordable Health Care

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Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):502. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-502_2

Assertive Utilization Management for Nurses, Physicians and Hospital Administrators

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Topics: hospital administrators, nurses

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):502. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-502_3

Evolutionary Biology

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Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):502. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-502_4

Congenital Heart Disease in Adults First edition.

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Topics: congenital heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):503. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-503_1

The Lung: Scientific Foundations

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Topics: lung

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):503. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-503_2

Dyspnea

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Topics: dyspnea

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):503-504. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-503_3

AIDS and the Lung

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Topics: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, lung

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):504. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-504_1

Breast Cancer

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Topics: breast cancer

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):504. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-504_2

The Toxicity of Anticancer Drugs

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Topics: antineoplastic agents, toxic effect

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):504. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-504_3

Letters

Mycobacterium kansasii Infection

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Gregory T. Valainis, MD

Topics: mycobacterium kansasii infection

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):496-497. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-496

Clinical Trials and the Elderly

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Susan Gold, MD; and A. Mark Clarfield, MD

Topics: elderly

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):497. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-497_1

Pentamidine Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

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Ursula Kronawitter, MD; Johannes R. Bogner, MD; and Frank D. Goebel, MD

Topics: pentamidine, pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):497-498. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-497_2

Transplants from the Same Donor

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T. R. Spitzer, MD; J. Zwiebel, MD; and R. J. Jacobson, MD

Topics: tissue donors

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):498. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-498_1

Walking Reduces Blood Pressure

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Mahendr S. Kochar, MD; Susan Ristow, MS; and Bridget Sharpe, MS

Topics: blood pressure

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):498-499. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-498_2

Effects of Coffee in Alcoholics

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Roseane Maia Santos, MSC; Soniza Alves Vieira, MB, MSC; and Darcy Roberto Lima, MB, PhD

Topics: coffee, alcoholics

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):499. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-499_1

Extrapulmonary Pneumocystosis

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R. J. Coker, MB, BS; and B. S. Peters, MB, BS

Topics: pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):499. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-499_2

Akinetic Mutism after Baclofen

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Malvinder S. Parmar, MD

Topics: baclofen, akinetic mutism

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):499-500. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-499_3

Case Records and the Classification of Disease

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Manuel Varela, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):500. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-500_1

Lime Disease

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Richard D. Huhn, MD

Topics: calcium oxide

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):500. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-500_2

Brief Reports

Postmenopausal Estrogen and Prevention Bias

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Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD

Topics: estrogen

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):455-456. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-455

Ideas and Opinions

Quality of Care: Do We Care?

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Robert H. Brook, MD, SCD

Topics: quality of care

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):486-490. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-486

Reviews

The Pathogenesis of Sepsis

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Roger C. Bone, MD

Topics: systemic infection, septicemia

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):457-469. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-457

Position Papers

Withholding and Withdrawing Life-sustaining Therapy

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Topics: care of intensive care unit patient, lung diseases, advisory committees, bioethics, consultant, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1991;115(6):478-485. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-115-6-478

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