Annals of Internal Medicine

Table of Contents

1 November 1992, Vol. 117. No. 9

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Reviews

The Premature Ventricular Complex as a Diagnostic Aid

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Kyuhyun Wang, MD; and Morrison Hodges, MD

Topics: premature ventricular contractions

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):766-770. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-766

Carcinoma of the Male Breast

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Ishmael A. Jaiyesimi, DO; Aman U. Buzdar, MD; Aysegul A. Sahin, MD; and Merrick A. Ross, MD

Topics: carcinoma, breast

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):771-777. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-771

Academia and the Profession

Assessing Housestaff Diagnostic Skills Using a Cardiology Patient Simulator

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E. William St. Clair, MD; Eugene Z. Oddone, MD; R. A. Waugh, MD; G. Ralph Corey, MD; and John R. Feussner, MD

Topics: cardiology, simulators

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):751-756. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-751

How Well Do Internal Medicine Faculty Members Evaluate the Clinical Skills of Residents?

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Gordon L. Noel, MD; Jerome E. Herbers Jr., MD; Madlen P. Caplow; Glinda S. Cooper, MS; Louis N. Pangaro, MD; and Joan Harvey, MD

Topics: internal medicine, internship and residency, medical residencies

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):757-765. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-757

Medicine and Public Policy

The Influence of Standard of Care and Severity of Injury on the Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims

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Mark I. Taragin, MD, MPH; Laura R. Willett, MD; Adam P. Wilczek, BA; Richard Trout, PhD; and Jeffrey L. Carson, MD

Topics: medical malpractice, standard of care

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):780-784. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-780

Editorials

Has Medicine Outgrown Physical Diagnosis?

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Robert H. Fletcher, MD; and Suzanne W. Fletcher, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):786-787. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-786

Medical Malpractice: Folklore, Facts, and the Future

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Randall R. Bovbjerg, JD

Topics: folklore, medical malpractice

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):788-791. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-788

On Being a Doctor

Intuition of a Clinical Sort

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Herbert J. Keating III, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):785. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-785

Letters

HIV Transmission in a Dental Practice

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Daniel S. Berman, MD; and Barry D. Wenglin, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):793-795. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-793

Intracerebral Bacillary Angiomatosis in HIV

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Pamela Jo Harris, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):795. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-795_1

Posey Palsy

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Mark B. Skeen, MD; Marvin P. Rozear, MD; and Joel C. Morgenlander, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):795. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-795_2

Colchicine and Secondary Amyloidosis

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Ali Serdar Fak, MD; Cetin Ozener, MD; and Emel Akoglu, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):795-796. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-795_3

Genetics and Tuberculosis Resistance

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Ibrahim A. Tangoren

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):796-797. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-796

Coping with HIV Infection: Why People Delay Care

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Mitchell H. Katz, MD; Andrew B. Bindman, MD; and Miriam S. Komaromy, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):797. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-797_1

The Hassle Factor

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John G. Meharg Jr., MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):797. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-797_2

Annals "Bags" the Bag

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Janis Quinlisk, MLS, MAT

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):797. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-797_3

Comportment and Health Care Reform

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Phil Ball, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):798. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-798_1

Correction: Fastidious Mycobacterium in Seven Patients with AIDS

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):798. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-798_2

Ad Libitum

In Step

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Nicolas Dalton

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Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):792. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-792

Articles

Clinical Evaluation for Sinusitis: Making the Diagnosis by History and Physical Examination

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John W. Williams Jr, MD, MHS; David L. Simel, MD, MHS; LeRoy Roberts, MD; and Greg P. Samsa, PhD

Topics: sinusitis

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):705-710. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-705

Octreotide Treatment of Acromegaly: A Randomized, Multicenter Study

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Shereen Ezzat, MD; Peter J. Snyder, MD; William F. Young, MD; Louis D. Boyajy, PhD; Connie Newman, MD; Anne Klibanski, MD; Mark E. Molitch, MD; Aubrey E. Boyd, MD; Leslie Sheeler, MD; David M. Cook, MD; William B. Malarkey, MD; Ivor Jackson, MD; Mary Lee Vance, MD; Michael O. Thorner, MD; Ariel Barkan, MD; Lawrence A Frohman, MD; and Shlomo Melmed, MD

Topics: acromegaly, octreotide

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):711-718. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-711

Rapid Reduction of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Acromegaly after Suppression of Growth Hormone Hypersecretion

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Michael J. Lim, BS; Ariel L. Barkan, MD; and Andrew J. Buda, MD

Topics: acromegaly, left ventricular hypertrophy, psychological suppression

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):719-726. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-719

Treatment of Shigellosis: III. Comparison of One- or Two-Dose Ciprofloxacin with Standard 5-Day Therapy: A Randomized, Blinded Trial

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Michael L. Bennish, MD; Mohammed Abdus Salam, MB, BS; Wasif Ali Khan, MB, BS; and Ali Miraj Khan, MB, BS

Topics: ciprofloxacin, shigella infection

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):727-734. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-727

Low Accuracy of Color Doppler Ultrasound in the Detection of Proximal Leg Vein Thrombosis in Asymptomatic High-Risk Patients

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Bruce L. Davidson, MD, MPH; C. Gregory Elliott, MD; Anthonie W. A. Lensing, MD, PhD, RD Heparin Arthroplasty Group*>

Topics: ultrasonography, doppler color flow, venous thrombosis, leg

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):735-738. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-735

Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in the Treatment of Anemia Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Zidovudine Therapy: Overview of Four Clinical Trials

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David H. Henry, MD; Gildon N. Beall, MD; Constance A. Benson, MD; John Carey, MD; Lawrence A. Cone, MD; Lawrence J. Eron, MD; Milan Fiala, MD; Margaret A. Fischl, MD; Stephen J. Gabin, MD; Michael S. Gottlieb, MD; Jeffrey E. Galpin, MD; Jerome E. Groopman, MD; Thomas M. Hooton, MD; Joseph G. Jemsek, MD; Randy L. Levine, MD; Steven A. Miles, MD; John J. Rinehart, MD; Adan Rios, MD; William J. Robbins, MD; John C. Ruckdeschel, MD; Jean A. Smith, MD; Spotswood L. Spruance, MD; Barbara Starrett, MD; John Toney, MD; Ralph Zalusky, MD; Robert I. Abels, MD; Edward C. Bryant, DrPH; Kay M. Larholt, ScD; Allan R. Sampson, PhD; and Seth A. Rudnick, MD

Topics: anemia, hiv, erythropoietin, zidovudine, infection

Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):739-748. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-9-739

Book Notes

Electrophysiology and Pharmacology of the Heart:A Clinical Guide