Annals of Internal Medicine

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1 April 1993, Vol. 118. No. 7

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Articles

Decreased High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Increased Low-Density Cholesterol Levels in Patients with Colorectal Adenomas

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Ekkehard Bayerdorffer, MD; Gerd Alexander Mannes, MD; Werner Oskar Richter, MD; Thomas Ochsenkuhn, MD; Gerhard Seeholzer, MD; Wolfgang Kopcke, PhD; Baldur Wiebecke, MD; and Gustav Paumgartner, MD

Topics: lipoproteins, adenoma, hypoalphalipoproteinemias, cholesterol measurement test, adenoma of large intestine, frequency

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):481-487. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00001

Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonists Do Not Alter Serum Ethanol Levels in Fed, Nonalcoholic Men

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Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD; Vincent Notar-Francesco, MD; Robert D. Raffaniello, PhD; and Eugene W. Straus, MD

Topics: ethanol, histamine h2 antagonists

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):488-494. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00002

Fluconazole Prophylaxis of Fungal Infections in Patients with Acute Leukemia: Results of a Randomized Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Multicenter Trial

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Drew J. Winston, MD; Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar, MD; Hillard M. Lazarus, MD; Jesse L. Goodman, MD; Jeffrey L. Silber, MD; Harold Horowitz, MD; Richard K. Shadduck, MD; Craig S. Rosenfeld, MD; Winston G. Ho, MD; Muhammed Z. Islam, PhD; and Donald N. Buell, MD

Topics: leukemia, acute, amphotericin b, mycoses, systemic mycosis, double-blind method, fluconazole, infection

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):495-503. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00003

The Incidence of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction in Men Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

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Carol M. Ashton, MD, MPH; Nancy J. Petersen, MS; Nelda P. Wray, MD, MPH; Catarina I. Kiefe, PhD, MD; J. Kay Dunn, PhD; Louis Wu, PA-C; and JoAnn M. Thomas, BS

Topics: infarction, perioperative myocardial infarction

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):504-510. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00004

Risk Factors for Complications of Chronic Anticoagulation: A Multicenter Study

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Stephan D. Fihn, MD, MPH; Mary McDonell, MS; Donald Martin, PhD; Jorja Henikoff, MS; Domokos Vermes, PhD; Daniel Kent, MD; Richard H. White, MD, Warfarin Optimized Outpatient Follow-up Study Group*

Topics: anticoagulation, warfarin, hemorrhage, anticoagulation, chronic

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):511-520. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00005

Nurse-Assisted Counseling for Smokers in Primary Care

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Jack F. Hollis, PhD; Edward Lichtenstein, PhDD; Thomas M. Vogt, MD, MPH; Victor J. Stevens, PhD; and Anthony Biglan, PhD

Topics: smoking, counseling, nurses, primary health care

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):521-525. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00006

Brief Reports

Maltose-Induced Hyponatremia

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Paul M. Palevsky, MD; David Rendulic, MBA, MS; and Warren F. Diven, PhD

Topics: immunoglobulins, intravenous, hyponatremia, maltose, serum sodium level

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):526-528. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00007

Reviews

Drug-Induced Disorders of Glucose Tolerance

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Manjula K. Pandit, MD; John Burke, RPh, MA; Anthony B. Gustafson, MD; Anil Minocha, MD; and Alan N. Peiris, MD

Topics: hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, glucose, glucose intolerance, insulin

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):529-539. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00008

Sulfasalazine Revisited: A Meta-Analysis of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

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Lloyd R. Sutherland, MD; Gary R. May, MD; and Eldon A. Shaffer, MD

Topics: ulcerative colitis, mesalamine, sulfasalazine

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):540-549. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00009

Ideas and Opinions

Resistance to Antimicrobial Drugs—A Worldwide Calamity

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Calvin M. Kunin, MD

Topics: antimicrobials

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):557-561. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00011

Medicine and Public Policy

Evaluating the Care of General Medicine Inpatients: How Good Is Implicit Review?

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Rodney A. Hayward, MD; Laurence F. McMahon, MD, MPH; and Annette M. Bernard, MD, MS

Topics: hospitals, inpatient, judgment, patient admission, appropriateness

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):550-556. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00010

Editorials

Do Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonists Influence the Metabolism of Ethanol?

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Michael D. Levitt, MD

Topics: ethanol, metabolism, histamine h2 antagonists

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):564-565. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00013

Clinical Peer Review: Burnishing a Tarnished Icon

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Peter E. Dans, MD, Deputy Editor

Topics: immunoconjugates

Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):566-568. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00014

On Being a Doctor

Lethal Cascade

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Keith Wrenn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):562-563. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00012

Letters

Coronary Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction

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Jalal K. Ghali, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):569. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00015

Coronary Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction

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Robert O. Bonow, MD; and James E. Udelson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(7):569. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-118-7-199304010-00016