Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 September 1996, Vol. 125. No. 6

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Articles

Echocardiography for Assessing Cardiac Risk in Patients Having Noncardiac Surgery

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Ethan A. Halm, MD; Warren S. Browner, MD, MPH; Julio F. Tubau, MD; Ida M. Tateo, MS; and Dennis T. Mangano, PhD, MD

Topics: myocardial infarction, ischemia, tachycardia, ventricular, echocardiography, congestive heart failure, heart, ejection fraction ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):433-441. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00001

Piperacillin To Prevent Cholangitis after Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Sven J. van den Hazel, MD, PhD; Peter Speelman, MD, PhD; Jacob Dankert, MD, PhD; Kees Huibregtse, MD, PhD; Guido N.J. Tytgat, MD, PhD; and Dirk J. van Leeuwen, MD, PhD

Topics: cholangitis, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, piperacillin

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):442-447. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00002

A Comparison of the Effect of Universal Use of Gloves and Gowns with That of Glove Use Alone on Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

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Sarah Slaughter, MD; Mary K. Hayden, MD; Catherine Nathan, MS; Tzyy-Chyn Hu, RN, MSPH; Thomas Rice, PhD; Jean Van Voorhis, RN, MS; Marian Matushek, MS; Cory Franklin, MD; and Robert A. Weinstein, MD

Topics: vancomycin, enterococcus, gloves, protective, intensive care unit

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):448-456. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00004

Identifying Adverse Events Caused by Medical Care: Degree of Physician Agreement in a Retrospective Chart Review

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A. Russell Localio, JD, MPH, MS; Susan L. Weaver, MS; J. Richard Landis, PhD; Ann G. Lawthers, ScD; Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD; Liesi Hebert, ScD; and Tonya J. Sharp, MS

Topics: adverse event

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):457-464. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00005

The Emergence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Decreased Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Cleveland, Ohio: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

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Steven M. Gordon, MD; Cynthia J. Carlyn, MD; Laura J. Doyle, BS; Cynthia C. Knapp, MS; David L. Longworth, MD; Geraldine S. Hall, PhD; and John A. Washington, MD

Topics: ciprofloxacin, gonococcal infection, electrophoresis, gel, pulsed-field, fluoroquinolones, neisseria gonorrhoeae, ohio

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):465-470. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00006

Brief Communications

Performance Characteristics of a Rapid HIV Antibody Assay in a Hospital with a High Prevalence of HIV Infection

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Kathleen Irwin, MD, MPH; Noemi Olivo, RN, MSN; Charles A. Schable, MS; J. Todd Weber, MD; Robert Janssen, MD; and Jerome Ernst, MD

Topics: hiv antibodies, hospitals, hiv infection

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):471-475. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00007

Survival and Functional Independence after Implantation of a Permanent Pacemaker in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians: A Population-Based Study

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Win-Kuang Shen, MD; David L. Hayes, MD; Stephen C. Hammill, MD; Kent R. Bailey, PhD; David J. Ballard, MD, PhD; and Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil

Topics: artificial cardiac pacemaker, cardiac pacing, artificial, heart diseases, pacemaker, permanent, octogenarians, nonagenarians ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):476-480. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00008

Resolution of Heart Failure in Patients with AL Amyloidosis

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Simon Dubrey, MD; Lisa Mendes, MD; Martha Skinner, MD; and Rodney H. Falk, MD

Topics: heart failure, immunoglobulin deposition disease

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):481-484. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00009

Updates

Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection

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Mary Weinert, MD, MPH; Richard M. Grimes, PhD; and Denis P. Lynch, DDS, PhD

Topics: oral manifestations, hiv infection

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):485-496. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00010

Ideas and Opinions

Prophylaxis for Occupational Exposure to HIV

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Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH

Topics: hiv, health personnel, occupational exposure, zidovudine, infection, viruses, anti-retroviral agents, hiv exposure ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):497-501. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00011

Lowering Risk without Lowering Cholesterol: Implications for National Cholesterol Policy

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Andrew L. Avins, MD, MPH; and Warren S. Browner, MD, MPH

Topics: aspirin, pharmacotherapy, hypercholesterolemia, cholesterol, coronary heart disease, risk reduction

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):502-506. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00012

Editorials

Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: The Calm before Another Storm?

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Hunter H. Handsfield, MD; and William L. Whittington, MPH

Topics: antibiotics, cafe-au-lait spots, fluoroquinolones, neisseria gonorrhoeae

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):507-509. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00013

Rapid Testing for HIV Antibody: A Technology Whose Time Has Come

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Freya Spielberg, MD; and William J. Kassler, MD, MPH

Topics: hiv antibodies, rapid screening test

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):509-511. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00014

On Being a Doctor

Doctor's Orders

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Maria F. Rodowski, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):512. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00015

The Gift

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Allan L. Kennedy, DO, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):513. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00016

Letters

Natural History of Polycythemia Vera

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Ofer Shpilberg, MD; and Avner Shahar, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):514. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00017

Natural History of Polycythemia Vera

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Roberto Marchioli, MD; Tiziano Barbui, MD; and Raffaele Landolfi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(6):514-515. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00018