Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 October 1996, Vol. 125. No. 8

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Articles

Withdrawing Life Support from Mechanically Ventilated Recipients of Bone Marrow Transplants: A Case for Evidence-Based Guidelines

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Gordon D. Rubenfeld, MD; and Stephen W. Crawford, MD

Topics: bone marrow transplantation, bone marrow, guidelines, transplantation, mechanical ventilation, discontinuation of life ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):625-633. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00001

Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in the United States: Epidemiology, Pathogenicity, and Response to Interferon Therapy

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Nizar N. Zein, MD; Jorge Rakela, MD; Edward L. Krawitt, MD; K. Rajender Reddy, MD; Tomonari Tominaga, MD; and David H. Persing, MD, PhD

Topics: genotype, interferons, human leukocyte interferon, hepatitis c virus, pathogenicity

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):634-639. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00002

Important Elements of Outpatient Care: A Comparison of Patients' and Physicians' Opinions

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Christine Laine, MD, MPH; Frank Davidoff, MD; Charles E. Lewis, MD, ScD; Eugene C. Nelson, DSc, MPH; Elizabeth Nelson, RN, MSN; Ronald C. Kessler, PhD; and Thomas L. Delbanco, MD

Topics: outpatients

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):640-645. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00003

Diagnosis of 22 New Cases of Bartonella Endocarditis

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Didier Raoult, MD, PhD; Pierre E. Fournier, MD; Michel Drancourt, MD, PhD; Thomas J. Marrie, MD; Jerome Etienne, MD; Julie Cosserat, MD; Patrice Cacoub, MD; Yves Poinsignon, MD; Pascale Leclercq, MD; and Armine M. Sefton, MD

Topics: endocarditis, bartonella

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):646-652. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00004

Brief Communications

Association of Fibrinogen with Glycemic Control and Albumin Excretion Rate in Patients with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

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Graziella Bruno, MD; Paolo Cavallo-Perin, MD; Giuseppe Bargero, MD; Milena Borra, MD; Nicola D'Errico, MD; and Gianfranco Pagano, MD

Topics: fibrinogen, excretory function, albumins, diabetes mellitus, type 1, diabetes mellitus, type 2, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):653-657. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00005

Updates

Hepatitis C

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Ala I. Sharara, MD; Christine M. Hunt, MD; and John D. Hamilton, MD

Topics: hepatitis c, chronic, hepatitis c, carcinoma, hepatocellular, interferons, infection, hepatitis c virus ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):658-668. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00006

Ideas and Opinions

The Medicalization of Race: Scientific Legitimization of a Flawed Social Construct

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Ritchie Witzig, MD, MPH

Topics: ethnic group, racial group

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):675-679. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00008

Immunologic Dissonance: A Continuing Evolution in Our Understanding of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and the Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)

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Roger C. Bone, MD

Topics: anti-inflammatory agents, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, infection, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, immunology ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):680-687. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00009

Medicine and Public Policy

Medical Futility: Response to Critiques

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Lawrence J. Schneiderman, MD; Nancy S. Jecker, PhD; and Albert R. Jonsen, PhD

Topics: medical futility

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):669-674. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00007

Editorials

Odds and Ends: Trust and the Debate over Medical Futility

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Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

Topics: medical futility

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):688-689. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00010

Everyone Sang

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Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor

Topics: lung, aves, hospitals, vietnam, wars, heart, memory, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, immunology, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):690-691. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00011

On Being a Doctor

The Bet

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Dennis H. Novack, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1996;125(8):692-693. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-125-8-199610150-00012

Letters