Annals of Internal Medicine

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1 August 1997, Vol. 127. No. 3

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Monitoring Warfarin Therapy in Patients with Lupus Anticoagulants

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Stephan Moll, MD; and Thomas L. Ortel, MD, PhD

Topics: antiphospholipid syndrome, warfarin, blood coagulation factor vii, international normalized ratio, prothrombin, prothrombin ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):177-185. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00001

Prognostic Value of Serum Interleukin-6 in Diffuse Large-cell Lymphoma

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H. Alejandro Preti, MD; Fernando Cabanillas, MD; Moshe Talpaz, MD; Susan L. Tucker, PhD; John F. Seymour, MB, BS; and Razelle Kurzrock, MD

Topics: diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, interleukin-6

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):186-194. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00002

Outcomes and Cost-effectiveness of Initiating Dialysis and Continuing Aggressive Care in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults

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Mary Beth Hamel, MD, MPH; Russell S. Phillips, MD; Roger B. Davis, ScD; Norman Desbiens, MD; Alfred F. Connors Jr., MD; Joan M. Teno, MD, MS; Neil Wenger, MD, MPH; Joanne Lynn, MD; Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH; William Fulkerson, MD; and Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH

Topics: hemodialysis, cost effectiveness, kidney failure, hospitalization, dialysis procedure, cost-effectiveness analysis, sensitivity analysis ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):195-202. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00003

Brief Communications

Gains in Bone Mineral Density with Resolution of Vitamin D Intoxication

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John S. Adams, MD; and Gene Lee

Topics: bone mineral density, calcium, hypercalciuria, poisoning by vitamin d

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):203-206. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00004

Successful Treatment of Acquired Hemophilia with Oral Immunosuppressive Therapy

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Linda G. Shaffer, MD; and Martin D. Phillips, MD

Topics: prednisone, hemorrhage, cyclophosphamide, factor viii, therapeutic immunosuppression, factor viii antibody, hemophilia, acquired ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):206-209. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00005

Updates

Update in Infectious Diseases

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John G. Bartlett, MD

Topics: amoxicillin, antibiotics, hiv, penicillin, common cold, community acquired pneumonia, communicable diseases, kaposi ...

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):217-224. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00007

Academia and the Profession

The Relation between Systematic Reviews and Practice Guidelines

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Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc(Epid); Nancy L. Greengold, MD; A. Gray Ellrodt, MD; and Scott R. Weingarten, MD, MPH

Topics: practice guidelines, guidelines

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):210-216. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00006

Ideas and Opinions

Improving Palliative Care

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Diane E. Meier, MD; R. Sean Morrison, MD; and Christine K. Cassel, MD

Topics: palliative care

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):225-230. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00008

Editorials

Vitamin D Supplementation: A Word of Caution

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Bernadette M. Marriott, PhD

Topics: vitamin d

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):231-233. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00009

Experimental Challenge of Volunteers with Malaria

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Stephen L. Hoffman, MD, DTMH

Topics: malaria

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):233-235. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00010

Blood Sugar, Disease, and Nondisease

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Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor

Topics: diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus, type 2, blood glucose

Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):235-237. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00011

On Being a Patient

What the Book Says

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Chad D. Kollas, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):238-239. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00012

Letters

The Dying Experience

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Nina Ainslie, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):242. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00015

The Dying Experience

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Michael Steinberg, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):242-243. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00016

The Dying Experience

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Robert H. Palmer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):243. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00017

The Dying Experience

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Michael P. Hahn, RRT

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):243. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00018

The Dying Experience

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Joanne Lynn, MD; Joan Teno, MD; and Albert Wu, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):243. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00019

Management of Helicobacter pylori-Positive Patients with Dyspepsia

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David N. Schwartz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):244. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00020

Management of Helicobacter pylori-Positive Patients with Dyspepsia

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Joshua J. Ofman, MD, MSHS; Andrew H. Soll, MD; and Katherine L. Kahn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):244. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00021

What Influences the Frequency of Angiography … Cardiologists?

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John Page, MD; and Bertrand M. Bell, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):244-245. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00022

What Influences the Frequency of Angiography … Cardiologists?

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Jack V. Tu, MD, PhD; C. David Naylor, MD, DPhil; and Edward L. Hannan, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):245. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00023

Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Therapy for Type B Insulin Resistance

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Tsutomu Hirano, MD; and Mitsura Adachi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):245-246. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00024

Isotretinoin in Metastatic Thyroid Cancer

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Anne R. Borner, MD; Dietmar Simon, MD; and Hans W. Muller-Gartner, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):246. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00025

Regression of Gastric Lymphoma with Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Infection

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John F. Seymour, MB, BS, FRACP; Robert P. Anderson, MB, ChB, PhD, FRACP; and Prithi S. Bhathal, MB, BS, PhD, FRACP

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):247. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00026

Electroconvulsive Therapy for Status Epilepticus

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Maria D. Carrasco Gonzalez; Mercedes Palomar; and Rosa Rovira

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):247-248. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00027

Temporal Artery Biopsy and Corticosteroid Treatment: Changing Conclusions without Changing Evidence

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Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):248. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00028

A Serious Threat to the Medical Chief Residency

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Robert S. Crausman, MD, MMS; and Richard Lain, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):248-249. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00029

Correction: Diagnosis of Bartonella Endocarditis

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):249. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00030

Medical Writings

Pure or Impure Science?

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Robert A. Aronowitz, MD, Reviewer

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):250-254. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00031

Vascular Medicine

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Marvin L. Sachs, MD, Reviewer

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):255. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00032

Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident: What Physicians Need to Know

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Peter Pompei, MD, Reviewer

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):255-256. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00033

The Human Genome Project and the Future of Health Care

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Charles R. MacKay, PhD, Reviewer

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):256. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00034

Ad Libitum

The Hirelings

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Fredric L. Coe, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):240-241. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00013

Tobacco Tax

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Eric L. Dyer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(3):241. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-127-3-199708010-00014

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