Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 February 1998, Vol. 128. No. 4

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Articles

Alendronate Prevents Postmenopausal Bone Loss in Women without Osteoporosis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Michael McClung, MD; Bjorg Clemmesen, MD; Anastasia Daifotis, MD; Nigel L. Gilchrist, MB, ChB; John Eisman, MD; Robert S. Weinstein, MD; Ghada El Hajj Fuleihan, MD; Celia Reda, BS; A. John Yates, MD; and Pernille Ravn, MD

Topics: osteoporosis, alendronate, bone mineral density, biochemical marker, double-blind method, osteoporosis, postmenopausal, women ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):253-261. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00001

The Role of Carotid Arterial Intima-Media Thickness in Predicting Clinical Coronary Events

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Howard N. Hodis, MD; Wendy J. Mack, PhD; Laurie LaBree, MS; Robert H. Selzer, MS; Chao-ran Liu, MD; Ci-hua Liu, MD; and Stanley P. Azen, PhD

Topics: intima media thickness

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):262-269. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00002

Relation of Factor V Leiden Genotype to Risk for Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis after Joint Replacement Surgery

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Daniel H. Ryan, MD; Mark A. Crowther, MD; Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD; and Charles W. Francis, MD

Topics: deep vein thrombosis, factor v leiden, factor v, genotype, arthroplasty, replacement, factor ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):270-276. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00003

The Meditations

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Marcus Aurelius

Topics: meditation

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):276. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00004

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in Asymptomatic Women Attending Family Planning Clinics: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Three Strategies

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M. Rene Howell, MA; Thomas C. Quinn, MD; and Charlotte A. Gaydos, DrPH

Topics: chlamydia infection, family planning, chlamydia trachomatis, women, pelvic inflammatory disease, cost-effectiveness analysis ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):277-284. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00005

Clinical Profile and Outcome in 52 Patients with Cardiac Pseudoaneurysm

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Tiong Cheng Yeo, MRCP; Joe F. Malouf, MD; Jae K. Oh, MD; and James B. Seward, MD

Topics: pseudoaneurysm, heart

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):299-305. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00010

Brief Communications

The Effect of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on Plasma Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Levels in Postmenopausal Women

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Patricia J.M. Best, MD; Peter B. Berger, MD; Virginia M. Miller, PhD; and Amir Lerman, MD

Topics: nitric oxide, estrogen replacement therapy, endothelin-1, plasma, postmenopause

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):285-288. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00006

A Treatise on Probability; New York: MacMillan; 1921

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John Maynard Keynes

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):288. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00007

Academia and the Profession

Physicians as Leaders in Improving Health Care: A New Series in Annals of Internal Medicine

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Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP; and Thomas W. Nolan, PhD

Topics: internal medicine, health care systems

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):289-292. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00008

Understanding Medical Systems

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Thomas W. Nolan, PhD

Topics: primary care physicians, diabetes mellitus, patient referral, diabetes mellitus, type 2, file ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):293-298. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00009

Ideas and Opinions

The Care of Persons with Recent Sexual Exposure to HIV

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Mitchell H. Katz, MD; and Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH

Topics: hiv, exposure, counseling, infection, hiv infection, primary, hiv infection, post-exposure prophylaxis, hiv ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):306-312. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00012

Editorials

Bone Mass, Bone Loss, and Osteoporosis Prophylaxis

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Robert P. Heaney, MD

Topics: osteoporosis, bone mineral density, osteopenia

Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):313-314. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00014

On Being a Doctor

Heartsick

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Julia E. McMurray, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):315-316. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00015

Letters

Communicating End-of-Life Decisions

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Brendan M. Reilly, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):319. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00018

Communicating End-of-Life Decisions

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Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):319. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00019

Communicating End-of-Life Decisions

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Russell S. Phillips, MD; Jan C. Hofmann, MD; and Neil Wenger, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):319-320. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00020

Indinavir and Interstitial Nephritis

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Mario Sarcletti, MD; Anton Petter, MD; and Robert Zangerle, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):320. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00021

Indinavir and Interstitial Nephritis

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Jeffrey B. Kopp, MD; Kirk D. Miller, MD; and Judith Falloon, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):320-321. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00022

Light Microscopy of Indinavir Urinary Crystals

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Raymonde F. Gagnon, MD; Christos M. Tsoukas, MD; and Andrew K. Watters, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):321. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00023

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt or Sclerotherapy: Which Would You Choose?

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John B. Marshall, MD; and Paul D. King, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):321-322. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00024

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt or Sclerotherapy: Which Would You Choose?

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Harold O. Conn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):322. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00025

Locating and Appraising Systematic Reviews

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Aldemar Araujo Castro, MD; Alvaro Nagib Atallah, MD, PhD; and Otavio Augusto Camara Clark, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):322-323. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00026

Locating and Appraising Systematic Reviews

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Carl D. Atkins, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):323. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00027

Locating and Appraising Systematic Reviews

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Dereck L. Hunt, MD; and K. Ann McKibbon, MLS

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):323. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00028

What's Wrong with This Picture?

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Michael Berkwits, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):323-324. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00029

What's Wrong with This Picture?

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David B. Gilbert, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):324. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00030

What's Wrong with This Picture?

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Samuel A. Brody, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):324. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00031

Preoperative Echocardiography for Noncardiac Surgery

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John M. Rich, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):324-325. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00032

Preoperative Echocardiography for Noncardiac Surgery

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Herman O. Klein, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):325. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00033

Oral Immunosuppressive Therapy for Acquired Hemophilia

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David Green, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):325. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00034

Oral Immunosuppressive Therapy for Acquired Hemophilia

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

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):325. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00035

Costs of Amphotericin B Lipid Complex for Kala-Azar

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Buddha Basnyat, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):326. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00036

Costs of Amphotericin B Lipid Complex for Kala-Azar

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Shyam Sundar, MD; and Henry W. Murray, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):326. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00037

Aspirin in In-Flight Emergencies

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Victor S. Sloan, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):326. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00038

Aspirin in In-Flight Emergencies

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Alfred F. Parisi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):326-327. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00039

Drug-Induced Evans Syndrome

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Yi-Kong Keung, MD; Maria-Claudia Mallarino, MD; and Everado Cobos, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):327. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00040

Nebulizer-Induced Anisocoria

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Karin Lust, MBBS; and Iain Livingstone, MBBS

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):327. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00041

Building the Best Team

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Robert Matz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):327-328. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00042

Building the Best Team

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Richard R. Babb, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):328. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00043

Building the Best Team

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Ira S. Nash, MD; and David B. Nash, MD, MBA

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;128(4):328. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-128-4-199802150-00044