Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 September 1998, Vol. 129. No. 6

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Articles

Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients

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Deborah J. Cook, MD; Stephen D. Walter, PhD; Richard J. Cook, PhD; Lauren E. Griffith, MSc; Gordon H. Guyatt, MD; David Leasa, MD; Roman Z. Jaeschke, MD; and Christian Brun-Buisson, MD

Topics: critical illness, ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):433-440. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00002

Opening the Black Box: How Do Physicians Communicate about Advance Directives?

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James A. Tulsky, MD; Gary S. Fischer, MD; Mary R. Rose, MA; and Robert M. Arnold, MD

Topics: advance directives, surrogate decision maker

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):441-449. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00003

Cumulative Epinephrine Dose during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Neurologic Outcome

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Wilhelm Behringer, MD; Harald Kittler, MD; Fritz Sterz, MD; Hans Domanovits, MD; Waltraud Schoerkhuber, MD; Michael Holzer, MD; Marcus Mullner, MD; and Anton N. Laggner, MD

Topics: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac arrest, epinephrine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):450-456. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00004

Brief Communications

Increased Serum Lipoprotein(a) Levels in Patients with Early Renal Failure

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Leonardo A. Sechi, MD; Laura Zingaro, MD; Stefano De Carli, MD; Giovanni Sechi, MD; Cristiana Catena, MD; Edmondo Falleti, PhD; Elisabetta Dell'Anna, MD; and Ettore Bartoli, MD

Topics: apolipoproteins, lipoproteins, kidney failure

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):457-461. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00006

Reinfection with the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

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Harold W. Horowitz, MD; Maria Aguero-Rosenfeld, MD; J. Stephen Dumler, MD; Donna F. McKenna, ANP; Tze-chen Hsieh, PhD; Joseph Wu, PhD; Ira Schwartz, PhD; and Gary P. Wormser, MD

Topics: human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, anaplasma phagocytophilum

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):461-463. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00007

Reviews

Management of Pituitary Tumors

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Ilan Shimon, MD; and Shlomo Melmed, MD

Topics: acromegaly, somatotropin, bromocriptine, pituitary neoplasms, hormone, adenoma, dopamine agonists, octreotide, prolactinoma, somatropin, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):472-483. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00009

Updates

Update in Infectious Diseases

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John G. Bartlett, MD

Topics: antibiotics, communicable diseases, ribavirin, infection, hiv infection

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):464-471. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00008

Conferences

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1: Clinical and Genetic Topics FREE

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Stephen Marx, MD; Allen M. Spiegel, MD; Monica C. Skarulis, MD; John L. Doppman, MD; Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD; and Lance A. Liotta, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):484-494. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00011

Medicine and Public Policy

Electronic Patient-Physician Communication: Problems and Promise

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Kenneth D. Mandl, MD, MPH; Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD; and Allan M. Brandt, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):495-500. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00012

Editorials

The Next Chapter in the High-Dose Epinephrine Story: Unfavorable Neurologic Outcomes?

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Richard O. Cummins, MD, MPH; and Mary Fran Hazinski, RN, MSN

Topics: epinephrine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):501-502. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00014

The Era of Adherence to HIV Therapy

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Frederick L. Altice, MD; and Gerald H. Friedland, MD

Topics: hiv

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):503-505. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00015

Letters

Hepatitis A: A Potentially Serious Disease

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Miguel J. Rodriguez, MD; Eugene R. Schiff, MD; and Andreas G. Tzakis, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):506. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00017

Hepatitis A: A Potentially Serious Disease

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Seminur Haznedaroglu, MD; Esin Ozyilkan, MD; and Yasar Karaaslan, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):506. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00018

Hepatitis A: A Potentially Serious Disease

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Sachin Yende, MB, BS; and Dan Lancaster, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):506-507. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00019

Hepatitis A: A Potentially Serious Disease

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Ira Willner, MD; Caroline A. Riely, MD; and Bradford Waters, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):507. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00020

Vancomycin-Associated Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis

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Hossein C. Nousari, MD; Constantino Costarangos, MD; and Grant J. Anhalt, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):507-508. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00021

Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis Associated with Vancomycin

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Eric F. Bernstein, MD; and Mindy Schuster, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):508-509. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00022

Regression of Metastatic Carcinoma of the Skin Appendages after Intralesional Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor

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Hakan Goker, MD; and Jacob D. Bitran, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):509. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00023

When Doctors Get Sick

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Carol Hutner Winograd, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):509-510. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00024

When Doctors Get Sick

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Howard M. Spiro, MD; and Harvey N. Mandell, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):510. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00025

Empirical Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Patricia D. Brown, MD; and Stephen A. Lerner, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):510. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00026

Empirical Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Michael S. Niederman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):510. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00027

Medical Writings

Psychiatric Disorders with a Biochemical Basis

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Michael J. Schrift, DO

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):511. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00028

Physician's Guide to Drug Eruptions

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Howard Kurshenbaum, MD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):511. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00029

SI Units for Clinical Measurement

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Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD

Topics: #

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):511-512. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00030

Algorithmic Selection and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

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Ruric Anderson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):512. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00031

Currents

Number of Uninsured Continues To Rise

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Linda Gundersen

Topics: insurance, health insurance, health care systems

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):513-515. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00032

Subsidized Health Care: The Hidden System

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Linda Gundersen

Topics: community health centers, hospitals, insurance, health insurance, medicaid, medicare, women's health, women, ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):514. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00033

Remembering Medicine's Past

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Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD

Topics: aspirin, smoking, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, consultation, ethics, alzheimer's disease, blindness, systemic lupus ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(6):515-516. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-6-199809150-00034

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