Annals of Internal Medicine

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15 December 1998, Vol. 129. No. 12

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Articles

Use of a Clinical Model for Safe Management of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

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Philip S. Wells, MD, MSc; Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD; David R. Anderson, MD; Clive Kearon, MD, PhD; Michael Gent, MSc; Alexander G. Turpie, MD; Janis Bormanis, MD; Jeffrey Weitz, MD; Michael Chamberlain, MD; Dennis Bowie, MD; David Barnes, MD; and Jack Hirsh, MD

Topics: pulmonary embolism, ultrasonography, ventilation-perfusion ratio, pretest probability of disease

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):997-1005. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00002

Sensitivity and Specificity of a Rapid Whole-Blood Assay for D-Dimer in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD; Philip S. Wells, MD; Clive Kearon, MB; David Anderson, MD; Mark Crowther, MD; Jeffrey I. Weitz, MD; Janis Bormanis, MD; Patrick Brill-Edwards, MD; Alexander G. Turpie, MB; Betsy MacKinnon, MSc; Michael Gent, DSc; and Jack Hirsh, MD

Topics: pulmonary embolism, sensitivity and specificity, fibrin fragment d substance, whole blood, pretest ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1006-1011. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00003

Acquisition of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Tube Feeding

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Donna Zimmaro Bliss, RN, PhD; Stuart Johnson, MD; Kay Savik, MS; Connie R. Clabots, MS; Keith Willard, MD; and Dale N. Gerding, MD

Topics: diarrhea, inpatient, tube feeding, diarrhea, clostridium difficile, surveillance, medical, clostridium difficile (bacteria) ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1012-1019. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00004

Accuracy of Death Certificates for Coding Coronary Heart Disease as the Cause of Death

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Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD; David O. Martin, MD, MPH; Martin G. Larson, ScD; and Daniel Levy, MD

Topics: cause of death, death certificates, coronary heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1020-1026. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00005

Brief Communications

Effect of Genetic Differences in Omeprazole Metabolism on Cure Rates for Helicobacter pylori Infection and Peptic Ulcer

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Takahisa Furuta, MD; Kyoichi Ohashi, MD; Takashi Kamata, MD; Misako Takashima, MD; Kazuhiro Kosuge, PhD; Tsunehisa Kawasaki, MD; Hiroyuki Hanai, MD; Takahiro Kubota, MS; Takashi Ishizaki, MD; and Eizo Kaneko, MD

Topics: metabolism, helicobacter pylori gastritis, omeprazole, peptic ulcer, infection, genetics

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1027-1030. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00006

Immunoablative High-Dose Cyclophosphamide without Stem-Cell Rescue for Refractory, Severe Autoimmune Disease

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Robert A. Brodsky, MD; Michelle Petri, MD; B. Douglas Smith, MD; Eric J. Seifter, MD; Jerry L. Spivak, MD; Michael Styler, MD; Chi V. Dang, MD, PhD; Isadore Brodsky, MD; and Richard J. Jones, MD

Topics: cyclophosphamide, stem cells, autoimmune diseases, hematopoietic stem cells

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1031-1035. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00007

Reviews

Vulnerable Plaque: Pathobiology and Clinical Implications

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Iftikhar J. Kullo, MD; William D. Edwards, MD; and Robert S. Schwartz, MD

Topics: acute coronary syndromes, angiogram, angioscopy, atheroma, myocardial infarction, ischemia, angina, stable, magnetic ...

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1050-1060. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00010

Updates

Update in Allergy and Immunology

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Mark T. O'Hollaren, MD

Topics: asthma, allergens, allergy and immunology, rhinitis

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1036-1043. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00008

The Role of Venous Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Suspected Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

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Clive Kearon, MB, PhD; Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD; and Jack Hirsh, MD

Topics: deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, ultrasonography

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1044-1049. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00009

Ideas and Opinions

The Persuasive Appeal of Alternative Medicine

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Ted J. Kaptchuk, OMD; and David M. Eisenberg, MD

Topics: alternative medicine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1061-1065. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00011

Editorials

Fifty Years of Death Certificates: The Framingham Heart Study

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Claude Lenfant, MD; Lawrence Friedman, MD; and Thomas Thom, BA

Topics: death certificates, heart, coronary heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1066-1067. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00013

Weighing the Alternatives: Lessons from the Paradoxes of Alternative Medicine

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Frank Davidoff, MD, Editor

Topics: alternative medicine

Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1068-1070. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00014

On Being a Doctor

For Love of Karaoke

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Julia E. McMurray, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1072-1073. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00016

On Being a Patient

In between

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Terry S. Stein, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1074. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00018

Letters

HIV Testing in Pregnant Women

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Jeffrey G. Wong, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1075. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00019

HIV Testing in Pregnant Women

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Inaam A. Nakchbandi, MD; J. Craig Longenecker, MD, MPH; and David Gary Smith, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1075. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00020

Protein Supplements after Osteoporotic Hip Fracture

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Karen G. Kelly, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1075-1076. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00021

Protein Supplements after Osteoporotic Hip Fracture

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Robert M. Craig, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1076. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00022

Protein Supplements after Osteoporotic Hip Fracture

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Rene Rizzoli, MD; Marc-Andre Schurch, MD; and Jean-Philippe Bonjour, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1076. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00023

Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease

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Paolo Raggi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1076-1077. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00024

Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease

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J. Paul Shields, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1077. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00025

Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease

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Anthony S. Fiorino, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1077. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00026

Predictors of Systemic Embolism in Mitral Stenosis

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Ian I. Joffe

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1077. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00027

Predictors of Systemic Embolism in Mitral Stenosis

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Cheng-Wen Chiang, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1077-1078. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00028

Sinusitis and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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John K. DiBaise, MD; James V. Huerter, MD; and Eamonn M.M. Quigley, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1078. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00029

Intravenous Immune Globulin in Autoimmune Uveitis

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Marina Karmochkine, MD; Michel D. Kazatchkine, MD; and Phuc Lehoang, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1078-1079. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00030

In Vivo Local Thermography of Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques in Humans

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Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD; and Pavlos Toutouzas, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1079-1080. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00031

Fatal Hepatotoxicity Associated with Troglitazone

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Adrian Vella, MD; Piet C. de Groen, MD; and Sean F. Dinneen, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 1998;129(12):1080. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-129-12-199812150-00032