Annals of Internal Medicine

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18 April 2000, Vol. 132. No. 8

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Articles

Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Inactivity as Predictors of Mortality in Men with Type 2 Diabetes

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Ming Wei, MD, MPH; Larry W. Gibbons, MD, MPH; James B. Kampert, PhD; Milton Z. Nichaman, MD, ScD; and Steven N. Blair, PED

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus, type 2, lack of exercise, mortality, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):605-611. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00002

Effect of Segment Length on Risk for Neoplastic Progression in Patients with Barrett Esophagus

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Rebecca E. Rudolph, MD, MPH; Thomas L. Vaughan, MD, MPH; Barry E. Storer, PhD; Rodger C. Haggitt, MD; Peter S. Rabinovitch, MD, PhD; Douglas S. Levine, MD; and Brian J. Reid, MD, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: barrett's esophagus, cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, aneuploidy, tumor progression, dysplasia

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):612-620. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00003

Invasive and Noninvasive Strategies for Management of Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Randomized Trial

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Jean-Yves Fagon, MD; Jean Chastre, MD; Michel Wolff, MD; Claude Gervais, MD; Sylvie Parer-Aubas, MD; François Stéphan, MD; Thomas Similowski, MD; Alain Mercat, MD; Jean-Luc Diehl, MD; Jean-Pierre Sollet, MD; Alain Tenaillon, MD, VAP Trial Group*

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: antibiotics, ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):621-630. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00004

Brief Communications

Potentiation of Vitamin K Antagonists by High-Dose Intravenous Methylprednisolone

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Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, MD; Zahir Amoura, MD; Guy Aymard, PhD; Odile Sevin, MD; Bertrand Wechsler, MD; Patrice Cacoub, MD; Le Thi Huong Du, MD; Bertrand Diquet, MD; Annick Ankri, MD; and Jean-Charles Piette, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: international normalized ratio, methylprednisolone, vitamin k antagonist, potentiation

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):631-635. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00005

The Effect of Coenzyme Q₁₀ in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure FREE

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Meenakshi Khatta, MS, CRNP; Barbara S. Alexander, MD, PhD; Cathy M. Krichten, MS, CRNP; Michael L. Fisher, MD; Ronald Freudenberger, MD; Shawn W. Robinson, MD; and Stephen S. Gottlieb, MD

Topics: radionuclide ventriculography, congestive heart failure, heart failure, oxygen consumption, ubiquinone, coenzyme q10, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):636-640. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00006

Reviews

The Lyme Disease Vaccine: Conception, Development, and Implementation

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Wendy Todaro Thanassi, MA, MD; and Robert T. Schoen, MD

Topics: lyme disease, lyme disease vaccine, spirochaetales, vaccines, ticks, conception, ospa protein

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):661-668. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00009

Updates

Gene Therapy for Lung Disease: Hype or Hope?

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Steven M. Albelda, MD; Rainer Wiewrodt, MD; and Jonathan B. Zuckerman, MD

Topics: gene therapy, lung diseases

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):649-660. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00008

Academia and the Profession

Education of Physicians-in-Training Can Decrease the Risk for Vascular Catheter Infection

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Robert J. Sherertz, MD; E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH; Debi M. Westbrook, RN; Kate S. Gledhill, RN; Stephen A. Streed, MS; Betty Kiger, RN; Lenora Flynn, MT; Stewart Hayes, RRT; Sallie Strong, RN; Julia Cruz, MD; David L. Bowton, MD; Todd Hulgan, MD; and Edward F. Haponik, MD

Topics: catheter-related infection, catheterization, central venous, intensive care unit, infection, vascular catheter infection ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):641-648. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00007

Editorials

Combating Sloth as Well as Gluttony: The Role of Physical Fitness in Mortality among Men with Type 2 Diabetes FREE

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Charles M. Clark Jr., MD

Topics: physical fitness, diabetes mellitus, type 2, hyperphagia, sloths, mortality

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):669-670. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00010

On Being a Doctor 2

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Michael A. LaCombe, MD; and Frank Davidoff, MD

Topics: ethanol, hypoglycemia, coma, erectile dysfunction, gram's stain, disease outbreaks, diving, food, internal ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):671-672. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00011

Letters

More on Alternative Medicine

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Ted J. Kaptchuk

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):675. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00014

Doctors' Daughter

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Stephanie Nagy-Agren, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):676. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00015

Standardization of Hemoglobin A_1c Values

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Meera Jain, MD; Anthony McCall, MD, PhD; and Matthew Riddle, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):676. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00016

Homocyst(e)ine and Cardiovascular Disease

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Alan S. Feiner, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):676. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00017

Homocyst(e)ine and Cardiovascular Disease

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John W. Eikelboom, MBBS, FRACP; Eva Lonn, MD, FRCPC; and Salim Yusuf, MBBS, DPhil, FRCPC

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):676. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00018

Hyperhomocysteinemia in Hypothyroidism

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Daniel Weiss, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):677. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00019

Hyperhomocysteinemia in Hypothyroidism

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Charles Faiman, MD; Donald W. Jacobsen, PhD; and Ralph Green, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):677. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00020

Rapid-Onset Subfulminant Liver Failure Associated with Troglitazone

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Sanjay Jagannath, MD; and Rudra Rai, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):677. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00021

Factor VIII Antibodies Developing after a Spider Bite

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Julio Hajdenberg, MD; Jeffrey Davis, MD; and Roberto Arevalo Araujo

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):677-678. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00022

Cooling Methods for Heatstroke Victims

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Stephen L. Gaffin, PhD; John W. Gardner, MD, DrPH; and Scott D. Flinn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):678-679. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00023

Abolished Vagal Tone Associated with Thyrotoxicosis Triggers Prinzmetal Variant Angina and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

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Michele Emdin, MD; Lorenza Pratali, MD; and Giorgio Iervasi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):679. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00024

Cocaine Washout Syndrome

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James R. Roberts, MD; and Michael I. Greenberg, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):679-680. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00025

Use of Bromelain for Mild Ulcerative Colitis

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Sunanda Kane, MD, MSPH; and Michael J. Goldberg, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):680. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00026

Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Celecoxib

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Anne M. Baciewicz, PharmD, MBA; Denise R. Sokos, PharmD; and Thomas J. King, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):680. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00027

Apoptosis in Cardiac Myxoma

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Makoto Suzuki, MD; Mareomi Hamada, MD; and Kunio Hiwada, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):681. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00028

Propanolol Administration in a Patient with Thyroid Storm

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Hiroshi Ashikaga, MD; Ricardo Abreu, MD; and Roslyn F. Schneider, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):681-682. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00029

Ischemic Colitis Associated with Decongestant Use

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Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD; and Nelson S. Yee, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):682. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00030

Parvovirus B19 and Glomerulonephritis in a Healthy Adult

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Matthias L. Schmid, MD; Paul H. M. McWhinney, MD; and Es J. Will, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):682. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00031

Currents

Conference Roundup: HIV and AIDS

Brigid Kane

Topics: hiv, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):685. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00101

The Invisible Hand of the Government in Medical Education

Paul T. Kefalides, MD

Topics: budgets, education, medical, government, internship and residency, hand

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):686. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00102

Ad Libitum

New Poems

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Paula Tatarunis, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):674. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00012

Summaries for Patients

Physical Fitness Predicts Survival in Men with Type 2 Diabetes FREE

Topics: physical fitness, diabetes mellitus, type 2

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):605. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00035

Risk for Cancer in Patients with Barrett Esophagus FREE

Topics: barrett's esophagus, cancer risk

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):612. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00036

Managing Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia FREE

Topics: ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):621. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00037

High Doses of a Corticosteroid Drug Interfere with Anticoagulant Medicines FREE

Topics: anticoagulants, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):631. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00038

Medical Writings

Expert Guide to Allergy and Immunology

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John J. Condemi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):683. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00032

Atlas of Infectious Diseases

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Karen A. Wendel, MD; and Thomas C. Quinn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):683-684. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00033

The Consultation Guide

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David Macpherson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):684. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00034

Book Notes

Book Listings

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(8):0-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-8-200004180-00100

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