Annals of Internal Medicine

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16 May 2000, Vol. 132. No. 10

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Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of Cholesterol-Lowering Therapies according to Selected Patient Characteristics

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Lisa A. Prosser, MS; Aaron A. Stinnett, PhD; Paula A. Goldman, MPH; Lawrence W. Williams, MSc; Maria G.M. Hunink, MD, PhD; Lee Goldman, MD, MPH; and Milton C. Weinstein, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: primary prevention, statins, cholesterol, diet, cost effectiveness, women, secondary prevention, coronary heart ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):769-779. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00002

Cost-Effectiveness of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor Therapy in Older Patients with Myocardial Infarction

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David A. Ganz, BA; Karen M. Kuntz, ScD; Gretchen A. Jacobson, BA; and Jerry Avorn, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: myocardial infarction, statins, cerebrovascular accident, cost effectiveness, elderly, cost-effectiveness analysis, sensitivity analysis ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):780-787. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00003

Oral Clonidine in Postmenopausal Patients with Breast Cancer Experiencing Tamoxifen-Induced Hot Flashes: A University of Rochester Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program Study

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Kishan J. Pandya, MD; Richard F. Raubertas, PhD; Patrick J. Flynn, MD; Harry E. Hynes, MD; Richard J. Rosenbluth, MD; Jeffrey J. Kirshner, MD; H. Irving Pierce, MD; Vladimir Dragalin, PhD; and Gary R. Morrow, PhD, MS

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: clonidine, cancer care facilities, hot flashes, medical oncology, tamoxifen, breast cancer

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):788-793. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00004

Brief Communications

Antibody Inhibitors to von Willebrand Factor Metalloproteinase and Increased Binding of von Willebrand Factor to Platelets in Ticlopidine-Associated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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Han-Mou Tsai, MD; Lawrence Rice, MD; Ravindra Sarode, MD; Thomas W. Chow, PhD; and Joel L. Moake, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: ticlopidine, von willebrand factor, blood platelets, endopeptidases, metalloproteases, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, antibodies ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):794-799. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00005

Absorption and Hemodynamic Effects of Airway Administration of Adrenaline in Patients with Severe Cardiac Disease

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Konstantinos Raymondos, MD; Bernhard Panning, MD; Martin Leuwer, MD; Guido Brechelt; Thomas Korte, MD; Michael Niehaus, MD; Jürgen Tebbenjohanns, MD; and Siegfried Piepenbrock, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: epinephrine, hemodynamics, process of absorption, heart diseases, airway device, airway structure

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):800-803. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00007

Reviews

Accuracy of the Papanicolaou Test in Screening for and Follow-up of Cervical Cytologic Abnormalities: A Systematic Review

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Kavita Nanda, MD, MHS; Douglas C. McCrory, MD, MHSc; Evan R. Myers, MD, MPH; Lori A. Bastian, MD, MPH; Vic Hasselblad, PhD; Jason D. Hickey; and David B. Matchar, MD

Topics: vaginal smears

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):810-819. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00009

Academia and the Profession

The First Positive: Computing Positive Predictive Value at the Extremes

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James E. Smith, PhD; Robert L. Winkler, PhD; and Dennis G. Fryback, PhD

Topics: bayesian analysis, positive pressure ventilators, false-positive results

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):804-809. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00008

Ideas and Opinions

In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers FREE

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Karen E. Steinhauser, PhD; Elizabeth C. Clipp, PhD, MS, RN; Maya McNeilly, PhD; Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH; Lauren M. McIntyre, PhD; and James A. Tulsky, MD

Topics: end-of-life care, hospice, decision making, health personnel, hospitals, veterans, nurses, pain, terminally ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):825-832. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00011

Medicine and Public Policy

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Its Impact on U.S. Teaching Hospitals

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Robert Dickler, MHA; and Gina Shaw, BA

Topics: budgets, hospitals, teaching hospitals, medicare, medical residencies

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):820-824. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00010

Editorials

Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis To Target Cholesterol Reduction FREE

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Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD

Topics: cholesterol, cost-effectiveness analysis

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):833-835. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00012

On Being a Doctor

Shattered All

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Bruce Leff, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):837-838. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00013

A Doctor in the Family

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Bhuvana Chandra, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):838-839. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00014

Letters

Antithrombotic Therapy To Prevent Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Daniel E. Singer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):841. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00016

Antithrombotic Therapy To Prevent Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Robert G. Hart, MD; and Lesly A. Pearce, MS

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):841-842. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00017

Chronic Infection and Coronary Risk

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Michael Mogadam, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):842. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00018

Elevated Ambulatory and Normal Office Blood Pressure

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Arthur G. Goldman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):842. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00019

Elevated Ambulatory and Normal Office Blood Pressure

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Thomas G. Pickering, MD; Jennifer E. Liu, MD; and Mary J. Roman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):842. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00020

The Sharer

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Morton Glanz, MD, MS

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):842-843. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00021

Diagnosis of Intercritical Gout

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James R. Johnson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):843. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00022

Diagnosis of Intercritical Gout

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Eliseo Pascual, MD, PhD; Enrique Batlle-Gualda, MD, PhD; and Agustín Martínez, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):843. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00023

Transmission of Tuberculosis in a Jail

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William W. Stead, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):843. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00024

Prophylactic Fluconazole in Liver Transplant Recipients

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Nina Singh, MD; and Victor L. Yu, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):843-844. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00025

Role of Communication Skills Training

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C. Andrew Brodkin, MD, MPH; and Kayla I. Brodkin, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):844. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00026

Update in Preventive Medicine

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Joel H. Merenstein, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):844-845. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00027

Gated Myocardial Perfusion Scan Leading to Diagnosis of Unsuspected Massive Pulmonary Embolism

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Gabriel Soudry, MD; and Pablo E. Dibos, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):845. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00028

Infection with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 4 Is Associated with a Poor Response to Interferon-α

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Hervé Zylberberg, MD; M. L. Chaix, MD; and Christian Bréchot, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):845-846. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00029

A Common Problem with Therapy for HIV Infection

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Marcial Delgado Fernández, MD; José Luis Zambrana García, MD; and Felipe Díez García, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):846. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00030

Most Gastric Low-Grade B-Cell Lymphomas of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Persist after Helicobacter pylori Eradication

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Graziella Pinotti, MD; Claudio Chini, MD; and Carlo Capella, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):846. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00031

Immediate Cerebral Angiography and Mechanical Fragmentation of Cerebral Embolus after Percutaneous Myocardial Revascularization

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Eelco F.M. Wijdicks, MD; Kent R. Thielen, MD; and Guy S. Reeder, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):846-847. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00032

Rapid Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration in a Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis

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Harvey S. Hahn, MD; and Seymour S. Maze, MB, ChB

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):847. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00033

Currents

From the Ground Up: A Look at the Role of Foundations in Health

Linda Gundersen

Topics: poliomyelitis, congenital abnormality, charities, health policy, health services accessibility, hospitals, internal medicine, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):849. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00102

Ad Libitum

The Reader

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George N. Braman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):799. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00006

A Medical Lesson

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Carolyn Theresa Cleary, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):840. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00015

Summaries for Patients

The Cost Effectiveness of Lowering Cholesterol in Individual Patients FREE

Topics: cholesterol, cost effectiveness

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):769. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00036

Cost-Effectiveness of Lowering Cholesterol in Older Patients after Heart Attack FREE

Topics: myocardial infarction, cholesterol, cost effectiveness, elderly, cost-effectiveness analysis

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):780. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00037

Using the Medicine Clonidine To Treat Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients Taking Tamoxifen FREE

Topics: clonidine, hot flashes, tamoxifen, breast cancer

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):788. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00038

Mechanisms of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), a Complication Associated with the Drug Ticlopidine FREE

Topics: ticlopidine, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):794. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00039

The Effect on Blood Pressure of Putting Large Doses of Adrenaline into the Airways FREE

Topics: epinephrine, blood pressure, airway device

Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):800. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00040

Medical Writings

Hypertension: A Companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney

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Gerald Schulman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):848. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00034

Survey Methods in Community Medicine

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Christopher Maylahn, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):848. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00035

Book Notes

Book Listings

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Ann Intern Med. 2000;132(10):0-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-132-10-200005160-00100

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