Annals of Internal Medicine

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4 September 2001, Vol. 135. No. 5

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Articles

Restricted Activity among Community-Living Older Persons: Incidence, Precipitants, and Health Care Utilization

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Thomas M. Gill, MD; Mayur M. Desai, PhD; Evelyne A. Gahbauer, MD, MPH; Theodore R. Holford, PhD; and Christianna S. Williams, MPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: telephone, disability, elderly

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):313-321. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00007

A Prospective Study of Asymptomatic Carriers of the Factor V Leiden Mutation To Determine the Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism

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Saskia Middeldorp, MD; Johan R. Meinardi, MD; Maria M.W. Koopman, MD; Elisabeth C.M. van Pampus, MD; Karly Hamulyák, MD; Jan van der Meer, MD; Martin H. Prins, MD; and Harry R. Büller, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: factor v leiden mutation, venous thromboembolism

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):322-327. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00008

Racial Differences in Cardiac Revascularization Rates: Does “Overuse” Explain Higher Rates among White Patients?

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Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSc; Lucian L. Leape, MD; Joel S. Weissman, PhD; Robert N. Piana, MD; Constantine Gatsonis, PhD; and Arnold M. Epstein, MD, MA

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: coronary artery bypass surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, heart, revascularization, racial differences ...

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):328-337. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00009

Brief Communications

Molecular Analysis of the Mevalonate Kinase Gene in a Cohort of Patients with the Hyper-IgD and Periodic Fever Syndrome: Its Application as a Diagnostic Tool

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Anna Simon, MD; Laurence Cuisset, PhD; M.-Françoise Vincent, PhD; Saskia D. van der Velde-Visser, PhD; Marc Delpech, PhD; Jos W.M. van der Meer, MD, PhD; Joost P.H. Drenth, MD, PhD, International HIDS Study Group

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: familial mediterranean fever, immunoglobulin d, phosphotransferases, enzymes, hyperimmunoglobulin d with periodic fever, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):338-343. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00010

Reviews

Racial Differences in the Use of Invasive Cardiovascular Procedures: Review of the Literature and Prescription for Future Research

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Nancy R. Kressin, PhD; and Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH

Topics: coronary artery bypass surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, cardiovascular surgical procedures, heart, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):352-366. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00012

Academia and the Profession

Perceptions about Complementary Therapies Relative to Conventional Therapies among Adults Who Use Both: Results from a National Survey

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David M. Eisenberg, MD; Ronald C. Kessler, PhD; Maria I. Van Rompay, BA; Ted J. Kaptchuk, OMD; Sonja A. Wilkey, MD; Scott Appel, MS; and Roger B. Davis, ScD

Topics: alternative medicine, complementary therapies, perception

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):344-351. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00011

Ideas and Opinions

The Thrombophilias: Well-Defined Risk Factors with Uncertain Therapeutic Implications

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Kenneth A. Bauer, MD

Topics: anticoagulation, thrombophilia, prothrombin g20210a, thrombus, venous thromboembolism

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):367-373. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00013

Editorials

Restricted Activity: Key Indicator of Decline or “Just Having a Bad Day”?

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Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SM

Topics: gill, disability, elderly

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):374-376. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00014

On Being a Patient

Deep Waters Run Still

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Theodore B. Schwartz, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):378-379. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00016

Letters

Methylene Blue Improves the Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

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David A. Groneberg, MD; and Axel Fischer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):380. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00017

Methylene Blue Improves the Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

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Peter Schenk, MD; Stephan Lehr; and Christian Müller, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):380-381. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00018

Periodic Liver Biopsy for Mild Hepatitis C

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Barry Kisloff, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):381. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00019

Periodic Liver Biopsy for Mild Hepatitis C

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John B. Wong, MD; and Raymond S. Koff, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):381-382. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00020

Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

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Charles M. Clark Jr, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):382. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00021

Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

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Lisa A. Prosser, PhD; Aaron A. Stinnett, PhD; Lee Goldman, MD, MPH; and Milton C. Weinstein, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):382-383. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00022

Ultrasonography in Management of Nodular Thyroid Disease

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Matthew C. Leinung, MD; Andrew Gianoukakis, MD; and Daniel W. Lee, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):383. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00023

Ultrasonography in Management of Nodular Thyroid Disease

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Jorge L. Gross, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):383-384. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00024

Ultrasonography in Management of Nodular Thyroid Disease

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Ellen Marqusee, MD; P. Reed Larsen, MD, FRCP; and Susan J. Mandel, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):384. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00025

Doxepin-Induced Torsade de Pointes Tachycardia

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Peter Alter, MD; Daniela Tontsch, MD; and Wolfram Grimm, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):384-385. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00026

Medical Writings

To Change or Not To Change: “Sounds Like You Have a Dilemma”

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Wendy Levinson, MD; Marc S. Cohen, MD; Donald Brady, MD; and F. Daniel Duffy, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):386-391. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00027

Transplantation Ethics

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Stuart G. Finder, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):392. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00028

Medical Management of Kidney and Electrolyte Disorders

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Mark A. Perazella, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):392. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00029

Ad Libitum

The Finished Product

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Bonnie Salomon, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):376. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00015

Summaries for Patients

Restricted Activity among Older People Living in the Community FREE

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Topics: elderly

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):S33-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00003

Blood Clots in People with the Factor V Leiden Mutation FREE

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Topics: blood coagulation, factor v leiden mutation

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):S34-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00004

Overuse of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty FREE

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Topics: coronary artery bypass surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):S35-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00005

Can Genetics Help Diagnose the Hyper-IgD and Periodic Fever Syndrome? FREE

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Topics: familial mediterranean fever, immunoglobulin d, genetics

Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):S36-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00006

Book Notes

Book Listings

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Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(5):0-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-135-5-200109040-00001

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