Annals of Internal Medicine

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7 May 2002, Vol. 136. No. 9

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Interventions That Increase Use of Adult Immunization and Cancer Screening Services: A Meta-Analysis

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Erin G. Stone, MD; Sally C. Morton, PhD; Marlies E. Hulscher, PhD; Margaret A. Maglione, MPP; Elizabeth A. Roth, MA; Jeremy M. Grimshaw, MD, PhD; Brian S. Mittman, PhD; Lisa V. Rubenstein, MD; Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD; and Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: preventive medicine, adult immunization, publication bias, cancer screening

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):641-651. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00006

Public Expectations and Attitudes for Annual Physical Examinations and Testing

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Sylvia K. Oboler, MD; Allan V. Prochazka, MD, MSc; Ralph Gonzales, MD, MPH; Stanley Xu, PhD; and Robert J. Anderson, MD

Includes: Supplemental Content | Summaries For Patients

Topics: fecal occult blood test, attitude, laboratory techniques and procedures, mammography, chest x-ray, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):652-659. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00007

Serologic Immunity to Diphtheria and Tetanus in the United States FREE

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Geraldine M. McQuillan, PhD; Deanna Kruszon-Moran, MS; Adamadia Deforest, PhD; Susan Y. Chu, PhD, MSPH; and Melinda Wharton, MD, MPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: immunity, antibodies, diphtheria, tetanus

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):660-666. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00008

Brief Communications

Reversibility of Cirrhosis in Patients Cured of Thalassemia by Bone Marrow Transplantation

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Pietro Muretto, MD; Emanuele Angelucci, MD; and Guido Lucarelli, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: biopsy, bone marrow transplantation, liver cirrhosis, fibrosis, iron overload, thalassemia, transplantation

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):667-672. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00009

Reviews

Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement and Risk for Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force FREE

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Jill Miller, MD; Benjamin K.S. Chan, MS; and Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: estrogen replacement therapy, preventive medicine, estrogen, advisory committees, venous thromboembolism

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):680-690. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00011

Academia and the Profession

Strategies for Culturally Effective End-of-Life Care

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LaVera M. Crawley, MD; Patricia A. Marshall, PhD; Bernard Lo, MD; Barbara A. Koenig, PhD, End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel*

Topics: end-of-life care

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):673-679. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00010

Ideas and Opinions

Echocardiography in the Management of Pulmonary Embolism

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Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD

Topics: pulmonary embolism, echocardiography, thrombolytic therapy, ventricular dysfunction, right

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):691-700. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00012

Editorials

The Annual Physical Examination: Needless Ritual or Necessary Routine?

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Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Senior Deputy Editor

Topics: preventive medicine, counseling, guidelines

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):701-703. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00013

On Being a Doctor

Medical Ground Zero: An Early Experience of the World Trade Center Disaster

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Mack Lipkin Jr., MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):704-707. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00014

Letters

Principles of Appropriate Antibiotic Use: Acute Pharyngitis

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Gene H. Stollerman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):708. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00016

Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use: Acute Rhinosinusitis

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James R. Johnson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):708-709. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00017

Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use: Nonspecific Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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James R. Johnson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):709. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00018

Principles of Judicious Antibiotic Use: Nonspecific Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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Ralph Gonzales, MD; and Richard E. Besser, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):709. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00019

Physicians and Joint Negotiations

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Allan R. Glass, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):709-710. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00020

Physicians and Joint Negotiations

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Gary H. Oberlender, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):710. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00021

Physicians and Joint Negotiations

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Johnathon S. Ross, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):710. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00022

Physicians and Joint Negotiations

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Jack Ginsburg, MPE

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):710-711. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00023

Thalidomide and Venous Thrombosis

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B. Escudier, MD; N. Lassau, MD; S. Leborgne, MD, PhD; E. Angevin; and A. Laplanche, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):711. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00024

Correction: Mixed Hepatocellular–Cholestatic Liver Injury after Pioglitazone Therapy

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):711. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00025

Ad Libitum

Entropy

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Jason David Eubanks

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):707. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00015

Summaries for Patients

Ways To Deliver Preventive Health Care FREE

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Topics: preventive health services

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):I16-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00001

Public Expectations for Annual Physical Examination and Testing FREE

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Topics: counseling, telephone

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):I21-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00002

Immunity to Diphtheria and Tetanus in the United States FREE

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Topics: immunity, diphtheria, tetanus

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):I30-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00003

Reversibility of Liver Scarring in Patients Who Are Cured of Thalassemia FREE

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Topics: cicatrix, thalassemia, liver

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):I36-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00004

Postmenopausal Estrogen Replacement Therapy and the Risk for Blood Clots: A Review from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force FREE

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Topics: estrogen replacement therapy, preventive medicine, advisory committees, blood coagulation

Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):I42-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00005

Medical Writings

Biomedicine and Alternative Healing Systems in America: Issues of Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

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Brent A. Bauer, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):712. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00026

Skin Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

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Keyoumars Soltani, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):712. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00027

Book Notes

Book Listings

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(9):0-. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-136-9-200205070-00028

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