Annals of Internal Medicine

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5 November 2002, Vol. 137. No. 9

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Articles

Next-Day Care for Emergency Department Users with Nonacute Conditions: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH; Carl D. Stevens, MD, MPH; Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD; Philip L. Henneman, MD; and Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: emergency service, hospital

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):707-714. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00005

Cardioselective β-Blockers in Patients with Reactive Airway Disease: A Meta-Analysis FREE

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Shelley R. Salpeter, MD; Thomas M. Ormiston, MD; and Edwin E. Salpeter, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: hypertension, chronic obstructive airway disease, asthma, signs and symptoms, respiratory, inhaler, reactive ...

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):715-725. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00035

Concomitant Leflunomide Therapy in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis despite Stable Doses of Methotrexate: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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Joel M. Kremer, MD; Mark C. Genovese, MD; Grant W. Cannon, MD; Jacques R. Caldwell, MD; John J. Cush, MD; Daniel E. Furst, MD; Michael E. Luggen, MD; Ed Keystone, MD; Michael H. Weisman, MD; William M. Bensen, MD; Jeffrey L. Kaine, MD; Eric M. Ruderman, MD; Patricia Coleman, MD; David L. Curtis, MD; Elliot J. Kopp, MD; Seth M. Kantor, MD; Jonathan Waltuck, MD; Herbert B. Lindsley, MD; Joseph A. Markenson, MD; Vibeke Strand, MD; Bruce Crawford, MA, MPH; Indra Fernando, PhD; Karen Simpson, MD; and Joan M. Bathon, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: rheumatoid arthritis, double-blind method, methotrexate, leflunomide, adverse event

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):726-733. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00007

Brief Communications

Successful Discontinuation of Therapy for Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection after Effective Antiretroviral Therapy

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Stephen D. Shafran, MD; Laura D. Mashinter, BScN, RN; Peter Phillips, MD; Richard G. Lalonde, MD; M. John Gill, MB; Sharon L. Walmsley, MD; Emil Toma, MD; Brian Conway, MD; Ignatius W. Fong, MB; Anita R. Rachlis, MD; Kurt E. Williams, MD; Gary E. Garber, MD; Walter F. Schlech III, MD; and Fiona Smaill, MB, ChB

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: hiv, antiretroviral therapy, highly active, cell count, mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection, infection, antimycobacterial ...

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):734-737. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00008

Reviews

Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Tubular Necrosis

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Matthew L. Esson, MD; and Robert W. Schrier, MD

Topics: kidney tubular necrosis, acute

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):744-752. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00010

Conferences

Dysautonomias: Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System FREE

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Moderator: David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD; Discussants: David Robertson, MD; Murray Esler, MD; Stephen E. Straus, MD; and Graeme Eisenhofer, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):753-763. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00011

Academia and the Profession

A Novel Incentive System for Faculty in an Academic Medical Center

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Terry L. Brandt, MBA; Clifford R. Romme, MS; Nicholas F. LaRusso, MD; and Keith D. Lindor, MD

Topics: academic medical centers, incentives

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):738-743. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00009

Editorials

Deferred Care for Patients in the Emergency Department

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Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH

Topics: emergency service, hospital

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):764-765. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00012

Fresh Air and β-Blockade

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Paul E. Epstein, MD, Deputy Editor

Topics: chronic obstructive airway disease, asthma, bronchi, bronchial spasm, cochrane collaboration

Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):766-767. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00013

On Being a Doctor

Smell

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Brett DiGiovanna, BA

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):768-769. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00015

Bryant

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Richard B. Weinberg, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):770-771. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00017

Letters

Subgroup Results in the DASH-Sodium Trial

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Gesche Jürgens, MD; and Niels Graudal, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):772. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00018

Subgroup Results in the DASH-Sodium Trial

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William M. Vollmer, PhD; Frank M. Sacks, MD; and Lawrence J. Appel, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):772-773. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00019

Public Expectation for Annual Physical Examinations

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Marvin S. Wool, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):773. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00020

Public Expectation for Annual Physical Examinations

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Caroline Poplin, MD, JD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):773. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00021

Public Expectation for Annual Physical Examinations

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Kei Mukohara, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):773-774. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00022

Public Expectation for Annual Physical Examinations

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Sylvia K. Oboler, MD; Allan V. Prochazka, MD; and Robert J. Anderson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):774. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00023

Diphtheria and Tetanus Immunity

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Dominic J. Balestra, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):774-775. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00024

Diphtheria and Tetanus Immunity

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Geraldine M. McQuillan, PhD; and Susan Y. Chu, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2002;137(9):775. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-137-9-200211050-00025