Annals of Internal Medicine

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17 August 2004, Vol. 141. No. 4

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Articles

Below-Knee Elastic Compression Stockings To Prevent the Post-Thrombotic Syndrome: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Paolo Prandoni, MD, PhD; Anthonie W.A. Lensing, MD, PhD; Martin H. Prins, MD, PhD; Michela Frulla, MD; Antonio Marchiori, MD; Enrico Bernardi, MD, PhD; Daniela Tormene, MD; Laura Mosena, MD; Antonio Pagnan, MD; and Antonio Girolami, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: knee region, knee joint, postphlebitic syndrome, stockings, compression

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):249-256. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00004

The Effect of a 13-Hour Curriculum To Improve Residents' Teaching Skills: A Randomized Trial

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Elizabeth H. Morrison, MD, MSEd; Lloyd Rucker, MD; John R. Boker, PhD; Charles C. Gabbert; F. Allan Hubbell, MD, MSPH; Maurice A. Hitchcock, EdD; and Michael D. Prislin, MD

Topics: internship and residency, medical residencies

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):257-263. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00005

Are Physicians Doing Too Much Colonoscopy? A National Survey of Colorectal Surveillance after Polypectomy

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Pauline A. Mysliwiec, MD, MPH; Martin L. Brown, PhD; Carrie N. Klabunde, PhD; and David F. Ransohoff, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: colonoscopy, adenoma, polypectomy, surveillance, medical, polyp, metaplastic

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):264-271. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00006

Improving Patient Care

Diabetes Care Quality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Commercial Managed Care: The TRIAD Study FREE

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Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH; Robert B. Gerzoff, MS; Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN; Joseph V. Selby, MD, MPH; John D. Piette, PhD; J. David Curb, MD, MPH; William H. Herman, MD, MPH; David G. Marrero, PhD; K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA; Monika M. Safford, MD; Theodore Thompson, MS; and Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: diabetes mellitus, quality of care, diabetes mellitus, type 2, managed care programs, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):272-281. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00007

Clinical Guidelines

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia FREE

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Peter Dodek, MD, MHSc; Sean Keenan, MD, MSc(Epid); Deborah Cook, MD, MSc(Epid); Daren Heyland, MD, MSc(Epid); Michael Jacka, MD, MSc; Lori Hand, RRT; John Muscedere, MD; Debra Foster, RN; Nav Mehta, MD; Richard Hall, MD; Christian Brun-Buisson, MD, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Society

Topics: care of intensive care unit patient, bodily secretions, drug administration routes, maxillary ...

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):305-313. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00011

Ideas and Opinions

Oversight of Human Participants Research: Identifying Problems To Evaluate Reform Proposals

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Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD; Anne Wood, MA; Alan Fleischman, MD; Angela Bowen, MD; Kenneth A. Getz, MBA; Christine Grady, RN, PhD; Carol Levine, MA; Dale E. Hammerschmidt, MD; Ruth Faden, PhD, MPH; Lisa Eckenwiler, PhD; Carianne Tucker Muse, MPH; and Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA

Topics: conflict of interest, institutional review board, adverse event

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):282-291. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00008

In the Balance

Primary Angioplasty and Thrombolysis Are Both Reasonable Options in Acute Myocardial Infarction

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James M. Brophy, MD, PhD; and Peter Bogaty, MD

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, thrombolytic therapy, angioplasty

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):292-297. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00009

Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Every Patient with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: What Stands in the Way?

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Ellen C. Keeley, MD; and Cindy L. Grines, MD

Topics: percutaneous coronary intervention, st-segment elevation mi, protein c inhibitor

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):298-304. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00010

Editorials

Routine Stocking Therapy after Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Clinical Dilemma

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD, FRCPC

Topics: deep vein thrombosis

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):314-315. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00012

Creating a Culture of Quality: The Remarkable Transformation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System

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Sheldon Greenfield, MD; and Sherrie H. Kaplan, PhD, MPH

Topics: united states department of veterans affairs, health care systems

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):316-318. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00013

On Being a Patient

Elevators on His Mind

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Peter S. Stack, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(4):319-320. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-4-200408170-00014

Letters