Annals of Internal Medicine

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2 November 2004, Vol. 141. No. 9

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Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of Rhythm versus Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation

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Deborah A. Marshall, PhD; Adrian R. Levy, PhD; Humberto Vidaillet, MD; Elisabeth Fenwick, PhD; April Slee; Gordon Blackhouse, MSc; H. Leon Greene, MD; D. George Wyse, MD, PhD; Graham Nichol, MD; Bernie J. O'Brien, PhD†, and the AFFIRM and CORE Investigators*

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: atrial fibrillation, electric countershock, cost effectiveness, hospitals, cost-effectiveness analysis

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):653-661. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00005

The Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in the 2003 Hong Kong Epidemic: An Analysis of All 1755 Patients

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Gabriel M. Leung, MD, MPH; Anthony J. Hedley, MD, FRCP; Lai-Ming Ho, PhD; Patsy Chau, MStat; Irene O.L. Wong, MPhil, MMedSc; Thuan Q. Thach, PhD; Azra C. Ghani, PhD; Christl A. Donnelly, ScD; Christophe Fraser, PhD; Steven Riley, DPhil; Neil M. Ferguson, DPhil; Roy M. Anderson, PhD; Thomas Tsang, MBBS, FHKAM; Pak-Yin Leung, MBBS, FFPH; Vivian Wong, MBBS, FHKAM; Jane C.K. Chan, MD, FHKAM; Eva Tsui, MStat; Su-Vui Lo, MBChB, FFPH; and Tai-Hing Lam, MD, FFPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: hong kong, severe acute respiratory syndrome, epidemic

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):662-673. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00006

Accuracy of Computed Tomographic Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Diagnosing Renal Artery Stenosis

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G. Boudewijn C. Vasbinder, MD, PhD; Patricia J. Nelemans, MD, PhD; Alfons G.H. Kessels, MD, MSc; Abraham A. Kroon, MD, PhD; Jeffrey H. Maki, MD, PhD; Tim Leiner, MD, PhD; Frederik J.A. Beek, MD, PhD; Michael B.J.M. Korst, MD; Karin Flobbe, PhD; Michiel W. de Haan, MD, PhD; Willem H. van Zwam, MD; Cornelis T. Postma, MD, PhD; M. G. Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD; Peter W. de Leeuw, MD, PhD; Jos M.A. van Engelshoven, MD, PhD, Renal Artery Diagnostic Imaging Study in Hypertension (RADISH) Study Group*

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: renal artery stenosis, magnetic resonance angiography, computed tomographic angiography

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):674-682. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00007

Improving Patient Care

Patient Education for Colon Cancer Screening: A Randomized Trial of a Video Mailed before a Physical Examination

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Jane G. Zapka, ScD; Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD; Elaine Puleo, PhD; Barbara Estabrook, MSPH; Roger Luckmann, MD; and Stephen Erban, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: patient education, sigmoidoscopy, colorectal cancer screening

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):683-692. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00009

Reviews

Meta-Analysis: Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers in Chronic Heart Failure and High-Risk Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Victor C. Lee, MD; David C. Rhew, MD; Michelle Dylan, PhD; Enkhe Badamgarav, MD, MPH; Glenn D. Braunstein, MD; and Scott R. Weingarten, MD, MPH

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, heart failure, chronic, angiotensin receptor antagonists, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):693-704. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00011

Ideas and Opinions

Is There a Role for Maintaining Sinus Rhythm in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation?

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Peter Zimetbaum, MD; and Mark E. Josephson, MD

Topics: anti-arrhythmia agents, atrial fibrillation, sinus rhythm

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):720-726. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00015

Medicine and Public Policy

Weighing the Evidence for Expanding Physician Supply FREE

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Richard A. Cooper, MD

Topics: schools, medical, economics, physician shortages, spending

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):705-714. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00012

In the Balance

Testing for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Should Be Routine for Persons at Increased Risk for Infection FREE

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Miriam J. Alter, PhD; Leonard B. Seeff, MD; Bruce R. Bacon, MD; David L. Thomas, MD; Michael O. Rigsby, MD; and Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, MD

Topics: infection, hepatitis c virus

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):715-717. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00013

The Meaning of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Grade I Recommendation: Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection FREE

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Ned Calonge, MD, MPH; and Gurvaneet Randhawa, MD, MPH

Topics: preventive medicine, advisory committees, infection, hepatitis c virus

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):718-719. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00014

Editorials

Commentary: Accuracy of Computed Tomographic Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Diagnosing Renal Artery Stenosis

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Harold C. Sox, MD, Editor

Topics: renal artery stenosis, magnetic resonance angiography, computed tomographic angiography

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):682. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00008

To Be or Not To Be in Normal Sinus Rhythm: What Do We Really Know?

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Tristram D. Bahnson, MD; and Augustus O. Grant, MB, PhD

Topics: anti-arrhythmia agents, atrial fibrillation, sinus rhythm

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):727-729. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00016

Pitfalls in Imaging for Renal Artery Stenosis

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Stephen C. Textor, MD

Topics: renal artery stenosis, diagnostic imaging

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):730-731. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00017

The U.S. Physician Workforce: Serious Questions Raised, Answers Needed FREE

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Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD; and Harold C. Sox, MD, Editor

Topics: physician demographics

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):732-734. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00018

Bringing Professionalism to the Bedside

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Christine Laine, MD, MPH, Senior Deputy Editor; and Harold C. Sox, MD, Editor

Topics: professionalism

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):735. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00019

Professionalism and the Medical Student

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Charles K. Francis, MD

Topics: students, medical, professionalism

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):735-736. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00020

On Being a Doctor

A Lesson from the Third Year

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Eric Helms, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):736. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00021

Letters

Low-Carbohydrate Diets

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Dean Ornish, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):738. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00022

Low-Carbohydrate Diets

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Frederick F. Samaha, MD; and Linda Stern, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):738-739. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00023

Rosiglitazone for Treatment of HIV Lipodystrophy

Nasser Mikhail, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):739. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00024

Rosiglitazone for Treatment of HIV Lipodystrophy

Colleen Hadigan, MD, MPH; and Steven Grinspoon, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):739-740. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00025

Residents' Work Hours

Gabriella Varallo Bedarida, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):740. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00026

Residents' Work Hours

Sarang Kim, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):740-741. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00027

Residents' Work Hours

Timothy Lahey, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):741. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00028

Residents' Work Hours

Yungpo Bernard Su, MD; and Lydia Kang, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):741. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00029

Residents' Work Hours

Ilene M. Rosen, MD; Judy A. Shea, PhD; and Lisa M. Bellini, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):741-742. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00030

Residents' Work Hours

Mitchell Charap, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):742. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00031

Corticosteroids for Septic Shock

Peter C. Minneci, MD; Katherine J. Deans, MD; Steven M. Banks, PhD; Peter Q. Eichacker, MD; and Charles Natanson, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):742-743. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00032

Tadalafil in Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Emiliano Antonio Palmieri, MD; Flora Affuso, MD; Serafino Fazio, MD; and Danilo Lembo, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):743-744. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00033

Correction: Update in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):744. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00034

Correction: Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in Women 15 to 29 Years of Age

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):744. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00035

To Butterfly or To Needle: The Specimen Testing Question

William M. Miller, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):W-140. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00033-w1

To Butterfly or To Needle: The Specimen Testing Question

Lukas Hefler, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):W-140. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00033-w2

Ad Libitum

On Rounds

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Jerald Winakur, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):692. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00010

Summaries for Patients

Cost-Effectiveness of Rate Control vs. Rhythm Control for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation FREE

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Topics: atrial fibrillation, cost effectiveness, cost-effectiveness analysis

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):I-20. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00001

Description of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak in Hong Kong FREE

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Topics: disease outbreaks, hong kong, severe acute respiratory syndrome

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):I-63. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00002

Diagnosis of Renal Artery Stenosis FREE

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Topics: renal artery stenosis

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):I-66. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00003

Using a Video To Teach Patients about Colorectal Cancer Screening FREE

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Topics: colorectal cancer screening

Ann Intern Med. 2004;141(9):I-72. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-141-9-200411020-00004

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