Annals of Internal Medicine

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21 February 2006, Vol. 144. No. 4

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Statin and β-Blocker Therapy and the Initial Presentation of Coronary Heart Disease

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Alan S. Go, MD; Carlos Iribarren, MD, MPH, PhD; Malini Chandra, MS, MBA; Phenius V. Lathon; Stephen P. Fortmann, MD; Thomas Quertermous, MD; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, Atherosclerotic Disease, Vascular Function and Genetic Epidemiology (ADVANCE) Study

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: myocardial infarction, acute, statins, angina, exercise-induced, coronary heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):229-238. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00004

Zoledronic Acid Prevents Bone Loss after Liver Transplantation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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Bronwyn A.L. Crawford, MBBS, PhD; Cherie Kam, MPH, GDipScMed; Julie Pavlovic, RN; Karen Byth, PhD, DIC, CStat RSS; David J. Handelsman, MBBS, PhD; Peter W. Angus, MBBS, MD; and Geoffrey W. McCaughan, MBBS, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: double-blind method, liver transplantation, transplantation, zoledronic acid, osteopenia

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):239-248. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00005

Preclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Mary J. Roman, MD; Elfi Moeller, AB; Adrienne Davis, AB; Stephen A. Paget, MD; Mary K. Crow, MD; Michael D. Lockshin, MD; Lisa Sammaritano, MD; Richard B. Devereux, MD; Joseph E. Schwartz, PhD; Daniel M. Levine, PhD; and Jane E. Salmon, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, carotid atherosclerosis

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):249-256. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00006

Brief Communication: Better Ways To Question Patients about Adverse Medical Events: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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Stephen Bent, MD; Amy Padula, MS; and Andrew L. Avins, MD, MPH

Topics: single-blind method, benign prostatic hypertrophy, frequency, open-ended questions, adverse event

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):257-261. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00007

Improving Patient Care

Volume, Quality of Care, and Outcome in Pneumonia

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Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc; Raj Behal, MD, MPH; Cynthia K. Murray, PhD; Wato Nsa, MD, PhD; Peter M. Houck, MD; and Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH

Topics: quality of care, hospitals, pneumonia

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):262-269. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00008

Reviews

Systematic Review: A Century of Inhalational Anthrax Cases from 1900 to 2005

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Jon-Erik C. Holty, MD, MS; Dena M. Bravata, MD, MS; Hau Liu, MD, MPH, MBA; Richard A. Olshen, PhD; Kathryn M. McDonald, MM; and Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS

Includes: Supplemental Content

Topics: antibiotics, anthrax disease, disease progression, immune sera, mortality, inhalational anthrax

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):270-280. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00009

Updates

Update in Nephrology and Hypertension

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Paul L. Kimmel, MD

Topics: proteinuria, trandolapril, spironolactone, hypertension, metabolic syndrome x, kidney diseases, hyperkalemia, kidney failure, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):281-285. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00010

History of Medicine

John Loesch, Discoverer of Renovascular Hypertension, and Harry Goldblatt: Two Great Pioneers in Circulation Research

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Bernhard Glodny, MD; and Dorothea E. Glodny, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):286-295. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00011

Editorials

Can Preventive Therapy Alter the Initial Presentation of Coronary Heart Disease?

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Sidney C. Smith Jr, MD

Topics: preventive medicine, coronary heart disease

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):296-297. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00012

Adverse Events: The More You Search, the More You Find

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John P.A. Ioannidis, MD; Cynthia D. Mulrow, MD, MSc, Deputy Editor; and Steven N. Goodman, MD, PhD

Topics: adverse event

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):298-300. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00013

On Being a Doctor

First Response

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Jon O. Neher, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):301-302. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00014

Letters

Amiodarone Prophylaxis

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Michael E. Craycraft, RPh

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):303. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00015

Amiodarone Prophylaxis

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Johan D. Aasbo, DO; and Richard G. Trohman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):303. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00016

Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing

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Kelly E. Ormond, MS; Cecelia Bellcross, MS; and Scott Weissman, MS

Includes: Summaries For Patients

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):303-304. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00017

Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing

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The Editors

Includes: Summaries For Patients

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):304. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00018

The Ethics of Personal Stockpiles

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Michael L. Rolfsen, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):304. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00019

The Ethics of Personal Stockpiles

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John G. Bartlett, MD; and Frederick G. Hayden, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):304-305. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00020

Relevance of Patient Diagnosis to Analysis of the Terri Schiavo Case

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Thomas I. Cochrane, MD, MBA

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):305. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00021

Relevance of Patient Diagnosis to Analysis of Terri Schiavo Case

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Joshua E. Perry, JD, MTS; Howard S. Kirshner, MD; and Larry R. Churchill, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):305-306. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00022

Setting the Agenda for the Clinical Interview

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Paul R. Minton, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):306. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00023

Reporting of Drug Tolerance in Randomized Clinical Trials: When Data Conflict with Authors' Conclusions

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Annie Pierre Jonville-Béra, MD; Bruno Giraudeau, PhD; and Elisabeth Autret-Leca, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):306-307. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00024

Correction: Summary for Patients: Genetic Risk Assessment and BRCA Mutation Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):307. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00025

Ad Libitum

That Intern Dream

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Jack Coulehan, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):308. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00026

Summaries for Patients

The Effects of Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Treatments on Severity of Coronary Artery Disease FREE

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Topics: coronary arteriosclerosis, blood pressure, cholesterol

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):I-22. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00001

Zolendronic Acid Prevents Bone Loss after Liver Transplantation FREE

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Topics: liver transplantation, osteopenia

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):I-37. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00002

Asymptomatic Changes in the Carotid Arteries of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis FREE

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Topics: rheumatoid arthritis, carotid arteries

Ann Intern Med. 2006;144(4):I-38. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-144-4-200602210-00003

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