Annals of Internal Medicine

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3 July 2007, Vol. 147. No. 1

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Outcomes of Using High- or Low-Dose Atorvastatin in Patients 65 Years of Age or Older with Stable Coronary Heart Disease FREE

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Nanette K. Wenger, MD; Sandra J. Lewis, MD; David M. Herrington, MD; Vera Bittner, MD; Francine K. Welty, MD, PhD, Treating to New Targets Study Steering Committee and Investigators

Includes: Summaries For Patients | Audio/Video

Topics: atorvastatin, ldl cholesterol lipoproteins, lipids, coronary heart disease, elderly, cardiovascular event

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):1-9. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00002

β-Blockers and Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis: Pooled Analysis of 4 Intravascular Ultrasonography Trials

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Ilke Sipahi, MD; E. Murat Tuzcu, MD; Katherine E. Wolski, MPH; Stephen J. Nicholls, MBBS, PhD; Paul Schoenhagen, MD; Bo Hu, PhD; Craig Balog, BS; Mehdi Shishehbor, DO; William A. Magyar, BS; Timothy D. Crowe, BS; Samir Kapadia, MD; and Steven E. Nissen, MD

Includes: Audio/Video

Topics: atheroma, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, coronary arteriosclerosis, statins, intravascular ultrasonography

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):10-18. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00003

Cystatin C as a Risk Factor for Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease

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Vandana Menon, MD, PhD; Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH; Xuelei Wang, MS; Josef Coresh, MD, PhD; Tom Greene, PhD; Lesley Stevens, MD, MS; John W. Kusek, PhD; Gerald J. Beck, PhD; Allan J. Collins, MD; Andrew S. Levey, MD; and Mark J. Sarnak, MD, MS

Includes: Audio/Video

Topics: cardiovascular diseases, renal function, kidney failure, chronic, creatinine, kidney failure, mortality, cystatin ...

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):19-27. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00004

Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Women with Acute Hepatitis E Virus Infection

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Sharda Patra, MS; Ashish Kumar, MD, DM; Shubha Sagar Trivedi, MS; Manju Puri, MS; and Shiv Kumar Sarin, MD, DM

Topics: pregnancy, hepatitis, viral, acute, fetus, jaundice, liver failure, acute, mothers, virus diseases, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):28-33. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00005

Life Support for Patients without a Surrogate Decision Maker: Who Decides?

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Douglas B. White, MD, MAS; J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH; Leslie E. Wolf, JD, MPH; Thomas J. Prendergast, MD; Darren B. Taichman, MD, PhD; Gary Kuniyoshi, MD; Frank Acerra, DO; Bernard Lo, MD; and John M. Luce, MD

Topics: decision making, hospitals, intensive care unit, life support procedure, surrogate decision maker ...

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):34-40. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00006

Reviews

Meta-analysis: The Effect of Dietary Counseling for Weight Loss

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Michael L. Dansinger, MD, MS; Athina Tatsioni, MD; John B. Wong, MD; Mei Chung, MPH; and Ethan M. Balk, MD, MPH

Includes: Audio/Video

Topics: body mass index procedure, weight reduction, diet, counseling

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):41-50. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00007

Ideas and Opinions

Controlling Death: The False Promise of Advance Directives

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Henry S. Perkins, MD

Includes: Supplemental Content

Topics: advance directives, advance care planning

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):51-57. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00008

The Natural History and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: A Critical Evaluation of Standard Treatment Criteria and End Points

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Ching-Lung Lai, MD; and Man-Fung Yuen, MD, PhD

Topics: liver cirrhosis, carcinoma, hepatocellular, hepatitis b e antigens, hepatitis b, chronic, hepatitis ...

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):58-61. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00010

Editorials

When to Start and Stop Hepatitis B Treatment: Can One Set of Criteria Apply to All Patients Regardless of Age at Infection?

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Bulent Degertekin, MD; and Anna S.F. Lok, MD

Topics: hepatitis b, infection

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):62-64. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00011

Annals at 80: Still Young and Still Reaching Out

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The Editors

Topics: conflict of interest, access to information, binding sites, china, education, continuing, education, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):65-66. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00012

On Being a Doctor

Crossing the Cultural Chasm

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Paul Roman Chelminski, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):67-68. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00013

Letters

Disease Management Intervention on Quality and Outcomes of Dementia Care

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Abid Iraqi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):69. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00014

Disease Management Intervention on Quality and Outcomes of Dementia Care

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Barbara G. Vickrey, MD, MPH; Brian S. Mittman, PhD; and Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):69. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00015

Hand Hygiene and Clostridium difficile

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Ted W. Gay, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):69-70. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00016

Role of Caregivers and Geriatricians in Dementia

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Mahesh Krishnamurthy, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):70. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00017

(1→3)β-d-Glucan Assay Positivity in Patients with Pneumocystis (carinii) jiroveci Pneumonia

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Francisco M. Marty, MD; Sophia Koo, MD; Julie Bryar, BA; and Lindsey R. Baden, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):70-72. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00018

Ad Libitum

Test Taker

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Ellis Knight, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):57. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00009

In the Clinic

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Jennifer F. Wilson

Topics: irritable bowel syndrome

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):ITC7-1. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-01007

Summaries for Patients

High- or Low-Dose Atorvastatin in Elderly Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease FREE

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Topics: atorvastatin, coronary arteriosclerosis, elderly

Ann Intern Med. 2007;147(1):I-32. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00001

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