Annals of Internal Medicine

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18 March 2008, Vol. 148. No. 6

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Articles

Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals

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Ari Robicsek, MD; Jennifer L. Beaumont, MS; Suzanne M. Paule, BS; Donna M. Hacek, BS; Richard B. Thomson Jr., PhD; Karen L. Kaul, MD, PhD; Peggy King, RN, MBA; and Lance R. Peterson, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients | Audio/Video

Topics: hospitals, intensive care unit, infection, surveillance, medical, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):409-418. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00003

Postpolypectomy Colonoscopy Surveillance Guidelines: Predictive Accuracy for Advanced Adenoma at 4 Years FREE

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Adeyinka O. Laiyemo, MD, MPH; Gwen Murphy, PhD, MPH; Paul S. Albert, PhD; Leah B. Sansbury, PhD; Zhuoqiao Wang, MS; Amanda J. Cross, PhD; Pamela M. Marcus, PhD; Bette Caan, DrPH; James R. Marshall, PhD; Peter Lance, MD; Electra D. Paskett, PhD; Joel Weissfeld, MD, MPH; Martha L. Slattery, PhD; Randall Burt, MD; Frank Iber, MD; Moshe Shike, MD; J. Walter Kikendall, MD; Elaine Lanza, PhD; and Arthur Schatzkin, MD, DrPH

Topics: colonoscopy, adenoma, guidelines, surveillance, medical

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):419-426. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00004

Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment without Dementia in the United States

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Brenda L. Plassman, PhD; Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD; Gwenith G. Fisher, PhD; Steven G. Heeringa, PhD; David R. Weir, PhD; Mary Beth Ofstedal, PhD; James R. Burke, MD, PhD; Michael D. Hurd, PhD; Guy G. Potter, PhD; Willard L. Rodgers, PhD; David C. Steffens, MD, MHS; John J. McArdle, PhD; Robert J. Willis, PhD; and Robert B. Wallace, MD

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: dementia, cognitive impairment

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):427-434. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00005

Reviews

Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Treatments for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer FREE

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Timothy J. Wilt, MD, MPH; Roderick MacDonald, MS; Indulis Rutks, BA; Tatyana A. Shamliyan, MD, MS; Brent C. Taylor, PhD; and Robert L. Kane, MD

Topics: androgens, radiation therapy, brachytherapy, prostate-specific antigen, neoplasms, watchful waiting, prostate cancer, radical ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):435-448. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00209

Conferences

National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults FREE

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C. Seth Landefeld, MD; Barbara J. Bowers, PhD, RN; Andrew D. Feld, MD, JD; Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD; Eileen Hoffman, MD; Melvin J. Ingber, PhD; Joseph T. King Jr., MD, MSCE; W. Scott McDougal, MD; Heidi Nelson, MD; Endel John Orav, PhD; Michael Pignone, MD, MPH; Lisa H. Richardson; Robert M. Rohrbaugh, MD; Hilary C. Siebens, MD; and Bruce J. Trock, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):449-458. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00210

Systematic Review: Randomized, Controlled Trials of Nonsurgical Treatments for Urinary Incontinence in Women FREE

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Tatyana A. Shamliyan, MD, MS; Robert L. Kane, MD; Jean Wyman, PhD; and Timothy J. Wilt, MD, MPH

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Shamliyan and colleagues synthesized the evidence about management of urinary incontinence in women. From 96 randomized, controlled trials and 3 systematic reviews, they found that pelvic floor muscle training and bladder training can resolve the condition. Anticholinergic drugs can resolve urinary incontinence; oxybutynin and tolterodine had similar effects; and duloxetine improved but did not resolve urinary incontinence. The evidence on electrostimulation, medical devices, injectable bulking agents, and local estrogen therapy is inconsistent.

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):459-473. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00211

Editorials

Expanding the Universe of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prevention

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Ebbing Lautenbach, MD, MPH, MSCE

Topics: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):474-476. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00009

Guidelines for Surveillance Intervals after Polypectomy: Coping with the Evidence

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Thomas F. Imperiale, MD; and Harold C. Sox, MD, Editor

Topics: adenoma, guidelines, polypectomy, coping behavior, surveillance, medical

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):477-479. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00010

On Being a Doctor

The Geriatrician's Lab (Yellow)

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David B. Reuben, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):480-481. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00011

Letters

Association between Hospital Mortality and Residency Work-Hour Regulations

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Milo Puhan, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):482. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00013

Association between Hospital Mortality and Residency Work-Hour Regulations

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Kanaka D. Shetty, MD, MS; and Jayanta Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):482. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00014

Higher Gonorrhea Rates among African Americans than among White Persons in the United States

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Daniel G. Arkfeld, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):482. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00015

Higher Gonorrhea Rates among African Americans than among White Persons in the United States

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Susan A. Wang, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):482-483. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00016

Effect of Work-Hour Regulations on Outcomes

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Dena E. Rifkin, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):483. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00017

Effect of Work-Hour Regulations on Outcomes

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Leora Horwitz, MD, MHS; Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM; Zhenqui Lin, PhD; and Mikhail Kosiborod, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):483. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00018

Hippocrates Affirmed?

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Vijay H. Aswani, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):483-484. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00019

d-Dimer Testing in Pregnancy: Clinically Useful, but at What Cost?

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Giuseppe Lippi, MD; and Martina Montagnana, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):484. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00020

d-Dimer Testing in Pregnancy: Clinically Useful, but at What Cost?

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Wee-Shian Chan, MD, MSc; and Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):484-485. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00021

Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest

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Fred Rincon, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):485-486. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00022

Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest

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A. Maziar Zafari, MD, PhD; and Bahktiar Ali, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):486. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00023

Systemic Effects of Nitrofurazone-Impregnated Urinary Catheters in Trauma Patients

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William A. Stinnette, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):486. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00024

Systemic Effects of Nitrofurazone-Impregnated Urinary Catheters in Trauma Patients

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Jakob Stensballe, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):486. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00025

Nonbenzodiazepine Hypnotic Use and Cases of “Sleep Driving”

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Mary Ross Southworth, PharmD; Cindy Kortepeter, PharmD; and Alice Hughes, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):486-487. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00026

Current Clinical Issues

Massachusetts Health Care Reform Is a Pioneer Effort, but Complications Remain

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Jennifer Fisher Wilson

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Topics: primary care physicians, health care reform, insurance, health insurance, medical residencies

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):489-492. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00029

Ad Libitum

Bahamian Angel

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Joshua Latzman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):481. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00012

Summaries for Patients

Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals FREE

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Topics: hospitals, surveillance, medical, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):I-46. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00001

Cognitive Impairment without Dementia in Older Adults FREE

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Topics: dementia, cognitive impairment, elderly

Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):I-53. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00002

Medical Writings

Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization Program: Maximizing Potential

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Fred J. Hellinger, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):488. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00027

Comprehensive Management of High Risk Cardiovascular Patients

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Tsung O. Cheng, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;148(6):488. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00028

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