Annals of Internal Medicine

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5 August 2008, Vol. 149. No. 3

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Articles

Revising Expectations from Rapid HIV Tests in the Emergency Department

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Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH; Christian Arbelaez, MD, MPH; William M. Reichmann, MA; Ron M. Walls, MD; Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MSc; Brian L. Block, BA; Matthew Dooley, BA; Adam Hetland, BA; Simeon Kimmel, BA; Jessica D. Solomon, BS; and Elena Losina, PhD

Includes: Summaries For Patients | Audio/Video

Topics: hiv, emergency service, hospital, hiv infection, hiv screen, rapid hiv test, false-positive ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):153-160. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00003

Behavioral Therapy to Enable Women with Urge Incontinence to Discontinue Drug Treatment: A Randomized Trial

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Kathryn L. Burgio, PhD; Stephen R. Kraus, MD; Shawn Menefee, MD; Diane Borello-France, PT, PhD; Marlene Corton, MD; Harry W. Johnson, MD; Veronica Mallett, MD; Peggy Norton, MD; Mary P. FitzGerald, MD; Kimberly J. Dandreo, MSc; Holly E. Richter, PhD, MD; Thomas Rozanski, MD; Michael Albo, MD; Halina M. Zyczynski, MD; Gary E. Lemack, MD; Toby C. Chai, MD; Salil Khandwala, MD; Jan Baker, APRN; Linda Brubaker, MD; Anne M. Stoddard, ScD; Patricia S. Goode, MD; Betsy Nielsen-Omeis, RN, BSN; Charles W. Nager, MD; Kimberly Kenton, MD; Sharon L. Tennstedt, PhD; John W. Kusek, PhD; T. Debuene Chang, MD; Leroy M. Nyberg, MD, PhD; William Steers, MD, Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network

Topics: pharmacotherapy, behavior therapy, combined modality therapy, urinary incontinence, women, urge incontinence

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):161-169. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00005

A National Study of Chronic Disease Prevalence and Access to Care in Uninsured U.S. Adults

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Andrew P. Wilper, MD, MPH; Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH; Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH; Danny McCormick, MD, MPH; David H. Bor, MD; and David U. Himmelstein, MD

Topics: chronic disease, health services accessibility, insurance

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):170-176. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00006

Reviews

Systematic Review: T-Cell–based Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Update FREE

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Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD; Alice Zwerling, MSc; and Dick Menzies, MD, MSc

Topics: ballistocardiography, interferons, t-lymphocyte, tuberculin test, tuberculosis, latent tuberculosis, human leukocyte interferon, quantiferon-tb ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):177-184. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00241

Clinical Guidelines

Screening for Prostate Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement FREE

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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Includes: Supplemental Content | Summaries For Patients

Topics: preventive medicine, advisory committees, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):185-191. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00008

Benefits and Harms of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening for Prostate Cancer: An Evidence Update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force FREE

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Kenneth Lin, MD; Robert Lipsitz, MD, MPH; Therese Miller, DrPH; and Supriya Janakiraman, MD, MPH

Includes: Supplemental Content | Summaries For Patients

Topics: preventive medicine, advisory committees, prostate-specific antigen, prostate cancer, prostate-specific antigen screening, prostate ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):192-199. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00009

Ideas and Opinions

Against Diagnosis

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Andrew J. Vickers, PhD; Ethan Basch, MD; and Michael W. Kattan, PhD

Topics: antibiotics, aorta, myocardial infarction, obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, diabetes ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):200-203. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00010

Editorials

The Deadliest Catch: Fishing for HIV in New Waters

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Christopher D. Pilcher, MD; and C. Bradley Hare, MD

Topics: hiv, hiv screen

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):204-205. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00011

Improving Care and Outcomes of Uninsured Persons with Chronic Disease … Now

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Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH

Topics: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus, type 2, chin, chronic disease, health services ...

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):206-208. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00012

On Being a Doctor

Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle Rejuvenates a Marriage

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Manoj Jain, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):209-210. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00013

On Being a Patient

A World No Less Sublime

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Steve Blevins, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):211-212. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00014

Letters

Is There Enough Evidence to Support Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy?

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Hariprasad Trivedi, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):213. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00015

Is There Enough Evidence to Support Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy?

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Denise A. Gonzales, MD; Robert A. Star, MD; Steven J. Kern, BS; Charles Natanson, MD; and Robert L. Danner, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):213-214. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00016

Is There Enough Evidence to Support Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy?

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Giuseppe Ferrante, MD; Didier Locca, MD; and Peter Barlis, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):214-215. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00017

Is There Enough Evidence to Support Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy?

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Otavio Berwanger, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):215. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00018

Is There Enough Evidence to Support Use of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast-Induced Nephropathy?

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Aine M. Kelly, MD, MS; Ben Dwamena, MD; and Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):215-216. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00019

Fever Increases the Risk for Cardiac Arrest in the Brugada Syndrome

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Ahmad S. Amin, MD; Paola G. Meregalli, MD; Abdennasser Bardai, MD; Arthur A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD; and Hanno L. Tan, MD, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):216-218. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00020

A Case of Apical Ballooning Cardiomyopathy Associated with Duloxetine

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Benjamin R. Bergman, MD; Harmony R. Reynolds, MD; Adam H. Skolnick, MD; and Demetrio Castillo, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):218-219. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00021

Correction: Effectiveness of Drugs for Preventing Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):219. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00022

Correction: Reported Methodologic Quality and Discrepancies between Large and Small Randomized Trials in Meta-Analyses

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Lise L. Gluud, MD, DrMedSc; Kristian Thorlund, BSc; Christian Gluud, MD, DrMedSc; Lesley Woods, MD, PhD; Ross Harris, MSc; and Jonathan A.C. Sterne, MSc, PhD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):219. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00023

Ad Libitum

Peace at the Minneapolis V.A.

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Cynthia Scott, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):160. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00004

In the Clinic

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

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Jennifer F. Wilson

Topics: gastroesophageal reflux disease

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):ITC2-1. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-01002

Summaries for Patients

Rapid Oral Testing for HIV Infection FREE

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Topics: infection, hiv screen

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):I-30. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00001

Screening for Prostate Cancer with Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations FREE

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Topics: preventive medicine, advisory committees, prostate-specific antigen, prostate cancer screening

Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):I-37. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00002

Medical Writings

Medical Practice Management in the 21st Century: The Handbook

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Dawn S. Brezina, MD; and Paul Brezina, MD, MBA

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):220. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00024

Unnatural History: Breast Cancer and American Society

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Eleni Linos, MD, MPH, DrPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(3):220. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00025

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