Annals of Internal Medicine

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20 October 2009, Vol. 151. No. 8

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Articles

Effect of Fluticasone With and Without Salmeterol on Pulmonary Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Trial

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Thérèse S. Lapperre, MD; Jiska B. Snoeck-Stroband, MD; Margot M.E. Gosman, PhD, MD; Désirée F. Jansen, PhD; Annemarie van Schadewijk, MSc; Henk A. Thiadens, PhD, MD; Judith M. Vonk, PhD; H. Marike Boezen, PhD; Nick H.T. ten Hacken, PhD, MD; Jacob K. Sont, PhD; Klaus F. Rabe, PhD, MD; Huib A.M. Kerstjens, PhD, MD; Pieter S. Hiemstra, PhD; Wim Timens, PhD, MD; Dirkje S. Postma, PhD, MD; Peter J. Sterk, PhD, MD, the GLUCOLD (Groningen Leiden Universities Corticosteroids in Obstructive Lung Disease) Study Group

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: chronic obstructive airway disease, lung, factor v leiden, academic medical centers, netherlands, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):517-527. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00004

Collaborative Meta-analysis: Associations of 150 Candidate Genes With Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fracture

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J. Brent Richards, MD, MSc; Fotini K. Kavvoura, MD, PhD; Fernando Rivadeneira, MD, PhD; Unnur Styrkársdóttir, PhD; Karol Estrada, MSc; Bjarni V. Halldórsson, PhD; Yi-Hsiang Hsu, MD, ScD; M. Carola Zillikens, MD; Scott G. Wilson, PhD; Benjamin H. Mullin, BSc; Najaf Amin, MSc; Yurii S. Aulchenko, PhD; L. Adrienne Cupples, PhD; Panagiotis Deloukas, PhD; Serkalem Demissie, PhD; Albert Hofman, MD, PhD; Augustine Kong, PhD; David Karasik, PhD; Joyce B. van Meurs, PhD; Ben A. Oostra, PhD; Huibert A.P. Pols, MD, PhD; Gunnar Sigurdsson, MD, PhD; Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, PhD; Nicole Soranzo, PhD; Frances M.K. Williams, MD, PhD; Yanhua Zhou, MSc; Stuart H. Ralston, MD; Gudmar Thorleifsson, PhD; Cornelia M. van Duijn, PhD; Douglas P. Kiel, MD, MPH; Kari Stefansson, MD, PhD; André G. Uitterlinden, PhD; John P.A. Ioannidis, MD, PhD; Tim D. Spector, MD, MSc, GEFOS (Genetic Factors for Osteoporosis) Consortium

Includes: Supplemental Content

Topics: osteoporosis, fracture, netherlands, single nucleotide polymorphism, genetics, osteoporotic fractures, candidate disease gene ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):528-537. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00006

Cost-Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening in Women Older Than 30 Years in the United States

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Jane J. Kim, PhD; Jesse Ortendahl, BS; and Sue J. Goldie, MD, MPH

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: cost effectiveness, human papillomavirus, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, vaccination, vaccines, women, cost-effectiveness analysis, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):538-545. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00007

Improving Patient Care

Risk for Hospital Contact With Infection in Patients With Splenectomy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

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Reimar W. Thomsen, MD, PhD; W. Marieke Schoonen, MSc, PhD; Dóra K. Farkas, MSc; Anders Riis, MSc; Jacob Jacobsen, MSc; Jon P. Fryzek, PhD; and Henrik Toft Sørensen, MD, DMSc

Includes: Summaries For Patients

Topics: hospitals, splenectomy, infection, international classification of diseases

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):546-555. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00008

Reviews

Systematic Review: Charged-Particle Radiation Therapy for Cancer FREE

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Teruhiko Terasawa, MD; Tomas Dvorak, MD; Stanley Ip, MD; Gowri Raman, MD; Joseph Lau, MD; and Thomas A. Trikalinos, MD, PhD

Topics: radiation therapy, cancer

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):556-565. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00145

Meta-analysis: Ventilation Strategies and Outcomes of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Lung Injury

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Christian Putensen, MD, PhD; Nils Theuerkauf, MD; Jörg Zinserling, PhD; Hermann Wrigge, MD, PhD; and Paolo Pelosi, MD

Topics: respiration, acute lung injury, positive end-expiratory pressure, respiratory distress syndrome, adult, environmental ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):566-576. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00011

Ideas and Opinions

Medicine as Ecoculture

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Muriel R. Gillick, MD

Topics: positron-emission tomography, alzheimer's disease, ecosystem, florida, health care reform, hospitals, medicare, schools, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):577-580. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00012

Editorials

Identification of Osteoporosis Risk Genes: The Tip of the Iceberg

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Joseph M. Zmuda, PhD

Topics: osteoporosis

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):581-582. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00013

Randomized Trials and Technology Assessment FREE

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Joel E. Tepper, MD; and A. William Blackstock, MD

Topics: radiation therapy, cancer, cancer care facilities, medical oncology, protons, neoplasms, toxic effect ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):583-584. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00146

On Being a Patient

Lovenox Hurts

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Samantha M. Jaglowski, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):585-586. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00015

Letters

Responses to USPSTF Guideline on Aspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

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Vikram Budhraja, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):587. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00017

Responses to USPSTF Guideline on Aspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

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Arun V. Mohan, MD, MBA; Carmen Patrick Mohan, MD; and Richard Balaban, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):587-588. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00018

Responses to USPSTF Guideline on Aspirin for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

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Ned Calonge, MD, MPH; Diana Petitti, MD, MPH; and Mary Barton, MD, MPP

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):588. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00019

Missed Opportunities in the Trial on Proton-Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers

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Vivian Yih, BSc(Pharm); and Aaron Tejani, BSc(Pharm), PharmD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):588-589. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00020

Missed Opportunities in the Trial on Proton-Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers

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Hwai-Jeng Lin, MD; and Yao-Chun Hsu, MD, MSc

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):589. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00021

Missed Opportunities in the Trial on Proton-Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers

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Alejandro Piscoya, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):589-590. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00022

Missed Opportunities in the Trial on Proton-Pump Inhibitor Therapy in Bleeding Peptic Ulcers

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Joseph J.Y. Sung, MD, PhD; Alan Barkun, MD; and Ernst J. Kuipers, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):590. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00023

Universal Insurance Coverage and Health Care Inequity

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Zhiping Yang, MD; Qiong Wu, MD; and Daiming Fan, PhD, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):590-591. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00024

Inappropriate Diagnosis and Chelation Treatment of Alleged Heavy-Metal Toxicity

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Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD; and Stephen Barrett, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):591. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00025

Correction: Effects of a Mediterranean-Style Diet on the Need for Antihyperglycemic Drug Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):591. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00026

Ad Libitum

The Doctor Will See You

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Henry S. Kahn, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):527. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00005

Oracle Bones

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Richard Donze, DO, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):565. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00010

Prison Break

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George N. Braman, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):586. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00016

ACP Journal Club

Stratification for exploring heterogeneity in systematic reviews

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Topics: heterogeneity, stratification

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-2. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02002

Review: Preoperative smoking cessation interventions reduce postoperative complications

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Topics: smoking cessation, postoperative complications

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-4. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02004

Adding prompt revascularization to medical therapy did not reduce mortality or CV events in patients with type 2 diabetes and CAD

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Topics: diabetes mellitus, type 2, mortality, revascularization

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-5. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02005

Minimally invasive and conventional glucose monitoring did not differ for long-term glycemic control in insulin-treated diabetes

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Topics: diabetes mellitus, insulin, glucose control, glucose measurement by monitoring device

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-6. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02006

Rosiglitazone was noninferior to metformin plus sulfonylurea for CV events but increased risk for HF and fractures in type 2 diabetes

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Topics: metformin, rosiglitazone, diabetes mellitus, type 2, fracture, hafnium, sulfonylurea compounds

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-8. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02008

Graduated compression stockings did not prevent deep venous thrombosis after stroke and increased skin complications

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Topics: deep vein thrombosis, cerebrovascular accident, ischemic stroke, stockings, compression

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-9. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02009

Review: Evidence for the effectiveness of nonsurgical interventions for low back pain and radiculopathy is limited

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Topics: low back pain, radiculopathy

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-10. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02010

Review: Evidence for the effectiveness of surgery for low back pain, radiculopathy, and spinal stenosis is limited

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Topics: low back pain, radiculopathy, spinal stenosis

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-11. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02011

Quadrivalent HPV vaccine reduced risk for HPV infection and related disease in women 24 to 45 years of age

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Topics: human papillomavirus, women, human papillomavirus type 18 l1 vlp vaccine, papillomavirus vaccine, ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-12. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02012

Review: Amiodarone reduces risk for sudden cardiac death but not all-cause mortality in cardiomyopathy

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Topics: amiodarone, sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy, mortality

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-13. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02013

Review: Statins reduce mortality and cardiovascular events in adults at risk for cardiovascular disease

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Topics: statins, cardiovascular diseases, mortality, cardiovascular event

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-14. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02014

Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is the most accurate noninvasive imaging technique for carotid stenosis

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Topics: magnetic resonance angiography, carotid stenosis, diagnostic imaging

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):JC4-15. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-02015

Summaries for Patients

Effect of Treatment With Fluticasone With and Without Salmeterol on Airway Inflammation and Lung Function in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease FREE

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Topics: chronic obstructive airway disease, inflammation, pulmonary function tests, salmeterol, fluticasone, airway device ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):I-21. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00001

Cost-Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening in Women Older Than 30 Years in the United States FREE

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Topics: cost effectiveness, women, cost-effectiveness analysis, cervical cancer screening, human papilloma virus vaccine ...

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):I-36. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00002

Risk for Hospitalization for Infection in Patients Who Have Had Splenectomy FREE

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Topics: hospitalization, splenectomy, infection

Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):I-42. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00003

Medical Writings

Future of Bioethics

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Arnold R. Eiser, MD

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):592. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00027

The Practice of International Health: A Case-Based Orientation

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Frank J. Bia, MD, MPH

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Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(8):592. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-151-8-200910200-00028

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