Annals of Internal Medicine 2001 - Abstracts

Annals of Internal Medicine 2001
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ACOVE quality indicators.(a list of 236 quality indicators covering 22 medical conditions that affect the elderly)(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)Health 
A new and improved system for excluding the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
A new anti-inflammatory therapy (infliximab) for complicated sarcoidosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
A new mechanism for controlling the number of red cells in the blood.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Antipersonnel land mines: a vector for human suffering.(Editorial)HealthJames C. Cobey, Nathaniel A. Raymond
Aplastic anemia: which treatment?(Editorial)HealthJanis L. Abkowitz
Assessing care of vulnerable elders: methods for developing quality indicators.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthPaul G. Shekelle, Sally C. Morton, Catherine H. MacLean, Neil S. Wenger
Associations between cancer and inflammation of the muscles.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Avoiding low blood sugar levels restores diabetic patients' ability to recognize the warning symptoms of low blood sugar.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Benefits of lowering cholesterol levels in older patients.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Beta-blockers improve survival and decrease hospitalizations in patients with heart failure.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Blood clots in people with the factor V Leiden mutation.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Blood flow to the heart varies during the menstrual cycle in premenopausal women with heart disease.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Brain lesions in scuba divers.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Bupropion to prevent relapse in people who quit cigarette smoking.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Can genetics help diagnose the hyper-IgD and periodic fever syndrome?(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Can joint negotiation restore physicians' professional autonomy?(Editorial)HealthDavid C. Hsia
Cardiovascular disease and death in older adults with small aneurysm in the abdominal aorta.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Cell biology: a future fueled by genomics.(Current Clinical Issues)HealthDoris Margolis
Chemoprevention in ulcerative colitis: narrowing the gap between clinical practice and research.(Editorial)HealthErnest T. Hawk, Jaye L. Viner
Clinical librarianship: its value in medical care.(Current Clinical Issues)HealthLoraine F. Schacher
Colloid use for fluid resuscitation: evidence and spin.(Editorial)HealthDeborah Cook, Gordon Guyatt
Combination therapies commonly used for stomach ulcers are probably not useful for treating stomach discomfort.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Combining methotrexate with prednisone to treat temporal arteritis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Comparison of two forms of the anticlotting drug heparin for treatment of blood clots in the legs.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Complications of diabetes and deafness inherited through the patient's mother.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Computer systems to help with ordering blood tests in primary care.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Coronary artery disease in young women: the menstrual cycle and other risk factors.(Editorial)HealthPamela Charney
Coronary events in world leaders.(Editorial)HealthJ. Willis Hurst
Cost-effectiveness of implantable defibrillators versus the drug amiodarone to prevent abnormal heart rhythms after heart attack.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Cost-effectiveness of screening for microsatellite instability to detect hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Delayed-onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Depression screening is not enough.(Editorial)HealthKurt Kroenke
Detecting pulmonary emboli with helical computed tomography.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Determinants of vancomycin resistance and death in enterococcal bacteremia.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Diagnosing primary HIV infection.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Diagnosis of acute HIV infection: it's time to get moving!(Editorial)HealthTimothy Flanigan, Karen T. Tashima
Diagnosis of renal artery stenosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Differences between men and women in risk for death after a heart attack.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Disease prediction models aim to guide medical decision making.(Current Clinical Issues)HealthTom Reynold
Doctrs' willingness to participate in the death penalty.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Does interferon-alpha prevent recurrence of malignant tumors in patients with hepatitis C-related liver cancer?(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Eating fruits and vegetables helps prevent coronary heart disease.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Edema of the bone marrow can cause pain in osteoarthritis and other diseases of bone and joints.(Editorial)HealthAlfred Jay Bollet
Effect of case managers on the care of patients with HIV infection.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Effects of hormone replacement therapy on cholesterol levels in elderly women.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Effects of universal vaccination for hepatitis B.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Evidence base for management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.(Position Paper)(Clinical Practice Guideline, part 1)HealthVincenza Snow, Christel Mottur-Pilson, Steven Lascher
Factors associated with normal blood pressure after surgery to treat primary aldosteronism.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Factors associated with the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Fatal inflammatory condition in a patient with a variant bacterial strain.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Fine-needle biopsy of pancreatic masses.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Food poisoning from alfalfa and clover sprouts.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Gangrene of the leg during warfarin treatment in a patient with cancer.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Genes and HIV progression.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Glass houses and the glory of the climb.(ACOVE, the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders project)(Editorial)HealthChristopher M. Callahan
Heart disease in world leaders.(Summaries for Patients)(Statistical Data Included)Health 
Heart valve abnormalities 1 year after patients stopped taking the weight-loss drug dexfenfluramine.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk for heart attacks in men.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Helping patients take responsibility for their own health.(Editorial)HealthAndrew Herxheimer
High-dose cyclophosphamide to treat severe aplastic anemia.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
HIV resistance testing in clinical practice: a QALY-fied success.(Editorial)HealthMichael Saag
Home monitoring service improves blood pressure control in patients with high blood pressure.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women with heart disease and risk for gallstones that require surgery.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
How willing are doctors to give patients with terminal cancer accurate information about their chances of survival?(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Ibopamine: a drug that has opposite effects depending on the severity of a patient's disease.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Impaired thinking in sick patients.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Implications and challenges using practice guidelines for chronic angina.(Editorial)HealthE. Magnus Ohman, Eric Peterson
Improvement of precancerous changes in the stomach after treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Improving on a coin toss to predict patient adherence to medications.(Editorial)HealthBarbara J. Turner, Frederick M. Hecht
Improving protection against infection in people without enough immunoglobulin.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Improving the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Increased mortality among middle-aged women after myocardial infarction: searching for mechanisms and solutions.(Editorial)HealthJohn Z. Ayanian
Inhaled insulin for type 2 diabetes: solution or distraction?(Editorial)HealthDavid M. Nathan
In some women, postmenopausal hormone use increases short-term risk for heart disease, but decreases risk in the long term.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Institutional review boards: a crisis in confidence.(Editorial)HealthRobert J. Levine
Is aspirin a cost-effective addition to colorectal cancer screening?(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Itraconazole and amphotericin B to treat fungal infections in patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherapy.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
"I wish things were different": expressing wishes in response to loss, futility, and unrealistic hopes.(Words That Make a Difference)(Medical Writings)HealthRobert M. Arnold, Timothy E. Quill, Frederic Platt
James Edgar Paullin: internist to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Oslerian, and forgotten leader of American medicine.(Medical Writings)HealthJ. Willis Hurst, Mark E. Silverman
Kidney disease in patients with lupus who are treated with potent drugs that suppress the imune system.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
"Let me see if I have this right...": words that help build empathy.(Medical Writings)HealthFrederic W. Platt, John L. Coulehan, Barry Egener, Richard Frankel, Chen-Tan Lin, Beth Lown, William H. Salazar
Long-term outcome of patients with kidney damage due to Goodpasture disease who receive very intensive treatment.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Low-molecular-weight heparin given for several weeks after hip surgery prevents deep venous thrombosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Managing excessive warfarin anticoagulation.(Editorial)HealthHenry I. Bussey
Melphalan plus stem-cell transplantation improves kidney function in patients with primary amyloidosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Mitochondrial DNA mutations and diabetes: another step toward individualized medicine.(Editorial)HealthNathan Fischel-Ghodian
Musculoskeletal pain and the progression of disability among older women with disability.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Mutations of the angiotensinogen gene and the risk for heart disease and stroke.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Narrative medicine: form, function, and ethics.(Medical Writings)HealthRita Charon
Newspaper reporting about mammography to screen for breast cancer.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Obesity and hypertension: what should we do?(Editorial)HealthThomas G. Pickering
Outcomes of chronic infection with hepatitis B virus.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Out of thin air: the evolving enigma of erythropoietin and neocytolysis.(Editorial)HealthBernard A. Harris Jr., Paul E. Epstein
Overuse of coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Patient-initiated treatment of recurrent urinary tract infection in women.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Physical activity and the risk for heart disease and stroke in women with diabetes.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Physical fitness and carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged men.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Physician burnout.(Current Clinical Issues)HealthLinda Gundersen
Physician participation in executions: time to eliminate anonymity provisions and protest the practice.(Editorial)HealthLinda L. Emanuel, Leigh B. Bienen
Postmenopausal estrogen helps prevent atherosclerosis in some women.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Predicting postoperative pulmonary complications: the sleeping giant stirs.(Editorial)HealthValerie A. Lawrence
Predicting recovery of heart muscle strength after a heart attack.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Predicting risk for prolonged high INR after too much anticoagulation.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Predictors of outcomes in patients with HIV infection treated with indinavir, zidovudine, and lamivudine.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute pharyngitis in adults.(Clinical Practice Guideline, part 1)(Position Paper)HealthJerome R. Hoffman, Vincenza Snow, Christel Mottur-Pilson, Richelle J. Cooper
Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute sinusitis in adults.(Clinical Practice Guideline, part 1)(Position Paper)HealthVincenza Snow, Christel Mottur-Pilson, John M. Hickner
Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of acute bronchitis in adults.(Clinical Practice Guideline, part 1)(Position Paper)HealthRalph Gonzales, Vincenza Snow, Christel Mottur-Pilson
Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for treatment of nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections in adults.(Clinical Practice Guideline, part 1)(Position Paper)HealthRalph Gonzales, Vincenza Snow, Christel Mottur-Pilson
Prognostic models abound, but how useful are they?(Current Clinical Issues)HealthTom Reynolds
Protecting future generations through immunization against hepatitis B.(Editorial)HealthMiriam J. Alter
Quality indicators for appropriate medication use in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthJerry Avorn, Eric L. Knight
Quality indicators for dementia in vulnerable community-dwelling and hospitalized elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthCatherine H. MacLean, Tiffany W. Chow
Quality indicators for end-of-life care in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthNeil S. Wenger, Kenneth Rosenfeld
Quality indicators for pain management in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthPaul G. Shekelle, Neil S. Wenger, Bruce A. Ferrell, Joshua Chodosh
Quality indicators for prevention and management of pressure ulcers in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthBarbara M. Bates-Jensen
Quality indicators for the management and prevention of falls and mobility problems in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthCatherine H. MacLean, Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Christopher M. Powers
Quality indicators for the management of heart failure in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthGregg C. Fonarow
Quality indicators for the management of osteoporosis in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthCatherine H. MacLean, Jennifer M. Grossman
Quality indicators for the management of pneumonia in vulnerable elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthDavid C. Rhew
Quality indicators for the management of urinary incontinence in vulnerable community-dwelling elders.(Quality Indicators for Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders)HealthJ.F. Schnelle, Rick L. Smith
Reasons for sex-specific and gender-specific study of health topics.(Current Clinical Issues)HealthDeborah Gesensway
Relationship among transfusion-related hepatitis C, alcohol abuse, and cirrhosis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Resistance training enhances the value of protein restriction in the treatment of chronic kidney disease.(Editorial)HealthJohn B. Coply
Restricted activity among older people living in the community.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Restricted activity: key indiator of decline or "just having a bad day"?(Editorial)HealthEdward R. Marcantonio
Risk factors for coronary heart disease in young men.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Selecting patients with colorectal cancer to test for genetic abnormalities.(Summaries For Patients)Health 
Silver lining to the cloud over anorexogen-related cardiac valvulopathy?(Editorial)HealthMartin St. John Sutton
Social status and life expectancy in an advantaged population: a study of Academy Award-winning actors.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Social status and mortality.(Editorial)HealthRay Fitzpatrick
Sound clinical advice for hypertensive patients.(Editorial)HealthCynthia Mulrow
Special diets decrease blood pressure.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Sponsorship, authorship, and accountability.(Editorial)HealthHarold C. Sox, Catherine D. DeAngelis, Frank Davidoff, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Liselotte Hojgaard, John Hoey, Richard Horton, Sheldon Kotzin, Magne Nylenna, Michael S. Wilkes, A. John P.M. Overbeke, Martin B. van der Weyden
Symptoms: in the head or in the brain?(Editorial)HealthAnthony L. Komaroff
Task force readying first wave of new prevention guidelines.(Current Clinical Issues)HealthTom Reynolds
"Tell me about yourself": the patient-centered interview.(Medical Writings)HealthFrederic W. Platt, David L. Gaspar, John L. Coulehan, Lucy Fox, Andrew J. Adler, W. Wayne Weston, Robert C. Smith, Moira Stewart
The association of bone marrow lesions with pain in knee osteoarthritis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The cost-effectiveness of screening primary care patients for depression.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The cost-effectiveness of testing HIV for genetic signs of drug resistance as a guide to the choice of therapy.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The effect of ACE inhibitors on kidney function in patients with type 1 diabetes.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The effect of age on the risk for complications and death after noncardiac surgery.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on the progression of nondiabetic renal disease: a pooled analysis of individual-patient data from 11 randomized, controlled trials.(Editorial)HealthRobert W. Schrier, Raymond O. Estacio
The effects of hormone replacement therapy on blood pressure in postmenopausal women.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The effects of weight loss on blood pressure.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
The kidney in cardiovascular disease.(Editorial)HealthBertram L. Kasiske
The remains of the profession, or what the butler knew.(Medical Writings)HealthEllen S. More
The treatment of lupus nephritis: revisiting Galen.(Editorial)HealthEdmund J. Lewis
To change or not to change: "sounds like you have a dilemma".(Words That Make a Difference)(Medical Writings)HealthWendy Levinson, Marc S. Cohan, Donald Brady, F. Daniel Duffy
Too much thyroid hormone increases risk for bone fractures.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Treating type 2 diabetes with inhaled insulin.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Treatment and outcomes of heart attacks in people with pacemakers.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Treatment for sleep apnea in people without symptoms.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Trial of a drug to decrease the risk for heart disease in patients with mild kidney failure.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Triple-drug therapy may improve sugar control in adults with diabetes.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Tropheryma whippelii DNA is rare in the intestines of patients without other signs of Whipple disease.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Truth in the most optimistic way.(Editorial)HealthPeter A. Ubel
Twenty years into the HIV epidemic, do we CARE enough to manage it well?(Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act)(Editorial)HealthWilliam C. Holmes, Kevin R. Conare
Two types of diets improve blood vessel function in men with high cholesterol.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Unrecognized heart attacks in women with known coronary artery disease.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Update in addiction medicine.HealthRobert K. Schneider, James L. Levenson, Sidney H. Schnoll
Update in allergy and immunology.HealthAnthony Montanaro, Stephen A. Tilles
Update in cardiology.HealthWilliam H. Frishman
Update in dermatology.HealthRebecca A. Kazin, Nancy R. Lowitt, Mark H. Lowitt
Update in endocrinology.HealthLeonard Wartofsky
Update in general internal medicine.HealthEric B. Larson, John V.L. Sheffield
Update in hematology.HealthGeraldine P. Schechter, Harish P.G. Dave, Barbara M. Alving
Update in hepatology.HealthWillis C. Maddrey
Update in hospital medicine.HealthHeidi L. Wald, Mark D. Aronson
Update in infectious diseases.HealthGerald L. Mandell
Update in preventive medicine.HealthLaurence H. Beck
Ursodiol is associated with fewer precancerous abnormalities of the colon in certain patients with ulcerative colitis.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Use of prescription weight loss pills by U.S. adults in 1996-1998.(Summaries for Patients)(Statistical Data Included)Health 
Using a type of blood pressure medicine, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, to prevent worsening of kidney disease unrelated to diabetes.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Using multiple drugs in combination helps patients with advanced AIDS.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Weight-training exercises to counterct the negative effects of low-protein diets in people with kidney disease.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
What happens to heart valve damage caused by diet drugs after treatment with the drug has been stopped?(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Whether albumin therapy improves or worsens survival of critically ill patients is not known.(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Who gets pneumonia after surgery?(Summaries for Patients)Health 
Who should get treated for sleep apnea?(Editorial)HealthGreg Maislin, Allan I. Pack
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