Table of Contents

Echocardiography for Assessing Cardiac Risk in Patients Having Noncardiac Surgery

• Ethan A. Halm,
• Warren S. Browner,
• Julio F. Tubau,
• Ida M. Tateo,
• and Dennis T. Mangano

Piperacillin To Prevent Cholangitis after Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Sven J. van den Hazel,
• Peter Speelman,
• Jacob Dankert,
• Kees Huibregtse,
• Guido N.J. Tytgat,
• and Dirk J. van Leeuwen

A Comparison of the Effect of Universal Use of Gloves and Gowns with That of Glove Use Alone on Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

• Sarah Slaughter,
• Mary K. Hayden,
• Catherine Nathan,
• Tzyy-Chyn Hu,
• Thomas Rice,
• Jean Van Voorhis,
• Marian Matushek,
• Cory Franklin,
• and Robert A. Weinstein

Identifying Adverse Events Caused by Medical Care: Degree of Physician Agreement in a Retrospective Chart Review

• A. Russell Localio,
• Susan L. Weaver,
• J. Richard Landis,
• Ann G. Lawthers,
• Troyen A. Brennan,
• Liesi Hebert,
• and Tonya J. Sharp

The Emergence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Decreased Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Cleveland, Ohio: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

• Steven M. Gordon,
• Cynthia J. Carlyn,
• Laura J. Doyle,
• Cynthia C. Knapp,
• David L. Longworth,
• Geraldine S. Hall,
• and John A. Washington

Performance Characteristics of a Rapid HIV Antibody Assay in a Hospital with a High Prevalence of HIV Infection

• Kathleen Irwin,
• Noemi Olivo,
• Charles A. Schable,
• J. Todd Weber,
• Robert Janssen,
• and Jerome Ernst

Survival and Functional Independence after Implantation of a Permanent Pacemaker in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians: A Population-Based Study

• Win-Kuang Shen,
• David L. Hayes,
• Stephen C. Hammill,
• Kent R. Bailey,
• David J. Ballard,
• and Bernard J. Gersh

Resolution of Heart Failure in Patients with AL Amyloidosis

• Simon Dubrey,
• Lisa Mendes,
• Martha Skinner,
• and Rodney H. Falk

Oral Manifestations of HIV Infection

• Mary Weinert,
• Richard M. Grimes,
• and Denis P. Lynch

Prophylaxis for Occupational Exposure to HIV

• Julie Louise Gerberding

Lowering Risk without Lowering Cholesterol: Implications for National Cholesterol Policy

• Andrew L. Avins and
• Warren S. Browner

Antibiotic-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: The Calm before Another Storm?

• Hunter H. Handsfield and
• William L. Whittington

Rapid Testing for HIV Antibody: A Technology Whose Time Has Come

• Freya Spielberg and
• William J. Kassler

Doctor's Orders

• Maria F. Rodowski

The Gift

• Allan L. Kennedy

Natural History of Polycythemia Vera

• Ofer Shpilberg and
• Avner Shahar

Natural History of Polycythemia Vera

• Roberto Marchioli,
• Tiziano Barbui,
• and Raffaele Landolfi

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Colitis

• David A. Nardone

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Colitis

• Anil Minocha and
• Robert J. Richards

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Colitis

• Ferric C. Fang,
• Dale N. Gerding,
• and Lance R. Peterson

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Colitis

• Stephen Holland

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Colitis

• Joseph M. Vinetz,
• Yukari Manabe,
• and John G. Bartlett

Surgical Treatment of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

• John E. Castaldo,
• James F. Toole,
• and Virginia J. Howard

Surgical Treatment of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis

• Henry J.M. Barnett,
• Michael Eliasziw,
• and Heather Meldrum

Abuse History and Gastrointestinal Illness

• Anil Minocha

Abuse History and Gastrointestinal Illness

• Douglas A. Drossman

Recognition of IgD and Periodic Fever

• Joost P.H. Drenth,
• Ina S. Klasen,
• and Jos W.M. van der Meer

Meta-Analysis and Bouillabaisse

• William A. Ghali and
• Warren Y. Hershman

Meta-Analysis and Bouillabaisse

• William M. Tierney

Meta-Analysis and Bouillabaisse

• Franz H. Messerli

Rating Long-Term Care Facilities on Pressure Ulcers

• Thomas E. Finucane

Rating Long-Term Care Facilities on Pressure Ulcers

• Dan R. Berlowitz,
• Gary H. Brandeis,
• and Mark A. Moskowitz

Elevated Levels of Circulating Transforming Growth Factor-β 1 in Patients with the Sepsis Syndrome

• Christelle Marie,
• Jean-Marc Cavaillon,
• and Marie-Reine Losser

Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Developing during Interferon-α Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

• Pierre Chedin,
• Juliette Cahen-Varsaux,
• and Nathalie Boyer

Enoxaparin-Induced Skin Necrosis

• Moshe Fried,
• Sraya Kahanovich,
• and Rephael Dagan (Reiss)

Use of Pulse Oximetry for Assessing Ulnar Collateral Flow

• James A. Kruse

Use of Pulse Oximetry for Assessing Ulnar Collateral Flow

• Karen O'Mara

Microsporidia in Humans

• Johannes Berg,
• Leslie E. Diaz,
• and Bradley S. Bender

Enteroadherent eaeA-Positive Escherichia coli Associated with Chronic AIDS-Related Diarrhea

• John H. Hii,
• John G. Guccion,
• and Cynthia L. Gilbert

Internal Medicine and Training Subspecialists

• Robert M. Moser

Future Roles of Subspecialists

• Stephen J. Seligman

Future Roles of Subspecialists

• Eugene M. Bozymski

Future Roles of Subspecialists

• Lynn O. Langdon,
• Harry R. Kimball,
• and Phillip P. Toskes

Internal Medicine and Family Medicine

• Clifford F. Feiner

Internal Medicine and Family Medicine

• Richard B. Davis

Internal Medicine and Family Medicine

• Gary M. Onady

Internal Medicine and Family Medicine

• Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz

Internal Medicine and Family Medicine

• John Saultz

Correction: Duplicate Publication

Reviews and Notes: Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention into Practice

• Eddy A. Bresnitz

Reviews and Notes: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Reviews and Notes: The Patient's Story: Integrated Patient-Doctor Interviewing

Reviews and Notes: Cardiology: Atlas of Heart Diseases. Vol. 4: Heart Failure: Cardiac Function and Dysfunction

• Thomas D. Giles

Reviews and Notes: Cardiology: Atlas of Heart Diseases. Vol. 6: Heart Disease in the Presence of Disorders of Other Organ Systems

• Joshua Wynne

Reawakening

• Thomas J. Biuso