Table of Contents

December 18, 2001; 135 (12)

Articles

  • Effects of Diet and Sodium Intake on Blood Pressure: Subgroup Analysis of the DASH-Sodium Trial

    • William M. Vollmer,
    • Frank M. Sacks,
    • Jamy Ard,
    • Lawrence J. Appel,
    • George A. Bray,
    • Denise G. Simons-Morton,
    • Paul R. Conlin,
    • Laura P. Svetkey,
    • Thomas P. Erlinger,
    • Thomas J. Moore,
    • Njeri Karanja,
    • and for the DASH-Sodium Trial Collaborative Research Group
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1019-1028

    The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet plus reduced sodium intake is recommended to control blood pressure in diverse subgroups of patients with hypertension.

  • Newspaper Reporting of Screening Mammography

    • Jane Wells,
    • Phillip Marshall,
    • Barbara Crawley,
    • and Kay Dickersin
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1029-1037

    Newspapers tended to overrepresent support for screening mammography for women 40 to 49 years of age. Reports would have been improved by identifying all sources for information cited, relying less on relatively few sources, and discussing benefits in absolute as well as relative terms. Medical journalism may benefit from identification of standards similar to those used for reporting medical research.

  • Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain and the Progression of Disability in Older Disabled Women

    • Suzanne G. Leveille,
    • Shari Ling,
    • Marc C. Hochberg,
    • Helaine E. Resnick,
    • Karen J. Bandeen-Roche,
    • Aida Won,
    • and Jack M. Guralnik
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1038-1046

    Widespread musculoskeletal pain is frequent among community-dwelling older women with disability and appears to predict the progression of disability. Efforts to better understand the cause of this pain and its treatment might reduce the overall burden of disability.

Brief Communications

  • Quinine-Associated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura–Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Frequency, Clinical Features, and Long-Term Outcomes

    • Kiarash Kojouri,
    • Sara K. Vesely,
    • and James N. George
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1047-1051

    Quinine is a common cause of drug-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura–hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP–HUS) and can cause death and chronic renal failure. When the disorder is described as TTP–HUS rather than only as HUS, the severity of neurologic abnormalities and the occasional absence of renal failure are emphasized. To prevent recurrent disease, clinicians must recognize quinine as a possible cause.

Updates

  • Update in Hospital Medicine

    • Heidi L. Wald and
    • Mark D. Aronson
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1052-1060

    This Update reviews studies that are important to physicians who care for medical inpatients. The research is grouped into six categories: pulmonary and critical care, infectious diseases, end-of-life care, cardiology, gastroenterology, and health care quality.

Review

  • Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery

    • William H. Maisel,
    • James D. Rawn,
    • and William G. Stevenson
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1061-1073

    Atrial fibrillation frequently complicates cardiac surgery, but many cases can be prevented with appropriate prophylactic therapy. A strategy of rhythm management for symptomatic patients and rate management for all other patients usually results in reversion to sinus rhythm within 6 weeks of discharge.

Perspectives

  • Clinical Implications of Recent Findings from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment To Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) and Other Studies of Hypertension

    • Curt D. Furberg,
    • Bruce M. Psaty,
    • Marco Pahor,
    • and Michael H. Alderman
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1074-1078

    The authors address three questions: 1) Is blood pressure reduction a reliable marker for health benefits of antihypertensive drugs? 2) Does it matter how elevated blood pressure is decreased? 3) What types of antihypertensive clinical trials are needed in the future?

  • Management of Hypertension in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Guidelines Based on Current Evidence

    • Norman M. Kaplan
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1079-1083

    Achieving therapy goals in diabetic patients with hypertension usually requires several antihypertensive drugs. On the basis of their apparent superiority in slowing diabetic nephropathy, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors should probably be the first choice. Second and third choices should be a long-acting diuretic and a calcium-channel blocker or a β-blocker, respectively.

Editorial

  • Sound Clinical Advice for Hypertensive Patients

    • Cynthia Mulrow
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1084-1086

    In this issue, two perspectives highlight recent evolutions of thought regarding pharmacologic treatment for people with hypertension. In addition to pharmacologic advice, this issue also features an important report from Vollmer and colleagues on a long-debated lifestyle intervention: dietary salt restriction.

On Being a Doctor

  • It's Only 50 Cents

    • Daniel C.R. Chen
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1087-1088

    Mr. P. appreciated that newspaper more than all of the things that we were doing to preserve his life. The news that he got from the paper was stuff he understood—ERA, batting averages, standings, games behind or ahead, not squamous cell carcinoma or surgical debulking.

Letters

  • Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

    • J. Carlos Ayus and
    • Allen I. Arieff
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1089

  • Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

    • Kathleen Franco-Bronson,
    • Marijo Tamburrino,
    • and Nicolle McGowan
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1089-1090

  • Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

    • Ernest H. Friedman
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1090

  • Sex Differences in Long-Term Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

    • Viola Vaccarino and
    • Robert J. Goldberg
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1090-1091

  • Hereditary Hemochromatosis

    • Victor Herbert
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1091

  • Hereditary Hemochromatosis

    • Phillip B. Amidon and
    • Rhonda D. Jankovich
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1091

  • Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

    • Stephen Workman
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1091-1092

  • Dying Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

    • Kathy Faber-Langendoen and
    • Paul N. Lanken
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1092

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease

    • Kenneth M. Kessler
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1092-1093

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease

    • Carsten Otto and
    • Klaus Parhofer
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1093

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease

    • Francine Grodstein,
    • JoAnn E. Manson,
    • and Meir J. Stampfer
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1093-1094

  • Intercessory Prayer

    • Brian Bolton
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1094

  • Impact of Coronary Heart Disease on World Leaders

    • Tsung O. Cheng
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1094-1095

  • Impact of Coronary Heart Disease on World Leaders

    • Leslie R. Pyenson,
    • Francis X. Brickfield,
    • and Alyce Girardi
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1095

  • Some Considerations regarding Geriatric Syndromes

    • Elizabeth A. Phelan,
    • Elizabeth K. Vig,
    • and Itamar B. Abrass
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1095

  • Late Occurrence of Chronic Renal Failure in Familial Mediterranean Fever after 20 Years of Colchicine Treatment

    • Cécile Vigneau,
    • David Petrover,
    • and Jean-Daniel Sraer
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1096

Medical Writings: Book Notes

Current Clinical Issues

  • Cancer Chemotherapy: Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks

    • Brigid Kane
    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:1107-1110

Thanks to Reviewers

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Special Diets Decrease Blood Pressure

    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:S62

  • Newspaper Reporting about Mammography To Screen for Breast Cancer

    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:S63

  • Musculoskeletal Pain and the Progression of Disability among Older Women with Disability

    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:S64

  • Quinine and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura–Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

    Ann Intern Med December 18, 2001 135:S65
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