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August 7, 2001; 135 (3)

Articles

  • Patient Survival after Human Albumin Administration: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials

    • Mahlon M. Wilkes and
    • Roberta J. Navickis
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:149-164

    Overall, this meta-analysis of 55 studies detected no effect of albumin on mortality; any such effect may therefore be small. This finding supports the safety of albumin. The influence of methodologic quality on relative risk for death suggests the need for further well-designed clinical trials.

  • The Effect of Two Different Dosages of Intravenous Immunoglobulin on the Incidence of Recurrent Infections in Patients with Primary Hypogammaglobulinemia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Crossover Trial

    • Heleen W. Eijkhout,
    • Jos W.M. van der Meer,
    • Cees G.M. Kallenberg,
    • Ron S. Weening,
    • Jaap T. van Dissel,
    • Lieke A.M. Sanders,
    • Paul F.W. Strengers,
    • Henriët Nienhuis,
    • Peter Th.A. Schellekens,
    • and for the Inter-University Working Party for the Study of Immune Deficiencies
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:165-174

    In patients with hypogammaglobulinemia, doubling the standard dose of intravenous immunoglobulin significantly reduced the number and duration of infections.

  • The Effect of Vancomycin and Third-Generation Cephalosporins on Prevalence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in 126 U.S. Adult Intensive Care Units

    • Scott K. Fridkin,
    • Jonathan R. Edwards,
    • Jeanne M. Courval,
    • Holly Hill,
    • Fred C. Tenover,
    • Rachel Lawton,
    • Robert P. Gaynes,
    • John E. McGowan, Jr.,
    • and for the Intensive Care Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiology (ICARE) Project and the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Hospitals
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:175-183

    Higher rates of vancomycin or third-generation cephalosporin use were associated with increased prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection, independent of other intensive care unit characteristics and the endemic VRE prevalence elsewhere in the study hospitals. Decreasing the use of these antimicrobial agents could reduce rates of VRE infection in intensive care units.

Brief Communications

  • A Prospective Study of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity and the Risk for Future Myocardial Infarction among Socioeconomically Similar U.S. Men

    • Paul M. Ridker,
    • John Danesh,
    • Linda Youngman,
    • Rory Collins,
    • Meir J. Stampfer,
    • Richard Peto,
    • and Charles H. Hennekens
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:184-188

    In a socioeconomically homogeneous population, there was limited evidence of association between Helicobacter pylori exposure and risk for future myocardial infarction.

Academia and Clinic

  • Varieties of Healing. 1: Medical Pluralism in the United States

    • Ted J. Kaptchuk and
    • David M. Eisenberg
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:189-195

    At all points in the history of the United States, several medical options have been available to its citizens. The recent increased awareness of alternative medicine represents both a historic continuation of U.S. medical pluralism and a dramatic reconfiguration away from antagonism and toward a postmodern acknowledgment of diversity.

  • Varieties of Healing. 2: A Taxonomy of Unconventional Healing Practices

    • Ted J. Kaptchuk and
    • David M. Eisenberg
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:196-204

    A single definition of alternative medicine that tries to state “what it is” inevitably is not satisfying, since alternative healing includes a wide assortment of heterogeneous therapies and beliefs. A taxonomy of unconventional health care practices can help define alternative medicine and provide a conceptual framework for it.

Position Papers

  • Physician-Assisted Suicide

    • Lois Snyder,
    • Daniel P. Sulmasy,
    • and for the Ethics and Human Rights Committee, American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine*
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:209-216

    The American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine does not support the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Legalization would undermine the patient–physician relationship and the trust necessary to sustain it; alter the medical profession's role in society; and endanger the value our society places on life, especially on the lives of disabled, incompetent, and vulnerable individuals.

Editorials

  • Colloid Use for Fluid Resuscitation: Evidence and Spin

    • Deborah Cook and
    • Gordon Guyatt
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:205-208

    In this issue, Wilkes and Navickis present a meta-analysis of albumin versus crystalloids in critically ill patients. This meta-analysis has many strengths, but its weaknesses may limit the inferences that can be drawn from its results.

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine—An Annals Series

    • David M. Eisenberg,
    • Ted J. Kaptchuk,
    • Christine Laine,
    • and Frank Davidoff
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:208

    The special series on complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies, launched in this issue, is intended to provide physicians with synoptic reports of the state of the science for commonly used CAM therapies, thought pieces addressing the broader social aspects of CAM therapy, and discussion of topics pertaining to CAM research.

Letters

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Colorectal Cancer

    • Mark K. Chelmowski
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:218

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Colorectal Cancer

    • Ananya Das
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:218

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Colorectal Cancer

    • Brian Budenholzer and
    • H. Gilbert Welch
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:219

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Colorectal Cancer

    • Amnon Sonnenberg
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:219

  • Physicians and Patient Spirituality

    • Gerald P. Bodey
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:220

  • Physicians and Patient Spirituality

    • John Graner
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:220

Medical Writings

  • “Let Me See If I Have This Right …”: Words That Help Build Empathy

    • John L. Coulehan,
    • Frederic W. Platt,
    • Barry Egener,
    • Richard Frankel,
    • Chen-Tan Lin,
    • Beth Lown,
    • and William H. Salazar
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:221-227

    In clinical medicine, empathy is the ability to understand the patient's situation, perspective, and feelings and to communicate that understanding to the patient. Certain well-timed words and sentences facilitate empathy during the clinical encounter. These “words that work” are the subject of this paper.

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • Margin of Error: The Ethics of Mistakes in the Practice of Medicine

    • Helaina Laks Kravitz and
    • Richard L. Kravitz
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:228

  • Mood Disorders in Women

    • James Westphal and
    • Mary Jo Fitzgerald
    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:228

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Whether Albumin Therapy Improves or Worsens Survival of Critically Ill Patients Is Not Known

    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:S25

  • Improving Protection against Infection in People without Enough Immunoglobulin

    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:S26

  • Factors Associated with the Development of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:S27

  • Helicobacter pylori Infection and the Risk for Heart Attacks in Men

    Ann Intern Med August 7, 2001 135:S28
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