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January 15, 2002; 136 (2)

Articles

  • Diagnosis of Lower-Limb Deep Venous Thrombosis: A Prospective Blinded Study of Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging

    • Douglas G.W. Fraser,
    • Alan R. Moody,
    • Paul S. Morgan,
    • Anne L. Martel,
    • and Ian Davidson
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:89-98

    Magnetic resonance direct thrombus imaging (MRDTI) is an accurate noninvasive test for diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis, and its accuracy is maintained below the knee. Comparison of individual venous segments showed that results of MRDTI agreed strongly with findings on venography. Scanning was well tolerated, and interpretation was highly reproducible.

  • Initial Evaluation of Rectal Bleeding in Young Persons: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    • James D. Lewis,
    • Alphonso Brown,
    • A. Russell Localio,
    • and J. Sanford Schwartz
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:99-110

    Evaluation of the colon of persons 25 to 45 years of age with otherwise asymptomatic rectal bleeding increases the life expectancy at a cost similar to that of colon cancer screening.

  • Profiling Care Provided by Different Groups of Physicians: Effects of Patient Case-Mix (Bias) and Physician-Level Clustering on Quality Assessment Results

    • Sheldon Greenfield,
    • Sherrie H. Kaplan,
    • Richard Kahn,
    • John Ninomiya,
    • and John L. Griffith
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:111-121

    The findings of this study underscore the importance of designing physician profiling studies with sufficient power to account for physician-level variation (clustering) as well as patient case-mix. Studies that are not designed with sufficient numbers of physicians and patients per physician may distort differences in quality of care between physician groups.

Brief Communications

  • Reporting on Statistical Methods To Adjust for Confounding: A Cross-Sectional Survey

    • Marcus Müllner,
    • Hugh Matthews,
    • and Douglas G. Altman
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:122-126

    Details of methods used to adjust for confounding were frequently not reported in original research articles in 34 scientific medical journals with a high impact factor.

Academia and Clinic

  • Health Decision Aids To Facilitate Shared Decision Making in Office Practice

    • Michael J. Barry
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:127-135

    Health decision aids facilitate shared decision making by helping patients and their physicians choose among reasonable clinical options. Although these aids vary in content, common denominators are the presentation of more than one reasonable strategy for a clinical management question and a description of the possible outcomes of the various options.

Review

  • Chemotherapy for Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed, Advanced-Stage, Aggressive-Histology Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Systematic Review

    • C. Tom Kouroukis,
    • George P. Browman,
    • Rosmin Esmail,
    • and Ralph M. Meyer
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:144-152

    For treatment of older patients with advanced-stage, aggressive-histology lymphoma who do not have significant comorbid illnesses, an anthracycline-containing regimen, such as CHOP, given in standard doses and schedule provides superior outcomes compared with other regimens.

Clinical Guidelines

  • Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: Recommendation and Rationale

    • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force*
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:157-160

    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force strongly recommends that clinicians discuss aspirin chemoprevention with adults who are at increased risk for coronary heart disease. Discussions with patients should address both the potential benefits and harms of aspirin therapy.

  • Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    • Michael Hayden,
    • Michael Pignone,
    • Christopher Phillips,
    • and Cynthia Mulrow
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:161-172

    This systematic review supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's position on aspirin chemoprevention for adults at risk for coronary heart disease.

Editorials

  • Measuring Quality: Are We Ready To Compare the Quality of Care among Physician Groups?

    • John M. Eisenberg
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:153-154

    The study by Greenfield and colleagues in this issue prompts us to ask whether the data that compare physician groups—and, by extension, the data that compare individual physicians, hospitals, or health plans—are fair to those being measured and useful to decision makers.

  • Disease Prevention Guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    • Harold C. Sox
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:155-156

    This issue marks the first of a series of articles describing the state of the art and science of disease prevention, as interpreted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Annals will publish these reports because we believe that internists should have convenient access to the best evidence about disease prevention, a core activity for most internists.

Letters

  • Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance in Hospitals

    • James R. Johnson
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:173

  • Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance in Hospitals

    • Nina Singh and
    • Victor L. Yu
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:173

  • Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance in Hospitals

    • Marin Kollef
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:173

  • Viral Pneumonia as a Serious Complication of Etanercept Therapy

    • Davey Smith and
    • Scott Letendre
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:174

  • Abuse of Epinephrine as a Stimulant

    • F. Lapostolle,
    • J.M. Agostinucci,
    • and S.W. Borron
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:174-175

  • Correction: Multiple Measures of Adherence to HIV Protease Inhibitors

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:175

  • Correction: Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:175

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach

    • Roger P. Smith
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:176

  • Infection Control Reference Service: The Experts' Guide to the Guidelines

    • Rebecca Wurtz
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:176

Current Clinical Issues

  • Switching from Prescription to over the Counter

    • Tom Reynolds
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:177-180

Ad Libitum

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Using Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging To Diagnose Deep-Vein Thrombosis in the Lower Legs

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:I26

  • Initial Evaluation of Rectal Bleeding in Young Persons: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:I30

  • Comparing the Quality of Diabetes Care by Generalists and Specialists

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:I42

  • Reporting on Statistical Methods To Adjust for Confounding

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:I47

  • Aspirin for the Prevention of Heart Attacks in People without Previous Cardiovascular Events: Recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force

    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:I55

Updates from the Annual Session

  • Update in Hematology

    • Joseph P. Catlett and
    • Barbara M. Alving
    Ann Intern Med January 15, 2002 136:136-143

    The authors discuss advances in the following areas of hematology: target-specific drugs for cancer, self-management of oral anticoagulant therapy, understanding risks for venous thromboembolism in women during pregnancy and in postmenopausal women who are undergoing hormone replacement therapy, and management of patients with sickle-cell disease.

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January 15, 2002; 136 (2)
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  5. Clinical Guidelines
  6. Editorials
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  8. Medical Writings: Book Notes
  9. Current Clinical Issues
  10. Ad Libitum
  11. Book Listings
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