Table of Contents

September 17, 2002; 137 (6)

Articles

  • The Timing of Specialist Evaluation in Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality

    • Kraig S. Kinchen,
    • John Sadler,
    • Nancy Fink,
    • Ronald Brookmeyer,
    • Michael J. Klag,
    • Andrew S. Levey,
    • and Neil R. Powe
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:479-486

    Late evaluation of patients with chronic renal failure by a nephrologist is associated with greater burden and severity of comorbid disease, black ethnicity, lack of health insurance, and shorter duration of survival.

  • Sex Differences in Cardiac Catheterization after Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Procedure Appropriateness

    • Saif S. Rathore,
    • Yongfei Wang,
    • Martha J. Radford,
    • Diana L. Ordin,
    • and Harlan M. Krumholz
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:487-493

    Among elderly persons, women have lower rates of cardiac catheterization use after an acute myocardial infarction than men. However, this difference was attenuated after multivariable adjustment, and it occurred primarily in patients with equivocal indications. The authors found no sex variations in procedure use among patients who had strong indications for cardiac catheterization.

  • Smoking Status and Risk for Recurrent Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction

    • Thomas D. Rea,
    • Susan R. Heckbert,
    • Robert C. Kaplan,
    • Nicholas L. Smith,
    • Rozenn N. Lemaitre,
    • and Bruce M. Psaty
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:494-500

    In patients who had myocardial infarction, smoking was associated with an elevated risk for recurrent coronary events. In persons who quit smoking after infarction, the risk declined to equal that of nonsmokers by 3 years after cessation.

Brief Communications

  • Torsade de Pointes Associated with Very-High-Dose Methadone

    • Mori J. Krantz,
    • Laurent Lewkowiez,
    • Helen Hays,
    • Mary Ann Woodroffe,
    • Alastair D. Robertson,
    • and Philip S. Mehler
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:501-504

    The authors describe 17 methadone-treated patients who developed torsade de pointes. Given the likely expansion of methadone treatment into primary care, further investigation of these findings is warranted.

Academia and Clinic

  • The In-Training Examination in Internal Medicine: An Analysis of Resident Performance over Time

    • Richard A. Garibaldi,
    • Raja Subhiyah,
    • Mary E. Moore,
    • and Herbert Waxman
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:505-510

    The In-Training Examination in Internal Medicine (IM-ITE) provides residents and program directors with an objective assessment of each resident's performance on a written, multiple-choice examination and the performance of the residency program compared with that of its peers. The authors found that IM-ITE scores generally improve with year of training, time spent in internal medicine training before the examination, and time permitted to complete the examination.

Review

  • Is Volume Related to Outcome in Health Care? A Systematic Review and Methodologic Critique of the Literature

    • Ethan A. Halm,
    • Clara Lee,
    • and Mark R. Chassin
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:511-520

    High volume is associated with better outcomes across a wide range of procedures and conditions, but the magnitude of the association varies greatly. The clinical and policy significance of these findings is complicated by the methodologic shortcomings of many studies. Differences in case mix and processes of care between high- and low-volume providers may explain part of the observed relationship between volume and outcome.

History of Medicine

  • The Choice: Lewellys F. Barker and the Full-Time Plan

    • Charles S. Bryan and
    • M. Shawn Stinson
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:521-525

    In 1914, Lewellys F. Barker, William Osler's successor as Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, resigned to enter private practice rather than accept the terms of a full-time plan, whereby professors in clinical departments would receive fixed salaries and have no financial incentives to see patients. The predicaments he faced in 1914 continue to pester the medical profession in the United States.

Clinical Guidelines

  • Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Recommendations and Rationale

    • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force*
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:526-528

    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women 65 years of age and older be screened routinely for osteoporosis and that routine screening begin at 60 years of age for women at increased risk for osteoporotic fractures.

  • Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    • Heidi D. Nelson,
    • Mark Helfand,
    • Steven H. Woolf,
    • and Janet D. Allan
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:529-541

    This systematic review supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's position on osteoporosis screening.

Editorial

  • Specialist Evaluation in Chronic Kidney Disease: Too Little, Too Late

    • Norman G. Levinsky
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:542-543

    In this issue, Kinchen and colleagues provide important new information about the timing of referral of patients with chronic renal failure to nephrologists and the influence of this factor on survival once patients receive dialysis.

On Being a Doctor

  • A Lesson in Poverty

    • Ananya Das
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:544

    After training in the United States for 7 years, the decision to come back to India was not an easy one. Most of my Indian friends who had gone to the States for advanced training had opted to stay. I had always wanted to return to India.

Letters

  • Long-Term Outcome in Lupus Nephritis

    • Robert F. Spiera,
    • Peter Homel,
    • and Harry Spiera
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:545

  • Long-Term Outcome in Lupus Nephritis

    • Gabor G. Illei,
    • James E. Balow,
    • and Dimitrios T. Boumpas
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:545-546

  • Quality Indicators for Management and Prevention of Falls

    • M. Stella Pierre
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:546

  • Quality Indicators for Management and Prevention of Falls

    • Laurence Z. Rubenstein,
    • Christopher M. Powers,
    • and Catherine H. MacLean
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:546

  • Alternative Medicine: A Mirror Image for Scientific Medicine

    • Edzard Ernst
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:546

  • Alternative Medicine: A Mirror Image for Scientific Medicine

    • Jan P. Vandenbroucke and
    • Anton J.M. de Craen
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:546-547

  • Clinical Inertia

    • Michael Steinberg
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:547

  • Clinical Inertia

    • James L. Wofford
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:547

  • Clinical Inertia

    • Daniel Reinharth
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:547-548

  • Clinical Inertia

    • Lawrence S. Phillips,
    • Joyce P. Doyle,
    • and William T. Branch, Jr.
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:548

  • Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina

    • Geoffrey A. Modest
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:548-549

  • Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina

    • Stephan D. Fihn,
    • Sankey V. Williams,
    • and Raymond J. Gibbons
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:549

  • High-Dose Cyclophosphamide for Treatment of Aplastic Anemia

    • Neal S. Young and
    • John F. Tisdale
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:549-550

  • High-Dose Cyclophosphamide for Treatment of Aplastic Anemia

    • Robert A. Brodsky and
    • Richard J. Jones
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:550

  • Postoperative Pulmonary Complications

    • Sarah Jane Ramsay
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:550-551

  • Postoperative Pulmonary Complications

    • Valerie A. Lawrence
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:551

  • Permanent Paralysis of the Right Phrenic Nerve

    • James E. Reeves, Jr. and
    • William F. Anderson
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:551-552

  • Diagnosis by Death

    • Sydney Tang,
    • Chor Sang Chim,
    • and Kar Neng Lai
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:552-553

  • Central Pontine Myelinolysis

    • Khosrow Afsari and
    • Jonathan P. Posin
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:553

  • Correction: Identification of Persons at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:553

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • Medical Management of Diabetes and Heart Disease

    • Charles D. Ponte
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:554

  • Blackwell's Primary Care Essentials: Travel Medicine

    • Philip C. Carling
    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:554

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Timing of Evaluation by Specialists for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:I-24

  • Do Women with Heart Attacks Get Fewer Heart Procedures Than Men?

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:I-26

  • Continued Cigarette Smoking and the Risk for a Second Heart Attack

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:I-34

  • Very High Doses of Methadone May Cause Abnormal Heart Rhythm

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:I-42

  • Does Quantity Mean Quality in Medical Procedures?

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:I-52

  • Screening for Osteoporosis: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    Ann Intern Med September 17, 2002 137:I-59
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