Table of Contents

Contribution of External Forces to Left Ventricular Diastolic Pressure: Implications for the Clinical Use of the Starling Law

• Kent Dauterman,
• Peter H. Pak,
• W. Lowell Maughan,
• Amit Nussbacher,
• Sigemituzo Arie,
• Chun-Peng Liu,
• and David A. Kass

The Safety and Diagnostic Accuracy of Minibronchoalveolar Lavage in Patients with Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

• Marin H. Kollef,
• Kevin R. Bock,
• Rodger D. Richards,
• and Mona L. Hearns

Does Eradicating Bacteriuria Affect the Severity of Chronic Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Home Residents?

• Joseph G. Ouslander,
• Moises Schapira,
• John F. Schnelle,
• Gwen Uman,
• Susan Fingold,
• Edward Tuico,
• and Jennifer Glatler Nigam

Intermittent Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Compared with Dapsone-Pyrimethamine for the Simultaneous Primary Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis Pneumonia and Toxoplasmosis in Patients Infected with HIV

• Daniel Podzamczer,
• Albert Salazar,
• Josep Jimenez,
• Ezequiel Consiglio,
• Miguel Santin,
• Aurora Casanova,
• Gabriel Rufi,
• and Francisco Gudiol

An Outbreak of Burkholderia (Formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia Respiratory Tract Colonization and Infection Associated with Nebulized Albuterol Therapy

• Richard J. Hamill,
• Eric D. Houston,
• Paul R. Georghiou,
• Charles E. Wright,
• Maureen A. Koza,
• Richard M. Cadle,
• Paul A. Goepfert,
• Debra A. Lewis,
• Golden J. Zenon,
• and Jill E. Clarridge

Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Primary Low-Grade Gastric Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue

• Enrico Roggero,
• Emanuele Zucca,
• Graziella Pinotti,
• Anna Pascarella,
• Carlo Capella,
• Antonella Savio,
• Ennio Pedrinis,
• Alessandro Paterlini,
• Achille Venco,
• and Franco Cavalli

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Implications for the Nonelectrophysiologist

• Sergio L. Pinski and
• Richard G. Trohman

Diethylstilbestrol Revisited: A Review of the Long-Term Health Effects

• Ruthann M. Giusti,
• Kumiko Iwamoto,
• and Elizabeth E. Hatch

A Leading Medical School Seriously Damaged: Vienna 1938

• Edzard Ernst

Medicine and the Holocaust: Learning More of the Lessons

• Barron H. Lerner and
• David J. Rothman

Straight Talk about Rationing

• Arthur L. Caplan

The Privilege and the Pain

• Linda Emanuel

Increased Resting Metabolic Rate in Congestive Heart Failure

• Jagmeet Singh and
• Piotr Musialek

Increased Resting Metabolic Rate in Congestive Heart Failure

• Eric T. Poehlman,
• Stephen S. Gottlieb,
• and Peter Vaitekevicius

Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Aldosteronism

• Finlay A. McAlister and
• Richard Lewanczuk

Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Aldosteronism

• Jon D. Blumenfeld,
• E. Darracott Vaughan Jr.,
• and John H. Laragh

Bone Density and Body Weight in Hyperparathyroidism

• Jesse C. Krakauer

Bone Density and Body Weight in Hyperparathyroidism

• Andrew Grey,
• Margaret Evans,
• and Ian R. Reid

Dapsone in Thrombocytopenia of the Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

• Philippe Lesprit,
• Bertrand Godeau,
• and Bertrand Wechsler

Dapsone in Thrombocytopenia of the Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

• Arthur Kavanaugh

Possible Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Infection with Intravenous Immunoglobulin

• Thomas D. Schiano,
• Somashekhar V. Bellary,
• and Martin Black

Hepatotoxicity Caused by Metronidazole Overdose

• Sing Lam and
• Simmy Bank

Pemphigus of the Larynx and Esophagus

• Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis,
• Subroto Gangopadhyay,
• and Thomas Cate

Subspecialty Work Force Issues

• Eric G. Neilson

Subspecialty Work Force Issues

• Lewis G. Sandy and
• Steven A. Schroeder

Reviews and Notes: Health Data in the Information Age: Use, Disclosure, and Privacy

Reviews and Notes: History of Medicine: Order Out of Chaos: John Shaw Billings and America's Coming of Age

Reviews and Notes: History of Medicine: History of Nephrology

Reviews and Notes: Pharmacology: Drug Facts and Comparisons

Reviews and Notes: Pharmacology: Modern Pharmacology

Reviews and Notes: Pharmacology: Teratogenic Effects of Drugs: A Resource for Clinicians

Reviews and Notes: Pharmacology: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk

Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues

Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Competence to Consent

Reviews and Notes: Geriatrics: The Graying of the World: Who Will Care for the Frail Elderly?

Reviews and Notes: Geriatrics: HMOs and the Elderly

Reviews and Notes: Physical Medicine: Exercise for Prevention and Treatment of Illness

Reviews and Notes: Hematology: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice

Reviews and Notes: Hematology: Self-Assessment in Clinical Hematology

Reviews and Notes: Hematology: Williams Hematology

Reviews and Notes: Hematology: Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation

Reviews and Notes: Radiology: Human Cross-Sectional Anatomy: Pocket Atlas of Body Sections and CT Images

Reviews and Notes: Radiology: MRI Survival Guide

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