Table of Contents

The Effect of Intensive Diabetes Therapy on the Development and Progression of Neuropathy

• The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group.

Late Relapses in Patients Successfully Treated for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

• Kenneth H. Shumak,
• Gail A. Rock,
• Rama C. Nair,
• and The Canadian Apheresis Group.

Quantitation of HIV-1 RNA in Plasma Predicts Outcome after Seroconversion

• John W. Mellors,
• Lawrence A. Kingsley,
• Charles R. Rinaldo,
• John A. Todd,
• Brad S. Hoo,
• Robert P. Kokka,
• and Phalguni Gupta

Risk Factors for a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test among Employees of an Urban, Midwestern Teaching Hospital

• Thomas C. Bailey,
• Victoria J. Fraser,
• Edward L. Spitznagel,
• and W. Claiborne Dunagan

Hepatic Hepatitis C Virus RNA as a Predictor of a Long-Term Response to Interferon-α Therapy

• Michiko Shindo,
• Ken Arai,
• Yoshihiro Sokawa,
• and Tadao Okuno

Methotrexate Treatment of Idiopathic Granulomatous Hepatitis

• Tamsin A. Knox,
• Marshall M. Kaplan,
• Jeffrey A. Gelfand,
• and Sheldon M. Wolff

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for the Prevention of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhosis: A Randomized Trial

• Nina Singh,
• Timothy Gayowski,
• Victor L. Yu,
• and Marilyn M. Wagener

Literature and Medicine: Contributions to Clinical Practice

• Rita Charon,
• Joanne Trautmann Banks,
• Julia E. Connelly,
• Anne Hunsaker Hawkins,
• Kathryn Montgomery Hunter,
• Anne Hudson Jones,
• Martha Montello,
• and Suzanne Poirer

Perceptions and Misperceptions of Skin Color

• Stephen H. Caldwell and
• Rebecca Popenoe

The Role of the Physician and the Medical Profession in the Prevention of International Torture and in the Treatment of Its Survivors

• American College of Physicians*

Emergency Brain Resuscitation

• A Working Group on Emergency Brain Resuscitation.

Literature, Humanities, and the Internist

• Henry Schneiderman and
• Rosemaria Memoli Schneiderman

Identifying Ethnicity in Medical Papers

• Edward J. Huth

From an Observer

• Bonnie B. Smith

Risks for Bleeding in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolytic Agents

• Kenneth M. Moser

Risks for Bleeding in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolytic Agents

• William W. Merrill

Risks for Bleeding in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolytic Agents

• Chris Hogness

Risks for Bleeding in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolytic Agents

• Bimal P. Jain

Risks for Bleeding in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism Treated with Thrombolytic Agents

• Paul D. Stein,
• Russell D. Hull,
• and Gary Raskob

Osteomalacia and Phenytoin Therapy

• A. M. Parfitt

Clinical Management of the Constipated Patient

• Mark P. Runde

Clinical Management of the Constipated Patient

• John H. Pemberton,
• Michael Camilleri,
• and James W. Fleshman

Prophylaxis for Stress-Related Gastric Hemorrhage

• Thomas G. Cantu and
• Robyn G. Karlstadt

Prophylaxis for Stress-Related Gastric Hemorrhage

• Jeffrey N. Martin

Prophylaxis for Stress-Related Gastric Hemorrhage

• Ronald Fogel,
• Tamir Ben-Menachem,
• and Robert S. Bresalier

Cytokines in Polymyalgia and Giant Cell Arteritis

• Larry M. Greenbaum

Cytokines in Polymyalgia and Giant Cell Arteritis

• Cornelia M. Weyand,
• Jorg J. Goronzy,
• and Gene G. Hunder

Fogging in Infrared Tympanic and Ear Thermometry

• Lutz A. Kiesow and
• Catherine M. Hurley

HLA Typing in Patients with Wegener Granulomatosis

• Mary Frances Cotch,
• Anthony S. Fauci,
• and Gary S. Hoffman

Change from Specialist to Generalist

• Douglas M. De Long

Change from Specialist to Generalist

• Nicholas A. Christakis,
• Jerry A. Jacobs,
• and Carla M. Messikomer

Acute Hepatitis Associated with Jin Bu Huan

• Ted J. Kaptchuk

Acute Hepatitis Associated with Jin Bu Huan

• Graham M. Woolf and
• John M. Vierling

Reviews and Notes: Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the “Immigrant Menace”

Reviews and Notes: Gastroenterology: The Gastrointestinal Surgical Patient: Preoperative and Postoperative Care

Reviews and Notes: Gastroenterology: The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Reviews and Notes: Gastroenterology: Peritonitis

Reviews and Notes: Surgery: Going under: Preparing Yourself for Anesthesia

Reviews and Notes: Surgery: Complications of Trauma

Reviews and Notes: Surgery: Emergency Procedures and Techniques

Reviews and Notes: Neurology: Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

Reviews and Notes: Neurology: Functional Neural Transplantation

Reviews and Notes: Neurology: Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Aspects

Reviews and Notes: Neurology: The Management of Head Injuries

Reviews and Notes: Neurology: Recovering at Home after a Stroke: A Practical Guide for You & Your Family

Reviews and Notes: Neurology: Movement Disorders 3

Reviews and Notes: Nephrology: Color Atlas of Renal Diseases

Reviews and Notes: Nephrology: Bucket Diagrams: A Problem-Solving Approach to Renal Physiology

Reviews and Notes: Pulmonary Medicine: Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation

Reviews and Notes: Pulmonary Medicine: The Pulmonary Circulation and Gas Exchange

Reviews and Notes: Pulmonary Medicine: Bronchoscopy