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Use of a Clinical Model for Safe Management of Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

• Philip S. Wells,
• Jeffrey S. Ginsberg,
• David R. Anderson,
• Clive Kearon,
• Michael Gent,
• Alexander G. Turpie,
• Janis Bormanis,
• Jeffrey Weitz,
• Michael Chamberlain,
• Dennis Bowie,
• David Barnes,
• and Jack Hirsh

Sensitivity and Specificity of a Rapid Whole-Blood Assay for D-Dimer in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

• Jeffrey S. Ginsberg,
• Philip S. Wells,
• Clive Kearon,
• David Anderson,
• Mark Crowther,
• Jeffrey I. Weitz,
• Janis Bormanis,
• Patrick Brill-Edwards,
• Alexander G. Turpie,
• Betsy MacKinnon,
• Michael Gent,
• and Jack Hirsh

Acquisition of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea in Hospitalized Patients Receiving Tube Feeding

• Donna Zimmaro Bliss,
• Stuart Johnson,
• Kay Savik,
• Connie R. Clabots,
• Keith Willard,
• and Dale N. Gerding

Accuracy of Death Certificates for Coding Coronary Heart Disease as the Cause of Death

• Donald M. Lloyd-Jones,
• David O. Martin,
• Martin G. Larson,
• and Daniel Levy

Effect of Genetic Differences in Omeprazole Metabolism on Cure Rates for Helicobacter pylori Infection and Peptic Ulcer

• Takahisa Furuta,
• Kyoichi Ohashi,
• Takashi Kamata,
• Misako Takashima,
• Kazuhiro Kosuge,
• Tsunehisa Kawasaki,
• Hiroyuki Hanai,
• Takahiro Kubota,
• Takashi Ishizaki,
• and Eizo Kaneko

Immunoablative High-Dose Cyclophosphamide without Stem-Cell Rescue for Refractory, Severe Autoimmune Disease

• Robert A. Brodsky,
• Michelle Petri,
• B. Douglas Smith,
• Eric J. Seifter,
• Jerry L. Spivak,
• Michael Styler,
• Chi V. Dang,
• Isadore Brodsky,
• and Richard J. Jones

Update in Allergy and Immunology

• Mark T. O'Hollaren

The Role of Venous Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Suspected Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism

• Clive Kearon,
• Jeffrey S. Ginsberg,
• and Jack Hirsh

Vulnerable Plaque: Pathobiology and Clinical Implications

• Iftikhar J. Kullo,
• William D. Edwards,
• and Robert S. Schwartz

The Persuasive Appeal of Alternative Medicine

• Ted J. Kaptchuk and
• David M. Eisenberg

Fifty Years of Death Certificates: The Framingham Heart Study

• Claude Lenfant,
• Lawrence Friedman,
• and Thomas Thom

Weighing the Alternatives: Lessons from the Paradoxes of Alternative Medicine

• Frank Davidoff

For Love of Karaoke

• Julia E. McMurray

In between

• Terry S. Stein

HIV Testing in Pregnant Women

• Jeffrey G. Wong

HIV Testing in Pregnant Women

• Inaam A. Nakchbandi,
• J. Craig Longenecker,
• and David Gary Smith

Protein Supplements after Osteoporotic Hip Fracture

• Karen G. Kelly

Protein Supplements after Osteoporotic Hip Fracture

• Robert M. Craig

Protein Supplements after Osteoporotic Hip Fracture

• Rene Rizzoli,
• Marc-Andre Schurch,
• and Jean-Philippe Bonjour

Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease

• Paolo Raggi

Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease

• J. Paul Shields

Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for Evaluating Coronary Artery Disease

• Anthony S. Fiorino

Predictors of Systemic Embolism in Mitral Stenosis

• Ian I. Joffe

Predictors of Systemic Embolism in Mitral Stenosis

• Cheng-Wen Chiang

Sinusitis and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• John K. DiBaise,
• James V. Huerter,
• and Eamonn M.M. Quigley

Intravenous Immune Globulin in Autoimmune Uveitis

• Marina Karmochkine,
• Michel D. Kazatchkine,
• and Phuc Lehoang

In Vivo Local Thermography of Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques in Humans

• Christodoulos Stefanadis and
• Pavlos Toutouzas

Fatal Hepatotoxicity Associated with Troglitazone

• Adrian Vella,
• Piet C. de Groen,
• and Sean F. Dinneen

Terminal Dehydration as an Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• William W. Stead

Terminal Dehydration as an Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• Douglas P. Miller

Terminal Dehydration as an Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• Gregory L. Lewis and
• James M. Hoefler

Terminal Dehydration as an Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• John F. Seely

Terminal Dehydration as an Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• Franklin G. Miller and
• Diane E. Meier

Terminal Dehydration as an Alternative to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• Timothy E. Quill,
• Susan D. Block,
• and J. Andrew Billings

The Genie in the Bottle

• Michael Bernstein

Accuracy of Substituted Judgments in Patients with Terminal Diagnoses

• Kevin O'Rourke

Accuracy of Substituted Judgments in Patients with Terminal Diagnoses

• Daniel P. Sulmasy,
• Peter B. Terry,
• and Deborah J. Miller

Gram Stain

• Joseph F. John Jr.

Correction: Error in Table Headings

Correction: “Call of the Pipes”

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Craig H. Scott

SilverPlatter Primary Web Site

• David A. Lacher and
• Jerome A. Osheroff

Evidence Based Cardiology

• John F. Moran

Solid Organ Transplantation. 1: Many Problems, New Solutions

• Paul Kefalides

Living Donation: The Role of Laparoscopy

New Approaches for Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Philip M. Bulman and
• Gene Hunder

Korean Sketches: The Lepers of Pusan

• Alvin L. Ureles

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