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July 4, 2000; 133 (1)

Articles

  • Effect of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition on Renal Function in Elderly Persons Receiving a Low-Salt Diet: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    • Suzanne K. Swan,
    • David W. Rudy,
    • Kenneth C. Lasseter,
    • Charles F. Ryan,
    • Kristin L. Buechel,
    • Laurence J. Lambrecht,
    • Manuel B. Pinto,
    • Stacy C. Dilzer,
    • Olga Obrda,
    • Kimberly J. Sundblad,
    • Carol P. Gumbs,
    • David L. Ebel,
    • Hui Quan,
    • Patrick J. Larson,
    • Jules I. Schwartz,
    • Thomas A. Musliner,
    • Barry J. Gertz,
    • D. Craig Brater,
    • and Siu-Long Yao
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:1-9

    The effects of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 inhibition on renal function in elderly patients are similar to those seen with nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Thus, COX-2 seems to play an important role in human renal function.

  • Results of Report Cards for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Depend on the Method Used To Adjust for Severity

    • Roy M. Poses,
    • Donna K. McClish,
    • Wally R. Smith,
    • Elizabeth C. Huber,
    • F. Lynne W. Clemo,
    • Brian P. Schmitt,
    • Donna Alexander,
    • Edward M. Racht,
    • and Christopher C. Colenda III
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:10-20

    Results of outcome report cards for simulated survival in patients with congestive heart failure depend on the method used to adjust for severity. Relying on report cards that use one of the currently available risk adjustment methods may lead to erroneous conclusions about the quality of care at particular hospitals.

  • Adherence to Protease Inhibitor Therapy and Outcomes in Patients with HIV Infection

    • David L. Paterson,
    • Susan Swindells,
    • Jeffrey Mohr,
    • Michelle Brester,
    • Emanuel N. Vergis,
    • Cheryl Squier,
    • Marilyn M. Wagener,
    • and Nina Singh
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:21-30

    Adherence to protease inhibitor therapy of 95% or greater optimized virologic outcomes for patients with HIV infection. Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness should be further investigated as means to improve adherence to therapy.

Brief Communications

  • Failure To Develop HIV Infection after Receipt of HIV-Contaminated Blood and Postexposure Prophylaxis

    • Terese L. Katzenstein,
    • Ebbe Dickmeiss,
    • Hassan Aladdin,
    • Adam Hede,
    • Claus Nielsen,
    • Helle Nielsen,
    • Louise B. Jørgensen,
    • and Jan Gerstoft
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:31-34

    In the case reported here, transfusion of HIV RNA–positive, HIV-seronegative blood did not lead to infection of the recipient, probably because potent postexposure antiretroviral therapy was initiated promptly.

  • 3-Year Suppression of HIV Viremia with Indinavir, Zidovudine, and Lamivudine

    • Roy M. Gulick,
    • John W. Mellors,
    • Diane Havlir,
    • Joseph J. Eron,
    • Anne Meibohm,
    • Jon H. Condra,
    • Fred T. Valentine,
    • Deborah McMahon,
    • Charles Gonzalez,
    • Leslie Jonas,
    • Emilio A. Emini,
    • Jeffrey A. Chodakewitz,
    • Robin Isaacs,
    • and Douglas D. Richman
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:35-39

    A three-drug regimen of indinavir, zidovudine, and lamivudine suppressed viremia in two thirds of the 33 study patients for at least 3 years.

Review

  • Pharmacologic Treatment of Heroin-Dependent Patients

    • Patrick G. O'Connor and
    • David A. Fiellin
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:40-54

    The authors provide an overview of the treatment of heroin dependence, with an emphasis on recent developments in pharmacologically based treatment approaches.

Position Papers

  • Health Care Ethics Consultation: Nature, Goals, and Competencies: A Position Paper from the Society for Health and Human Values–Society for Bioethics Consultation Task Force on Standards for Bioethics Consultation

    • Mark P. Aulisio,
    • Robert M. Arnold,
    • Stuart J. Youngner,
    • and for the Society for Health and Human Values–Society for Bioethics Consultation Task Force on Standards for Bioethics Consultation*
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:59-69

    The report from the Society for Health and Human Values–Society for Bioethics Consultation Task Force is the first multidisciplinary and multi-institutional attempt in the United States to articulate what ethics consultation is and what competencies it requires.

Editorials

  • Ethics Consultation: High Ideals or Unrealistic Expectations?

    • Jeffrey Spike and
    • Jane Greenlaw
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:55-57

    In this issue, the Society for Health and Human Values–Society for Bioethics Consultation Task Force summarizes its report on core competencies for health care ethics consultation. Although this report is an informative starting point for someone interested in learning about ethics consultation, it softens or avoids some points of disagreement. Four such issues are committees versus individual consultants, interdisciplinary competency, practical wisdom versus character, and financial support for ethics services.

  • Suppose There Were No Printers

    • Frank Davidoff
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:57-58

    The biologist Edward Wilson has said that “a discovery does not exist until it is safely reviewed and in print.” That's a strong statement, but it says much about why print publication is important and why the print version of Annals looks different beginning with this issue.

On Being a Doctor

  • Pretzels and Fruitcake

    • Kathryn Rensenbrink
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:71

    It is a peculiar privilege of a rural doctor to walk among one's dead.

Letters

  • Long-Term Prevention of Bone Loss

    • Gerson T. Lesser
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:72

  • Long-Term Prevention of Bone Loss

    • Pernille Ravn,
    • Richard D. Wasnich,
    • and Giovanni Cizza
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:72-73

  • Pharmacologic Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    • Ralph A. DeFronzo
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:73-74

  • “Leftover” Antibiotics in the Medicine Cabinet

    • Sarah Ceaser and
    • Rebecca Wurtz
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:74

  • Evidence of Hepatitis C Virus Viremia without Detectable Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in a Blood Donor

    • Françoise Durand,
    • Alain Beauplet,
    • and Patrick Marcellin
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:74-75

  • Renal Amyloidosis in AIDS

    • Anson Joseph,
    • Ravinder K. Wali,
    • and Edward J. Weinman
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:75

Medical Writings

  • The Ars Medica Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

    • William H. Helfand and
    • John Ittmann
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:76-79

    The Ars Medica collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a major resource of worldwide reputation. It numbers more than 2000 works, and its subject matter reflects the broadest spectrum of medical topics, including examples from pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and even veterinary medicine.

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • Endocrinology of Aging

    • David M. Grossman
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:80

  • Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy: Evaluation of Clinical Trial Evidence

    • Hanna Bloomfield Rubins
    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:80

Ad Libitum

Book Listings

Medical Notices

  • Medical Notices

    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:0

Summaries for Patients

  • Effects of COX-2 Inhibitors, a New Class of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, on Kidney Function in Older Patients

    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:1

  • “Report Card” Grades for Hospitals Depend on the Methods Used for Reporting

    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:10

  • Adherence to Anti-HIV Therapy and the Outcome of Treatment

    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:21

  • Report of a Patient Treated with Anti-HIV Drugs after Receiving HIV-Contaminated Blood Who Did Not Develop HIV Infection

    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:31

  • Anti-HIV Drugs Continue To Fight HIV Infection after 3 Years

    Ann Intern Med July 4, 2000 133:35
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