Table of Contents

June 5, 2001; 134 (11)

Articles

  • Treatment with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Is Not Effective in Patients with Sleep Apnea but No Daytime Sleepiness: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    • Ferran Barbé,
    • Lola R. Mayoralas,
    • Joaquin Duran,
    • Juan F. Masa,
    • Andreu Maimó,
    • Josep M. Montserrat,
    • Carmen Monasterio,
    • Margalida Bosch,
    • Antoni Ladaria,
    • Manuela Rubio,
    • Ramon Rubio,
    • Magdalena Medinas,
    • Lourdes Hernandez,
    • Silvia Vidal,
    • Neil J. Douglas,
    • and Alvar G.N. Agustí
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1015-1023

    In patients with an apnea–hypopnea index of 30 or greater and no subjective daytime sleepiness, continuous positive airway pressure did not modify quality of life, objective sleepiness, vigilance, attention, memory, information processing, visuomotor coordination, or arterial blood pressure.

  • Home Monitoring Service Improves Mean Arterial Pressure in Patients with Essential Hypertension: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    • Mary A.M. Rogers,
    • David Small,
    • Debra A. Buchan,
    • Carl A. Butch,
    • Christine M. Stewart,
    • Barbara E. Krenzer,
    • and Harold L. Husovsky
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1024-1032

    Use of a telecommunication service that consisted of automatic transmission of blood pressure data over telephone lines and weekly electronic transmission of reports to physicians reduced the mean arterial pressure of patients with established essential hypertension.

  • Long-Term Outcome of Anti–Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibody Disease Treated with Plasma Exchange and Immunosuppression

    • Jeremy B. Levy,
    • A. Neil Turner,
    • Andrew J. Rees,
    • and Charles D. Pusey
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1033-1042

    Patients with the Goodpasture syndrome (anti–glomerular basement membrane antibody disease with pulmonary hemorrhage) and severe renal failure should be considered for urgent immunosuppressive therapy, including plasma exchange, to maximize the chance of renal recovery. Patients in need of immediate dialysis are less likely to recover.

Brief Communications

  • The Incidence of Unrecognized Myocardial Infarction in Women with Coronary Heart Disease

    • Michael G. Shlipak,
    • Darryl A. Elmouchi,
    • David M. Herrington,
    • Feng Lin,
    • Deborah Grady,
    • Mark A. Hlatky,
    • and for the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study Research Group
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1043-1047

    In this study, the incidence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in women with known coronary disease was much lower than that noted in previous studies of populations without established coronary heart disease.

Review

  • Diagnosis and Care of Patients with Anorexia Nervosa in Primary Care Settings

    • Philip S. Mehler
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1048-1059

    In addition to diagnosing anorexia nervosa and treating the multiple medical complications associated with this disorder, the primary care physician plays a central role in maintaining continuity of care throughout a variety of treatment settings.

Perspectives

  • Pharmaceutical Price Controls and Patient Welfare

    • John E. Calfee
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1060-1064

    Pharmaceutical price controls offer short-term gains for a small proportion of patients at the cost of curtailing research that promises to bring far better therapies in the future. The notion that controls could provide reasonable incentives for future research has no foundation.

Editorials

  • Who Should Get Treated for Sleep Apnea?

    • Allan I. Pack and
    • Greg Maislin
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1065-1067

    Barbé and colleagues' findings on the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure in patients with sleep apnea but no daytime sleepiness, reported in this issue, raise three important issues. First, why are some patients with high levels of respiratory disturbance during sleep not excessively sleepy? Second, what are the reasons for treating patients with obstructive sleep apnea? And finally, how can we identify patients with obstructive sleep apnea who will benefit from treatment?

  • The Heartbreak of Drug Pricing

    • Frank Davidoff
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1068-1071

    It can hardly be a mystery why the price of prescription drugs in the United States has become such a contentious issue. What does the evidence tell us about the actual cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs and the need for the current outlays for drug development?

  • A New Editor for Annals of Internal Medicine—2001

    • Eric B. Larson
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1072-1073

    The 3 July 2001 issue of Annals will witness a changing of the guard. Frank Davidoff will exit gracefully after six and a half years as the highly capable, widely respected editor, passing the torch to a new editor, Harold Sox.

On Being a Doctor

  • Doctor on D-Day

    • Claude Matuchansky
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1075-1076

    Jacques Rethel was a country doctor in a village located in the Manche area of Normandy. This wasn't the first time he'd been requisitioned by the Germans at a moment's notice to attend to their soldiers—usually high-ranking officers.

Letters

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition and Renal Function

    • Alfred K. Pfister,
    • Robert J. Crisalli,
    • and William H. Carter
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1077

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition and Renal Function

    • Andrew Whelton
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1077-1078

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibition and Renal Function

    • Suzanne K. Swan and
    • D. Craig Brater
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1078

Medical Writings

  • “Tell Me about Yourself”: The Patient-Centered Interview

    • Frederic W. Platt,
    • David L. Gaspar,
    • John L. Coulehan,
    • Lucy Fox,
    • Andrew J. Adler,
    • W. Wayne Weston,
    • Robert C. Smith,
    • and Moira Stewart
    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:1079-1085

    To center the medical interview on the patient as well as the disease, the physician must offer both nonverbal and verbal evidence that what the patient has to say is important. In the end, the two most useful physician qualities may be curiosity and patience—curiosity to ask questions such as “Tell me about yourself,” and patience to wait for the answer.

Medical Writings: Book Notes

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Treatment for Sleep Apnea in People without Symptoms

    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:S8

  • Home Monitoring Service Improves Blood Pressure Control in Patients with High Blood Pressure

    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:S9

  • Long-Term Outcome of Patients with Kidney Damage Due to Goodpasture Disease Who Receive Very Intensive Treatment

    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:S10

  • Unrecognized Heart Attacks in Women with Known Coronary Artery Disease

    Ann Intern Med June 5, 2001 134:S11
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