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August 21, 2001; 135 (4)

Articles

  • Hormone Replacement Therapy and Longitudinal Changes in Blood Pressure in Postmenopausal Women

    • Angelo Scuteri,
    • Angelo J.G. Bos,
    • Larry J. Brant,
    • Laura Talbot,
    • Edward G. Lakatta,
    • and Jerome L. Fleg
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:229-238

    Postmenopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy have a smaller increase in systolic blood pressure over time than those not taking this therapy. This difference is intensified at older ages.

  • Escherichia coli O157 and Salmonella Infections Associated with Sprouts in California, 1996–1998

    • Janet C. Mohle-Boetani,
    • Jeff A. Farrar,
    • S. Benson Werner,
    • Dzovag Minassian,
    • Ray Bryant,
    • Sharon Abbott,
    • Laurence Slutsker,
    • Duc J. Vugia,
    • and for the Investigation Team*
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:239-247

    In California, from 1996 through 1998, more than 50% of multicounty outbreaks with confirmed food vehicles were related to alfalfa or clover sprouts. This summary of the investigations of these outbreaks indicates that sprouts can be a hazardous food. Seed and sprout growers should implement measures to decrease contamination, and the general public should recognize the risks of eating sprouts.

  • Combination Therapy with Pulse Cyclophosphamide plus Pulse Methylprednisolone Improves Long-Term Renal Outcome without Adding Toxicity in Patients with Lupus Nephritis

    • Gabor G. Illei,
    • Howard A. Austin III,
    • Marianna Crane,
    • Lee Collins,
    • Mark F. Gourley,
    • Cheryl H. Yarboro,
    • Ellen M. Vaughan,
    • Takashi Kuroiwa,
    • Carol L. Danning,
    • Alfred D. Steinberg,
    • John H. Klippel,
    • James E. Balow,
    • and Dimitrios T. Boumpas
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:248-257

    With extended follow-up, pulse cyclophosphamide continued to show superior efficacy over pulse methylprednisolone alone for treatment of lupus nephritis. The combination of pulse cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone appears to provide additional benefit over pulse cyclophosphamide alone and does not confer additional risk for adverse events.

Brief Communications

  • Primary Aldosteronism: Factors Associated with Normalization of Blood Pressure after Surgery

    • Anna M. Sawka,
    • William F. Young, Jr.,
    • Geoffrey B. Thompson,
    • Clive S. Grant,
    • David R. Farley,
    • Cynthia Leibson,
    • and Jon A. van Heerden
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:258-261

    Resolution of hypertension after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism is independently associated with a lack of family history of hypertension and preoperative use of two or fewer antihypertensive agents.

Academia and Clinic

  • Long-Term Trends in the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies in the United States

    • Ronald C. Kessler,
    • Roger B. Davis,
    • David F. Foster,
    • Maria I. Van Rompay,
    • Ellen E. Walters,
    • Sonja A. Wilkey,
    • Ted J. Kaptchuk,
    • and David M. Eisenberg
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:262-268

    Although recent research has shown that many people in the United States use complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies, little is known about time trends in use. These authors found that use of CAM therapies by a large proportion of the study sample is the result of a secular trend that began at least a half-century ago. This trend suggests a continuing demand for CAM therapies that will affect health care delivery for the foreseeable future.

Review

  • Migration of T Cells in Vivo: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

    • Jürgen Westermann,
    • Britta Engelhardt,
    • and Jörg C. Hoffmann
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:279-295

    The authors review the migration of labeled T-cell subsets in unmanipulated animals, discuss the relevance of these findings to the clinical outcome of anti–adhesion-molecule therapy, and outline how these observations may help us better understand T-cell–mediated diseases and develop new therapeutic strategies.

Editorial

  • The Treatment of Lupus Nephritis: Revisiting Galen

    • Edmund J. Lewis
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:296-298

    In this issue, Illei and colleagues report on a clinical trial of lupus nephritis that compared parenteral methylprednisolone, parenteral cyclophosphamide, and a combination of these two treatments, all in addition to low-dose oral prednisone. Their study raised hope that a more definitive answer to ideal therapy is on the horizon. Unfortunately, the study has important limitations.

Letters

  • Sterile Injection Equipment To Prevent HIV Infection

    • Roy Robertson
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:299

  • Sterile Injection Equipment To Prevent HIV Infection

    • Josiah D. Rich,
    • Scott Burris,
    • and Peter Lurie
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:299

  • Using Cost-Effectiveness To Target Cholesterol Reduction

    • Jack Beaird
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:299-300

  • The Tragic Events of April 1996

    • Ann C. Dannhauer
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:300

  • Update in General Internal Medicine

    • Betty A. Mincey
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:300-301

  • Update in Pulmonary Disease

    • Catherine C. Peng,
    • Sherrie L. Aspinall,
    • and Chester B. Good
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:301

  • Comparison of Cardiac Risk Indices

    • Peter M. Clarke
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:301-302

  • Postprandial Hypotension and Relation to Falls in Institutionalized Elderly Persons

    • Hosam K. Kamel,
    • Mohammad A. Iqbal,
    • and Behnam Malekgoudarzi
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:302

  • Regarding the Unkind Death of Billie Belle

    • Susan W. Tolle and
    • Virginia Tilden
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:302-303

  • Regarding the Unkind Death of Billie Belle

    • Michael K. Williams
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:303

  • Novel Presentation of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia as Symptomatic Galactorrhea

    • Noel Ales,
    • Joseph Flynn,
    • and John C. Byrd
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:303-304

  • Critical Aortic Stenosis with Severe Congestive Heart Failure

    • Ghassan F. Salman and
    • Timothy L. Blackburn
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:304

  • Factitious Pheochromocytoma-Like Hypertensive Bouts Caused by the Valsalva Maneuver

    • Diederik Boon,
    • Roderick A. Kraaijenhagen,
    • and Gert A. van Montfrans
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:304-305

  • Severe Hypersensitivity Associated with Clopidogrel

    • Françoise Sarrot-Reynauld,
    • Laurence Bouillet,
    • and Jean-Luc Bourrain
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:305-306

  • Hepatocellular Injury in a Patient Receiving Pioglitazone

    • Kenji Maeda
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:306

  • Do Resistin and Resistin-Like Molecules Also Link Obesity to Inflammatory Diseases?

    • Javier Gómez-Ambrosi and
    • Gema Frühbeck
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:306-307

  • Death by Diagnosis

    • Michael P. Jones
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:307

  • Correction: Nonhypoglycemic Effects of Thiazolidinediones

    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:307

Medical Writings: Book Notes

Current Clinical Issues

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Summaries for Patients

  • Kidney Disease in Patients with Lupus Who Are Treated with Potent Drugs that Suppress the Immune System

    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:S29

  • Food Poisoning from Alfalfa and Clover Sprouts

    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:S30

  • The Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Blood Pressure in Postmenopausal Women

    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:S31

  • Factors Associated with Normal Blood Pressure after Surgery To Treat Primary Aldosteronism

    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:S32

Updates from the Annual Session

  • Update in General Internal Medicine

    • John V.L. Sheffield and
    • Eric B. Larson
    Ann Intern Med August 21, 2001 135:269-278

    This year's Update in General Internal Medicine spans a wide area but fits into a framework of the following themes: hypertension, hormone replacement therapy, anticoagulation, atrial fibrillation, chronic infectious diseases, hospital care, and prevention.

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