Table of Contents

February 4, 2003; 138 (3)

Articles

  • The Incidence and Severity of Adverse Events Affecting Patients after Discharge from the Hospital

    • Alan J. Forster,
    • Harvey J. Murff,
    • Josh F. Peterson,
    • Tejal K. Gandhi,
    • and David W. Bates
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:161-167

    Among patients discharged home from a general medical service, adverse events occurred frequently in the peridischarge period. Many of these events might have been prevented or ameliorated with simple strategies.

  • Individual and Combined Effects of Age, Breast Density, and Hormone Replacement Therapy Use on the Accuracy of Screening Mammography

    • Patricia A. Carney,
    • Diana L. Miglioretti,
    • Bonnie C. Yankaskas,
    • Karla Kerlikowske,
    • Robert Rosenberg,
    • Carolyn M. Rutter,
    • Berta M. Geller,
    • Linn A. Abraham,
    • Steven H. Taplin,
    • Mark Dignan,
    • Gary Cutter,
    • and Rachel Ballard-Barbash
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:168-175

    Mammographic breast density and age are important predictors of the accuracy of screening mammography. Although use of hormone replacement therapy is not an independent predictor of accuracy, it probably affects accuracy by increasing breast density.

  • Screening and Surveillance for Barrett Esophagus in High-Risk Groups: A Cost–Utility Analysis

    • John M. Inadomi,
    • Richard Sampliner,
    • Jesper Lagergren,
    • David Lieberman,
    • A Mark Fendrick,
    • and Nimish Vakil
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:176-186

    Screening 50-year-old men with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease to detect adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett esophagus is probably cost-effective. However, subsequent surveillance of patients with Barrett esophagus but no dysplasia, even at 5-year intervals, is expensive.

Brief Communications

  • Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in a State Correctional Facility

    • Scott A. Allen,
    • Anne C. Spaulding,
    • Albert M. Osei,
    • Lynn E. Taylor,
    • Asya M. Cabral,
    • and Josiah D. Rich
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:187-190

    The incarcerated population can be effectively treated for hepatitis C virus infection with interferon and ribavirin. The correctional setting may provide an opportunity to safely treat patients with these two challenging comorbid conditions.

Academia and Clinic

  • Screening for the Risk for Bleeding or Thrombosis

    • Mark H. Eckman,
    • John K. Erban,
    • Sushil K. Singh,
    • and Grace S. Kao
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:W-15-W-24

  • Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies: Implications for Medical Education

    • Miriam S. Wetzel,
    • Ted J. Kaptchuk,
    • Aviad Haramati,
    • and David M. Eisenberg
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:191-196

    This article examines how to incorporate complementary and alternative medical therapies as an integral part of the medical curriculum. It offers practical suggestions for finding time in an already packed curriculum, getting started, including faculty and students in the process, and sustaining the initiative with the necessary administrative and institutional support.

Review

  • Hepatitis C in the HIV-Infected Person

    • Mark S. Sulkowski and
    • David L. Thomas
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:197-207

    The authors discuss the management of hepatitis C in HIV-infected persons by using the available literature to provide recommendations and, when necessary, highlight controversial areas.

Perspectives

  • Professional Organizations' Position Statements on Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Case for Studied Neutrality

    • Timothy E. Quill and
    • Christine K. Cassel
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:208-211

    Position statements opposing legalization of physician-assisted suicide generally understate the limitations of palliative care to alleviate some end-of-life suffering, and they do not provide adequate guidance about how physicians should approach patients with intractable suffering when they wish to die. The authors argue in favor of medical organizations' taking a position of studied neutrality on this contentious issue.

Clinical Guidelines

  • Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: Recommendations and Rationale

    • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force*
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:212-214

    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routinely screening asymptomatic adults for type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, or impaired fasting glucose. The Task Force recommends screening for type 2 diabetes in adults with hypertension or hyperlipidemia.

  • Screening Adults for Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    • Russell Harris,
    • Katrina Donahue,
    • Saif S. Rathore,
    • Paul Frame,
    • Steven H. Woolf,
    • and Kathleen N. Lohr
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:215-229

    This systematic review supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's position on screening adults for type 2 diabetes.

Editorials

  • The Future of Primary Care

    • Harold C. Sox
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:230-232

    Primary care leaders and practitioners are concerned about the future of their specialty. In a supplement to this issue, they explain their concerns and offer suggestions based on discussions at a conference on the Future of Primary Care held in October 2001. This editorial underscores some of the reasons for concern, highlights key elements of the mission of primary care, and identifies points of leverage for renewal of the field.

  • Payment and the Future of Primary Care

    • Paul B. Ginsburg
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:233-234

    This editorial discusses the recent history of payment for primary care services, the outlook for maintaining equity in relation to procedural services, and how payment structure could support the directions for primary care outlined in the primary care supplement.

  • Adopting More Systematic Approaches to Hepatitis C Treatment in Correctional Facilities

    • Theodore M. Hammett
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:235-236

    In this issue, Allen and colleagues demonstrate that a comprehensive approach to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in correctional facilities can be safely and effectively implemented. The failure of most correctional systems to implement systematic HCV programs means that they are missing an important opportunity to help reduce HCV transmission and thereby improve the health of the communities to which their inmates will return.

Letters

  • Sex Differences in Revascularization

    • Peter W. Groeneveld
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:237

  • Sex Differences in Revascularization

    • William A. Ghali
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:237

  • Emergency Contraception

    • Douglas P. Miller
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:237-238

  • Emergency Contraception

    • David A. Grimes and
    • Elizabeth G. Raymond
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:238

  • Urinary Catheters: A One-Point Restraint?

    • Rajika L. Munasinghe,
    • Vijayalakshmi Nagappan,
    • and Mohamed Siddique
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:238

  • Urinary Catheters: A One-Point Restraint?

    • Sanjay Saint,
    • Benjamin A. Lipsky,
    • and Susan D. Goold
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:238-239

  • Reports of Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia

    • Andrea B. Hibbard,
    • Patrick J. Medina,
    • and Sara K. Vesely
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:239

Medical Writings: Book Notes

  • Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders. A Companion to Brenner & Rector's The Kidney

    • Raymond R. Townsend
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:240

  • Heart Disease in Women

    • Elsa-Grace V. Giardina
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:240

Book Listings

Medical Notices

Supplement: The Future of Primary Care

  • Primary Care at a Crossroads

    • Jonathan Showstack,
    • Arlyss Anderson Rothman,
    • and Susan Hassmiller
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:242-243

  • Primary Care Medicine in Crisis: Toward Reconstruction and Renewal

    • Gordon Moore and
    • Jonathan Showstack
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:244-247

  • Defining the Future of Primary Care: What Can We Learn from Patients?

    • Dana Gelb Safran
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:248-255

  • Chronic Illness Management: What Is the Role of Primary Care?

    • Arlyss Anderson Rothman and
    • Edward H. Wagner
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:256-261

  • Primary Care in a New Era: Disillusion and Dissolution?

    • Lewis G. Sandy and
    • Steven A. Schroeder
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:262-267

  • Primary Care: The Next Renaissance

    • Jonathan Showstack,
    • Nicole Lurie,
    • Eric B. Larson,
    • Arlyss Anderson Rothman,
    • and Susan Hassmiller
    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:268-272

Summaries for Patients

  • Adverse Events after Hospital Discharge

    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:I-16

  • The Effects of Age, Breast Density, and Hormone Therapy on the Accuracy of Screening Mammograms

    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:I-28

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Surveillance for Barrett Esophagus

    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:I-41

  • Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Inmates

    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:I-50

  • Screening Adults for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

    Ann Intern Med February 4, 2003 138:I-52
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