Arch Intern Med -- Table of Contents (Vol. 162 No. 15, August 12, 2002)

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Table of Contents

In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine

In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1666.
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Editorials

Improving the Quality of Medication Use in Elderly Patients: A Not-So-Simple Prescription
Jerry H. Gurwitz; Paula Rochon
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1670-1672.
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Commentaries

Unnecessary Use of Placebo Controls: The Case of Asthma Clinical Trials
Franklin G. Miller; Andrew F. Shorr
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1673-1677.
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Review Articles

Representation of the Elderly, Women, and Minorities in Heart Failure Clinical Trials
Asefeh Heiat; Cary P. Gross; Harlan M. Krumholz
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1682-1688.
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Original Investigations

Prognosis and Determinants of Survival in Patients Newly Hospitalized for Heart Failure: A Population-Based Study
Philip Jong; Erika Vowinckel; Peter P. Liu; Yanyan Gong; Jack V. Tu
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1689-1694.
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A Profile of Military Veterans in the Southwestern United States Who Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Implications for Integrated Care
Carol M. Baldwin; Kathi Long; Kendall Kroesen; Audrey J. Brooks; Iris R. Bell
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1697-1704.
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Inappropriate Drug Prescribing in Home-Dwelling, Elderly Patients: A Population-Based Survey
Kaisu H. Pitkala; Timo E. Strandberg; Reijo S. Tilvis
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1707-1712.
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Overuse of Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Native Valve Endocarditis
Janaki C. Kuruppu; Mary Corretti; Philip Mackowiak; Mary-Claire Roghmann
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1715-1720.
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Managed Care, Hospice Use, Site of Death, and Medical Expenditures in the Last Year of Life
Ezekiel J. Emanuel; Arlene Ash; Wei Yu; Gail Gazelle; Norman G. Levinsky; Olga Saynina; Mark McClellan; Mark Moskowitz
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1722-1728.
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Comparison of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin and Warfarin for the Secondary Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Study
Guy Meyer; Zora Marjanovic; Judith Valcke; Bernard Lorcerie; Yves Gruel; Philippe Solal-Celigny; Christine Le Maignan; Jean Marc Extra; Paul Cottu; Dominique Farge
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1729-1735.
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Explaining the Sex Difference in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-analysis
Alka M. Kanaya; Deborah Grady; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1737-1745.
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Sixty-three Cases of Mycobacterium marinum Infection: Clinical Features, Treatment, and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Causative Isolates
Alexandra Aubry; Olivier Chosidow; Eric Caumes; Jérôme Robert; Emmanuelle Cambau
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1746-1752.
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Withholding Antibiotic Treatment in Pneumonia Patients With Dementia: A Quantitative Observational Study
Jenny T. van der Steen; Marcel E. Ooms; Herman J. Adèr; Miel W. Ribbe; Gerrit van der Wal
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1753-1760.
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Patient Factors and Medication Guideline Adherence Among Older Women With Asthma
R. Graham Barr; Samuel C. Somers; Frank E. Speizer; Carlos A. Camargo Jr
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1761-1768.
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Clinical Observations

Should We Screen for Hemochromatosis?: An Examination of Evidence of Downstream Effects on Morbidity and Mortality
Arch G. Mainous III; James M. Gill; William S. Pearson
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1769-1774.
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Comments, Opinions, and Brief Case Reports

Association Between Folic Acid Food Fortification and Hypertension or Preeclampsia in Pregnancy
Joel G. Ray; Muhammad M. Mamdani
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1776-1777.
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Legal Considerations in Off-Label Medication Prescribing
Richard S. Blum
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1777-1779.
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Corrections

Error in Definition
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1779.
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Editor's Correspondence

Copper in Legumes May Lower Heart Disease Risk
Leslie M. Klevay; Lydia Bazzano; Jiang He
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1780-1781.
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Integrative Medicine: Not a Carte Blanche for Untested Nonsense
Edzard Ernst; Iris R. Bell; Opher Caspi; Victoria Maizes
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1781-1782.
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Serum Ferritin vs Transferrin Receptor–Ferritin Index
Steven A. Dosh; Zev Sthoeger; Ephraim Rimon; Shmuel Levy; David Ergas
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1782-1783.
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Ferritin Is More Cost-effective Than Transferrin Receptor–Ferritin Index for the Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency
Marc Ruivard; Laurent Gerbaud; Marianne Doz; Pierre Philippe
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1783.
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The Clot Thickens! In Thin Air
Ajit Singh Kashyap; Surekha Kashyap
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1783.
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Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Stephan Moll; Thomas L. Ortel
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1783-1784.
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Genetic Hypercoagulability Syndromes: Does Testing Really Matter?
Michel Procopiou
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1784-1785.
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Hypercoagulable Disorders
Bernard Goichot; Anne-Elisabeth Perrin; Robert H. Thomas
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1785-1787.
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