Arch Intern Med -- Table of Contents (Vol. 162 No. 21, November 25, 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;162:2401.
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Original Investigations

The Underlying Risk of Death After Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Treatment
Malcolm R. Law; Hilary C. Watt; Nicholas J. Wald
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2405-2410.
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Analysis of Medication-Related Malpractice Claims: Causes, Preventability, and Costs
Jeffrey M. Rothschild; Frank A. Federico; Tejal K. Gandhi; Rainu Kaushal; Deborah H. Williams; David W. Bates
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2414-2420.
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Asthma in Adventure Travelers: A Prospective Study Evaluating the Occurrence and Risk Factors for Acute Exacerbations
Yoav Golan; Amir Onn; Yael Villa; Yoav Avidor; Shmuel Kivity; Stephen A. Berger; Itzhak Shapira; Yoram Levo; Michael Giladi
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2421-2426.
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The Effect of Orlistat-Induced Weight Loss, Without Concomitant Hypocaloric Diet, on Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Insulin Sensitivity in Young Obese Chinese Subjects With or Without Type 2 Diabetes
Peter C. Y. Tong; Zoe S. K. Lee; Man-Mei Sea; Chun-Chung Chow; Gary T. C. Ko; Wing-Bun Chan; Wing-Yee So; Ronald C. W. Ma; Risa Ozaki; Jean Woo; Clive S. Cockram; Juliana C. N. Chan
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2428-2435.
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Interhospital Differences in Nosocomial Infection Rates: Importance of Case-Mix Adjustment
Hugo Sax; Didier Pittet; and the Swiss-NOSO Network
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2437-2442.
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Blood Lead Levels and Mortality
Mark Lustberg; Ellen Silbergeld
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2443-2449.
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Comparison Between Adult Endocarditis Due to ${beta}$ -Hemolytic Streptococci (Serogroups A, B, C, and G) and Streptococcus milleri: A Multicenter Study in France
Agnès Lefort; Olivier Lortholary; Philippe Casassus; Christine Selton-Suty; Loïc Guillevin; Jean-Luc Mainardi; for the ${beta}$ -Hemolytic Streptococci Infective Endocarditis Study Group
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2450-2456.
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Distrust, Race, and Research
Giselle Corbie-Smith; Stephen B. Thomas; Diane Marie M. St. George
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2458-2463.
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Emergency Evaluation of Chest Pain in Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease
Peter A. McCullough; Richard M. Nowak; Craig Foreback; Glenn Tokarski; Michael C. Tomlanovich; Nabil Khoury; W. Douglas Weaver; Keisha R. Sandberg; James McCord
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2464-2468.
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Risk Factors for Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Nosocomial Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections
Ebbing Lautenbach; Neil O. Fishman; Warren B. Bilker; Analia Castiglioni; Joshua P. Metlay; Paul H. Edelstein; Brian L. Strom
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2469-2477.
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Cost-effectiveness Implications of the Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Adults
Bruce R. Schackman; Kenneth A. Freedberg; Milton C. Weinstein; Paul E. Sax; Elena Losina; Hong Zhang; Sue J. Goldie
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2478-2486.
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Editorials

The Scarred Heart: Mortality Rates for Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Modern Therapy
Joseph S. Alpert
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2411-2412.
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CME Announcement

CME Hiatus: July Through December 2002
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2442.
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Comments, Opinions, and Brief Case Reports

Frontal Sinus Mucopyocele
Sreenu Ada; Madhuri Yalamanchili; Ganesh Kambhampati
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2487-2488.
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Editor's Correspondence

Sex Matters
Sharonne N. Hayes
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2490.
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Surprising Evidence About Associations Between Body Mass Index and Risks of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
Gary Whitlock; Sarah Lewington; Alison E. Field; Eugenie H. Coakley; Aviva Must; Jennifer L. Spadano; Nan Laird; Eric Rimm; Graham A. Colditz
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2490-2491.
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Causes of Death for Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Kristoffer Strålin; Hans Holmberg; Eric Mortensen; D. Scott Obrosky; Michael J. Fine
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2491-2493.
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Primary Care Quality
Jed Weissberg; Michael Mustille; Dana Gelb Safran
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2493-2494.
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Ethnic, Racial, and Sex-Specific Factors Are Important in Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics
Vincent J. Caracciolo; Benjamin M. Shaefer; Pamela Charney; David A. Flockhart; Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2494-2495.
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Role of Toll-like Receptor 4 Mutations in Gram-Negative Septic Shock
Sachin Yende; Jean Paul Mira; David A. Schwartz; Kathy L. Frees
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2496.
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Can Changing Counseling Strategy Change the Picture of the Chronic Hepatitis C Patient Population?
Edoardo Giannini; Roberto Testa; Chong-Shan Wang; Shan-Tair Wang; Ting-Tsung Chang; Wei-Jen Yao; Pesus Chou
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2497-2498.
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Hyaluronate Sodium Injections for Osteoarthritis: The Truth
Roy Altman; Roland Moskowitz; David T. Felson; Jennifer J. Anderson
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2498-2500.
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