Arch Intern Med -- Table of Contents (Vol. 162 No. 5, March 11, 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;162:505.
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Editorials

The Changing Face of Hypertension: Is Systolic Blood Pressure the Final Answer?
Prakash C. Deedwania
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:506-508.
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Review Articles

Psychological Factors in Heart Failure: A Review of the Literature
Kenneth M. A. MacMahon; Gregory Y. H. Lip
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:509-516.
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Special Articles

Clostridial Myonecrosis Cluster Among Injection Drug Users: A Molecular Epidemiology Investigation
David R. Bangsberg; Judith I. Rosen; Tomás Aragón; Andre Campbell; Lucy Weir; Francoise Perdreau-Remington
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:517-522.
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Original Investigations

Do Subspecialists Working Outside of Their Specialty Provide Less Efficient and Lower-Quality Care to Hospitalized Patients Than Do Primary Care Physicians?
Scott R. Weingarten; Lynne Lloyd; Chiun-Fang Chiou; Glenn D. Braunstein
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:527-532.
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Statin Use, Bone Mineral Density, and Fracture Risk: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
Julie A. Pasco; Mark A. Kotowicz; Margaret J. Henry; Kerrie M. Sanders; Geoffrey C. Nicholson
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:537-540.
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Balancing the Risks of Stroke and Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Malcolm Man-Son-Hing; Andreas Laupacis
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:541-550.
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Quality of Life After Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Patients Treated at Sites With and Without On-site Availability of Angiography
Louise Pilote; Claude Lauzon; Thao Huynh; Danielle Dion; René Roux; Normand Racine; Suzanne Carignan; Jean G. Diodati; Claude Lévesque; François Charbonneau; Joël Pouliot; Lawrence Joseph; Mark J. Eisenberg
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:553-559.
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Effectiveness of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly: Cause for Concern in the Old-Old
Stephen B. Soumerai; Thomas J. McLaughlin; Dennis Ross-Degnan; Cindy L. Christiansen; Jerry H. Gurwitz
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:561-568.
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Prospective Study of Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Hypertension in Young Women
Ravi Thadhani; Carlos A. Camargo Jr; Meir J. Stampfer; Gary C. Curhan; Walter C. Willett; Eric B. Rimm
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:569-574.
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Prognostic Value of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure in Treated Hypertensive Men
Athanase Benetos; Frédérique Thomas; Kathryn Bean; Sylvie Gautier; Harold Smulyan; Louis Guize
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:577-581.
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Systolic vs Diastolic Blood Pressure Control in the Hypertensive Patients of the PAMELA Population
Giuseppe Mancia; Michele Bombelli; Arturo Lanzarotti; Guido Grassi; GianCarlo Cesana; Alberto Zanchetti; Roberto Sega
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:582-586.
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The Association of Sex and Payer Status on Management and Subsequent Survival in Acute Myocardial Infarction
John G. Canto; William J. Rogers; Nisha C. Chandra; William J. French; Hal V. Barron; Paul D. Frederick; Charles Maynard; Nathan R. Every; for the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:587-593.
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Association Between Chlamydia pneumoniae Antibodies and Intimal Calcification in Femoral Arteries of Nondiabetic Patients
Seppo Lehto; Leo Niskanen; Matti Suhonen; Tapani Rönnemaa; Pekka Saikku; Markku Laakso
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:594-599.
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The Impact of Empirical Management of Acute Cystitis on Unnecessary Antibiotic Use
Warren J. McIsaac; Donald E. Low; Anne Biringer; Nicholas Pimlott; Michael Evans; Richard Glazier
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:600-605.
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Comments, Opinions, and Brief Case Reports

Bruxism Masquerading as a Murmur
Mark A. Marinella
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:606.
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West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis With Optic Neuritis
Vladimir Vaispapir; Arnon Blum; Soboh Soboh; Haim Ashkenazi
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:606-607.
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Editor's Correspondence

Nationwide Folate Fortification Has Complex Ramifications and Requires Careful Monitoring Over Time
Jeanne I. Rader; Elizabeth A. Yetley
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:608-609.
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Underestimation of Adverse Drug Events in Nursing Home Residents
Gerson T. Lesser; Kenneth Boockvar; Isabel Polsky; Terry S. Field; Jerry Gurwitz
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:609-610.
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Blood Pressure in Early Life and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Peter McCarron; Mona Okasha; James McEwen; George Davey Smith; Martha L. Daviglus; Jeremiah Stamler; Katsuyuki Miura
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:610-611.
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Predicting Tuberculosis at Hospital Admission
Javier Cobo; Santiago Moreno; Juan P. Wisnivesky; Thomas McGinn; Ronald G. Crystal
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:611-612.
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The Effect of Explicit Financial Incentives on Physician Behavior
Rahul Gupta; Seema Gupta
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:612-613.
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Testing for Hypercoagulable Disorders
Michel W. Ghobrial; Helena Kwakwa
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:613.
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Timing of Hypercoagulable Screens
Michael J. Kovacs; Daniel G. Federman; Robert S. Kirsner
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:613-614.
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Archives CME

Archives of Internal Medicine Reader's Choice: Continuing Medical Education
Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:615.
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