Arch Intern Med -- Table of Contents (Vol. 164 No. 16, September 13, 2004)

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Waterfall at Robert Treman State Park, New York.
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In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine
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Editorials

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Status of Doctor-Patient Communication About Health Care Costs
Alex D. Federman
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1723-1724.
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Expectorated Sputum for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Sacred Cow
J. Mark Madison; Richard S. Irwin
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1725-1727.
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Review Articles

Preoperative Evaluation for Major Noncardiac Surgery: Focusing on Heart Failure
Adrian F. Hernandez; L. Kristin Newby; Christopher M. O'Connor
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1729-1736.
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Diabetes Mellitus, the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, and the Heart
Hoong Sern Lim; Robert J. MacFadyen; Gregory Y. H. Lip
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1737-1748.
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Original Investigations

Cost-Related Medication Underuse: Do Patients With Chronic Illnesses Tell Their Doctors?
John D. Piette; Michele Heisler; Todd H. Wagner
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1749-1755.
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When Patients Refuse Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity: How Should Clinicians Respond?
Samia A. Hurst
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1757-1760.
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Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality and Attributable Risks of Death After Ischemic Stroke: The German Stroke Registers Study Group
Peter U. Heuschmann; Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas; Bjoern Misselwitz; Peter Hermanek; Carsten Leffmann; R. W. C. Janzen; Joachim Rother; Hans-Joachim Buecker-Nott; Klaus Berger; for The German Stroke Registers Study Group
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1761-1768.
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Prevalence of Migraine in Patients With a History of Self-reported or Physician-Diagnosed "Sinus" Headache
Curtis P. Schreiber; Susan Hutchinson; Christopher J. Webster; Michael Ames; Mary S. Richardson; Connie Powers
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1769-1772.
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Clinical Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Brennan M. R. Spiegel; Ian M. Gralnek; Roger Bolus; Lin Chang; Gareth S. Dulai; Emeran A. Mayer; Bruce Naliboff
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1773-1780.
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C-Reactive Protein and Atherosclerosis of the Thoracic Aorta: A Population-Based Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study
Yoram Agmon; Bijoy K. Khandheria; Irene Meissner; Tanya M. Petterson; W. Michael O'Fallon; David O. Wiebers; Teresa J. H. Christianson; Joseph P. McConnell; Jack P. Whisnant; James B. Seward; A. Jamil Tajik
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1781-1787.
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Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease With Laboratory Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and an Educational Program
Ayub Akbari; Peter J. Swedko; Heather D. Clark; William Hogg; Jacques Lemelin; Peter Magner; Lisa Moore; Daylily Ooi
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1788-1792.
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Change in Thrombus Length on Venous Ultrasound and Recurrent Deep Vein Thrombosis
Lori-Ann Linkins; Patricia Pasquale; Sharon Paterson; Clive Kearon
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1793-1796.
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Bupropion for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Trial
Joel A. Simon; Carol Duncan; Timothy P. Carmody; Esther S. Hudes
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1797-1803.
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Pulmonary Thromboembolism in American Indians and Alaskan Natives
Paul D. Stein; Fadi Kayali; Ronald E. Olson; Creagh E. Milford
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1804-1806.
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Assessment of the Usefulness of Sputum Culture for Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Using the PORT Predictive Scoring System
Elisa García-Vázquez; María Angeles Marcos; José Mensa; Andrés de Roux; Jordi Puig; Carmen Font; Gloria Francisco; Antonio Torres
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1807-1811.
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Corrections

Prolonged QTc Interval and Risks of Total Cardiovascular Mortality and Sudden Death in the General Population: A Review and Qualitative Overview of the Prospective Cohort Studies—Correction
Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:1796.
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