Arch Intern Med -- Table of Contents (Vol. 172 No. 2, January 23, 2012)

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In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine

In This Issue of Archives of Internal Medicine
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):96.
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Editorials

Reconsidering Transfer for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy: Time Is of the Essence
Rita F. Redberg
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):98-99. Published online November 28, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.566).
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How Can We Know So Little About Physician Referrals?
Mitchell H. Katz
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):100.
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Review Articles

Effect of Exercise Training on Depressive Symptoms Among Patients With a Chronic Illness: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Matthew P. Herring; Timothy W. Puetz; Patrick J. O’Connor; Rodney K. Dishman
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):101-111.
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Original Investigations

Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission Rates After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Farhan J. Khawaja; Nilay D. Shah; Ryan J. Lennon; Joshua P. Slusser; Aziz A. Alkatib; Charanjit S. Rihal; Bernard J. Gersh; Victor M. Montori; David R. Holmes; Malcolm R. Bell; Jeptha P. Curtis; Harlan M. Krumholz; Henry H. Ting
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):112-117. Published online November 28, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.569).
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Nocturnal Leg Cramps and Prescription Use That Precedes Them: A Sequence Symmetry Analysis
Scott R. Garrison; Colin R. Dormuth; Richard L. Morrow; Greg A. Carney; Karim M. Khan
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):120-126. Published online December 12, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1029).
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Tests and Expenditures in the Initial Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy
Brian Callaghan; Ryan McCammon; Kevin Kerber; Xiao Xu; Kenneth M. Langa; Eva Feldman
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):127-132.
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Effect of MRI on Treatment Results or Decision Making in Patients With Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Referred for Epidural Steroid Injections: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial
Steven P. Cohen; Anita Gupta; Scott A. Strassels; Paul J. Christo; Michael A. Erdek; Scott R. Griffith; Connie Kurihara; Chester C. Buckenmaier III; David Cornblath; To-Nhu Vu
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):134-142. Published online December 12, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.593).
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Statin Use and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative
Annie L. Culver; Ira S. Ockene; Raji Balasubramanian; Barbara C. Olendzki; Deidre M. Sepavich; Jean Wactawski-Wende; JoAnn E. Manson; Yongxia Qiao; Simin Liu; Philip A. Merriam; Catherine Rahilly-Tierny; Fridtjof Thomas; Jeffrey S. Berger; Judith K. Ockene; J. David Curb; Yunsheng Ma
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):144-152. Published online January 9, 2012 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.625).
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Association Between Iodinated Contrast Media Exposure and Incident Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism
Connie M. Rhee; Ishir Bhan; Erik K. Alexander; Steven M. Brunelli
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):153-159.
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Trends in Physician Referrals in the United States, 1999-2009
Michael L. Barnett; Zirui Song; Bruce E. Landon
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):163-170.
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Invited Commentary

Prediction Is Very Hard, Especially About the Future: Comment on "Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission Rates After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention"
Adrian F. Hernandez; Christopher B. Granger
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):117-119. Published online November 28, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.568).
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Diagnosis of Neuropathy: Comment on "Tests and Expenditures in the Initial Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy"
A. Gordon Smith
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):132-133.
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Imaging and Uncertainty in the Use of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections: Comment on "Effect of MRI on Treatment Results or Decision Making in Patients With Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Referred for Epidural Steroid Injections"
Janna Friedly; Richard A. Deyo
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):142-143. Published online December 12, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.581).
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Iodine-Induced Thyroid Dysfunction: Comment on "Association Between Iodinated Contrast Media Exposure and Incident Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism"
Elizabeth N. Pearce
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):159-161.
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Images From Our Readers

Towers of Cuzco’s Cathedral—Peru
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):119.
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Yellow-crowned night heron—Galapagos Islands
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):170.
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Editor's Note

Increased Diabetes Mellitus Risk With Statin Use: Comment on "Statin Use and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative"
Kirsten L. Johansen
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):152. Published online January 9, 2012 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.623).
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Another Reason to Be Cautious About Imaging: Comment on "Association Between Iodinated Contrast Media Exposure and Incident Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism"
Deborah Grady
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):161.
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Overuse of Health Care: Where Are the Data?
Mitchell H. Katz
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):178.
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Special Articles

Overuse of Health Care Services in the United States: An Understudied Problem
Deborah Korenstein; Raphael Falk; Elizabeth A. Howell; Tara Bishop; Salomeh Keyhani
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):171-178.
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Clinical Observations

Severe High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency Associated With Autoantibodies Against Lecithin:Cholesterol Acyltransferase in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Sara Simonelli; Elisabetta Gianazza; Giuliana Mombelli; Alighiero Bondioli; Giovanni Ferraro; Silvana Penco; Cesare R. Sirtori; Guido Franceschini; Laura Calabresi
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):179-181.
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Commentaries

Strategies for Reducing Colorectal Cancer Among Blacks
Samir Gupta; Jessica Shah; Bijal A. Balasubramanian
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):182-184.
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Elmo's Story
David M. Margolis
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):185.
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Research Letters

Effects of Black Tea on Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Jonathan M. Hodgson; Ian B. Puddey; Richard J. Woodman; Theo P. J. Mulder; Dagmar Fuchs; Kirsty Scott; Kevin D. Croft
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):186-188.
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Validation of 7 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk Scores in a Population-Based Cohort: CoLaus Study
Rémy Schmid; Peter Vollenweider; François Bastardot; Gérard Waeber; Pedro Marques-Vidal
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):188-189.
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Frequent Fracture of TrapEase Inferior Vena Cava Filters: A Long-term Follow-up Assessment
Masaki Sano; Naoki Unno; Naoto Yamamoto; Hiroki Tanaka; Hiroyuki Konno
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):189-191. Published online November 28, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.548).
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Fecal Transplant via Retention Enema for Refractory or Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection
Zain Kassam; Rajveer Hundal; John K. Marshall; Christine H. Lee
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):191-193.
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Improvement in Revascularization Time After Creation of a Coronary Catheterization Laboratory at a Public Hospital
Eric A. Secemsky; David Lange; Jennifer E. Ho; Kimberly Brayton; Peter A. Ganz; Genevieve Farr; John S. MacGregor; Priscilla Y. Hsue
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):193-194. Published online November 28, 2011 (doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.564).
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Editor's Correspondence

The Clinical Utility of Prognostic Indices: The Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating
Wouter Diederik van Dijk; Lisette van den Bemt; Chris van Weel
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):194-195.
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The Clinical Utility of Prognostic Indices: The Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating—Reply
George C. M. Siontis; Ioanna Tzoulaki; John P. A. Ioannidis
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):195.
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Supermarkets: Components of Causality for Healthy Diets
Yael Lehmann; Kimberly Morland; James Godbold
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):195-196.
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Supermarkets: Components of Causality for Healthy Diets—Reply
Penny Gordon-Larsen; Janne Boone-Heinonen; Barry M. Popkin
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):196-197.
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What Is Professionalism?
Albert J. Finestone
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):197.
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What Is Professionalism?—Reply
Stephen R. Smith; for the Good Stewardship Working Group of the National Physicians Alliance
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):197.
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Do Procalcitonin Algorithms Modify Mortality?
Laura Ferrari; Francesco Casella; Gian Marco Podda; for the Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GRAM)
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):197-198.
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Do Procalcitonin Algorithms Modify Mortality?—Reply
Philipp Schuetz; Matthias Briel; Victor Chiappa; Jeffrey L. Greenwald
Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):198.
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