August 14, 2000, Vol 160, No. 15, Pages 2253-2404

Original Investigation

Self-reported Hypertension Treatment Practices Among Primary Care Physicians: Blood Pressure Thresholds, Drug Choices, and the Role of Guidelines and Evidence-Based Medicine

David J. Hyman, MD, MPH; Valory N. Pavlik, PhD, MPH

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2281-2286. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2281

Association of Hypertension and Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Edward O. Bixler, PhD; Alexandros N. Vgontzas, MD; Hung-Mo Lin, PhD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2289-2295. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2289

Strong and Significant Relationships Between Aggregation of Major Coronary Risk Factors and the Acceleration of Carotid Atherosclerosis in the General Population of a Japanese City: The Suita Study

Toshifumi Mannami, MD; Shunroku Baba, MD; Jun Ogata, MD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2297-2303. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2297

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Auricular Acupuncture for Cocaine Dependence

S. Kelly Avants, PhD; Arthur Margolin, PhD; Theodore R. Holford, PhD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2305-2312. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2305

Risk of Hepatitis C Transmission From Infected Medical Staff to Patients: Model-Based Calculations for Surgical Settings

R. Stefan Ross, MD; Sergei Viazov, PhD; Michael Roggendorf, MD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2313-2316. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2313

Lying to Each Other: When Internal Medicine Residents Use Deception With Their Colleagues

Michael J. Green, MD, MS; Neil J. Farber, MD; Peter A. Ubel, MD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2317-2323. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2317

Low-Molecular-Weight and Unfractionated Heparin for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Neurosurgery: A Meta-analysis

Alfonso Iorio, MD; Giancarlo Agnelli, MD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2327-2332. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2327

Who Reports Receiving Advice to Lose Weight?Results From a Multistate Survey

Christopher N. Sciamanna, MD, MPH; Deborah F. Tate, MS; Wei Lang, PhD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2334-2339. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2334

Oral Anticoagulation Management in Primary Care With the Use of Computerized Decision Support and Near-Patient Testing: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

David A. Fitzmaurice, MD; F. D. Richard Hobbs, FRCGP; Ellen T. Murray, MSc; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2343-2348. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2343

Sex Inequality in Kidney Transplantation Rates

Douglas E. Schaubel, BMath, MSc; Donna E. Stewart, MD, FRCPC; Howard I. Morrison, PhD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2349-2354. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2349

Bilateral Leg Edema, Obesity, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Robert P. Blankfield, MD, MS; David W. Hudgel, MD; Amy Artim Tapolyai, MBA; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2357-2362. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2357

3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors and the Risk of Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study

Lucie Blais, PhD; Alain Desgagné, MSc; Jacques LeLorier, MD, PhD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2363-2368. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2363

Frequency of Major Hemorrhage in Patients Treated With Unfractionated Intravenous Heparin for Deep Venous Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism: A Study in Routine Clinical Practice

Majida Zidane; Miranda T. Schram; Erwin W. Planken, MD, PhD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2369-2373. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2369

Effect of Cocoa Bran on Low-Density Lipoprotein Oxidation and Fecal Bulking

David J. A. Jenkins, MD; Cyril W. C. Kendall, PhD; Vladimir Vuksan, PhD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2374-2379. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2374

Where's the Beef?The Role of Cross-contamination in 4 Chain Restaurant–Associated Outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the Pacific Northwest

Lisa A. Jackson, MD, MPH; William E. Keene, PhD, MPH; Jeremy M. McAnulty, MBBS, MPH; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2380-2385. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2380

Review

The Role of Hormone Replacement Therapy in the Prevention of Postmenopausal Heart Disease

Lori Mosca, MD, PhD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2263-2272. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2263

Long-term Safety of Hepatic Hydroxymethyl Glutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors: The Role of Metabolism—Monograph for Physicians

Michael Bottorff, PharmD; Philip Hansten, PharmD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2273-2280. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2273

Autopsy and Medicine

Case of the Month: What Killed the Patient—the Disease or the Experimental Treatment?

Larry Nichols, MD; Randy Hanzlick, MD; and the Autopsy Committee of the College of American Pathologists

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2253-2254. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2253

Commentary

Is the Therapeutic Nature of the Patient-Physician Relationship Being Undermined?A Primary Care Physician's Perspective

William T. Branch Jr, MD

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2257-2260. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2257

Error in Figure

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2333. doi:10-1001/pubs.Arch Intern Med.-ISSN-0003-9926-160-15-icx00004

Clinical Observation

Report of a False-Positive HIV Test Result and the Potential Use of Additional Tests in Establishing HIV Serostatus

Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD; Maria Paliou, MD; Thomas C. Greenbough, MD; et al.

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Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(15):2386-2388. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.15.2386

Editor's Correspondence