June 1999

 

 An empiric approach to acute cystitis...A simple algorithm is effective and saves time.

 H pylori and functional dyspepsia...What studies show about whether to treat.

 Coronary angiography...Still the gold standard, but no longer on a pedestal of infallibility.

 Gulf war syndrome...What is known? What is not?

 The threat of bioterrorism...Would we recognize an attack, should one occur?

 Fever of unknown origin...Finding the etiology of a puzzling case.

 

 

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May 03, 2002

 

How to use low-molecular weight heparin for outpatient management of deep vein thrombosis
Outpatient use of low-molecular weight heparins requires careful planning and patient education. This article features an algorithm used at the Cleveland Clinic.
S.R. Deitcher, J.W. Olin, and J. Bartholomew

 

A 57-year-old woman with pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia
What is the likely cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.
A. Lobo and R.A. Dweik

   

A common-sense approach to chronic fatigue in primary care
Chronic fatigue is a mystery. This does not mean that it is not real, or that physicians cannot help. 
D.C. Ang and L.H. Calabrese

  

Review of newer contraceptive agents
The latest in oral contraceptives, injectable progesterone, subdermal progestin implants, progesterone-releasing IUDs, emergency contraception, and male contraception.
M. Qureshi and M. Attaran

  PIONEERS IN MEDICINE ...............................................................................................

Sones’ laws of clinical conduct
Remembering one of the fathers of modern cardiology, and the principles he lived by.
W.L. Proudfit

  

Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor (TNF): New treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis
The treatment of autoimmune diseases took a big step forward recently with the release of new drugs that target one of the key cytokines in the inflammatory process. With an illustration showing how the new drugs block tumor necrosis factor.
L.W. Moreland

   INFECTIOUS DISEASE ALERT .....................................................................................

Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it
Listeria monocytogenes has become a major pathogen in foodborne illness. In listerial meningitis, the most common manifestation, the mortality rate exceeds 20%. 
A.J. Taege