Passing the baton
Brian Mandell, MD, PhD, will assume the role of editor-in-chief of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. I have enjoyed my tenure and look forward to continuing my association with the Journal.
J.D. CLOUGH

Coping with the influenza vaccine shortage
How to decide which patients to vaccinate and how to use antiviral drugs, in light of the vaccine shortage.
S.B. MOSSAD

The sad story of Vioxx, and what we should learn from it
The withdrawal of rofecoxib (Vioxx) has important implications both for patients with arthritis and for the pharmaceutical field in general.
J. KARHA and E.J. TOPOL

Benefits of more aggressive VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients
Most hospitalized medical patients who should be receiving anticoagulants to prevent VTE according to current guidelines are not getting them, or are receiving subtherapeutic doses.
L.B. MENAJOVSKY and J. SPANDORFER

Epidural steroids for back and leg pain: Mechanism of action and efficacy
Epidural steroid injections may relieve the patient's pain while healing occurs. Who should receive this therapy, and what kind of benefit can they reasonably expect?
R.F. McLAIN, L. KAPURAL, and N.A. MEKHAIL

A guide to assessing decision-making capacity
Physicians must care for many patients who are neither fully capable nor totally incapable of understanding and expressing choices about their treatment. We present an algorithm for assessing decision-making capacity.
R.C. JONES and T. HOLDEN

Medical problems in pregnancy
This month we start a new series with an article on cardiovascular problems in pregnancy; future articles will cover hypertension, selected neurologic problems, medications, and other pregnancy-related topics for the internist.

Cardiovascular problems and pregnancy: An approach to management
We review the impact of pregnancy on a number of heart diseases (and vice versa) and offer recommendations for their management.
S. SIU and J.M. COLMAN

Enteral nutrition is preferred in pancreatitis

Omeprazole 20 mg is as effective as 40 mg for primary care of acid-related dyspepsia

Compression stockings prevent postthrombotic syndrome

Lactobacillus doesn't prevent postantibiotic vaginitis

Index to Volume 71