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Table of Contents

December 01, 2004; Volume 71,Issue 12

From the Editor

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    Passing the baton
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 913;

    Beginning next month, current deputy editor 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.

Rapid Communication

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    Coping with the influenza vaccine shortage
    Sherif B. Mossad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 918-927;

    How to decide which patients to vaccinate and how to use antiviral drugs, in light of the vaccine shortage.

Commentary

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    The sad story of Vioxx, and what we should learn from it
    Juhana Karha, MD and Eric J. Topol, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 933-939;

    The withdrawal of rofecoxib (Vioxx) has important implications both for patients with arthritis and for the pharmaceutical field in general.

Review

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    Benefits of more aggressive VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients
    L. Bernardo Menajovsky, MD, MS and John Spandorfer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 947-960;

    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.

  • Epidural steroids for back and leg pain: Mechanism of action and efficacy
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    Epidural steroids for back and leg pain: Mechanism of action and efficacy
    Robert F. McLain, MD, Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD and Nagy A. Mekhail, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 961-970;

    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?

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    A guide to assessing decision-making capacity
    Roger C. Jones, MD and Timothy Holden, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 971-975;

    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.

New Series: Introduction

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    Medical problems in pregnancy
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 976;

    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.

Medical Problems in Pregnancy

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    Cardiovascular problems and pregnancy: An approach to management
    Samuel Siu, MD and Jack M. Colman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 977-985;

    We review the impact of pregnancy on a number of heart diseases (and vice versa) and offer recommendations for their management.

Departments

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    Index to Volume 71
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2004, 71 (12) 986-990;
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