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From the Editor
- The vaccine safety belt
Arguments against vaccination have acquired a libertarian tone, like the argument against compulsory wearing of seat belts.
The Clinical Picture
- Persistent back pain in a young woman
Spinal tuberculosis, or Pott disease, is still a common cause of back pain in parts of the world where the infection is rampant.
- Corneal opacities in a man with chronic kidney disease
Effects of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency include coronary artery disease, renal disease, and corneal opacity.
Review
- Vaccinating adults who are pregnant, older, or immunocompromised, or have chronic kidney disease
Certain populations have special vaccination needs and contraindications, which the authors review.
- Improving medication safety during hospital-based transitions of care
Patients being admitted to or discharged from the hospital risk harm from medication errors.
Long-term management of liver transplant recipients: A review for the internistInternists are caring for a greater number of transplant recipients and managing their long-term problems.
- ST-segment elevation: Differential diagnosis, caveats
Our first concern is myocardial infarction. However, several other conditions can also cause ST elevation.
Editorial
Departments
- Enterovirus D-68 presenting with acute pancreatitis (January 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- Eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- In Reply: Eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- The health care ‘iron triangle’ (February 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- In Reply: The health care ‘iron triangle’ (February 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- Alcoholic hepatitis: An important consideration (April 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- In Reply: Alcoholic hepatitis: An important consideration (April 2015)
Readers comment on enterovirus D-68 (January 2015), eosinophilic esophagitis (February 2015), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (February 2015), and alcoholic hepatitis (March 2015).
- HPV DNA test (April 2015)
A reference was omitted from the April 2015 article by Jin and colleagues, “Can the test for human papillomavirus DNA be used as a stand-alone, first-line screening test for cervical cancer?”
