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1997 Article Index

ADDICTION
ALLERGIC DISORDERS
ANESTHESIOLOGY
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS
DERMATOLOGY
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND PROCEDURES
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
FEVER
GASTROENTEROLOGY
GENITOURINARY DISORDERS
GERIATRICS
HEMATOLOGY
HEPATIC AND BILIARY DISORDERS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INGESTIONS
METABOLIC DISORDERS
MICROBIOLOGY
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
NEPHROLOGY
NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
ONCOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORTHOPEDICS
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY
PEDIATRICS
PHARMACOLOGY
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
PULMONARY DISORDERS
RADIOLOGY
RHEUMATOLOGY
SPORTS MEDICINE
SURGERY
TOXICOLOGY
TRAUMA
VASCULAR DISORDERS
TRICKS OF THE TRADE®
INDEX OF AUTHORS

 

ADDICTION
Cigarette

Nicotine patch for, 1:55

Morphine

Withdrawal from, symptoms of precipitated by administration of an opioid agonist-antagonist, 2:90

Nicotine

Transdermal patch for, 1:55

Nicotine patch

For addiction to cigarettes, 1:55

Safety of in cardiac patients, 6:45

ALLERGIC DISORDERS

Anaphylaxis

From bacitracin for surgical wounds, 3:37

Contact dermatitis

From bacitracin for surgical wounds, 3:37

Fragrance allergy

Diagnosis and management of, 7:30

Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

To penicillin for suspected Lyme disease, 10:95

ANESTHESIOLOGY

Wound anesthetization

Protocol for administration of in the ED, 3:53

CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS

Angina pectoris

Alcohol consumption and risk of, 11:52

Angioplasty

Versus bypass surgery for coronary vessel disease, 11:25

Atherosclerosis

In saphenous vein bypass grafts, reduction of, 9:67

Atrial fibrillation

Diagnosis, discussion, and management of, 7:78; 10:51 (correction)

Beta-blockers

Underuse of in elderly MI survivors, 12:51

Bypass grafts

Saphenous vein, reduction of atherosclerotic changes in, 9:67

Bypass surgery

Versus angioplasty for coronary vessel disease, 11:25

Cardiac disease

Alcohol consumption and risk of, 11:52

Chest pain

Acute, risk stratification and triage for, 5:104

Ruling out cardiac source of, 4:104

Cholesterol levels

In ischemia, total and LDL reduction of, 7:77

Congenital heart disease

As risk factor in pregnancy, 4:16

Coronary heart disease

Perioperative use of atenolol during noncardiac surgery in patients with or at risk for, 4:36

Pharmacologic lowering of average cholesterol levels in patients with, 10:73

In women, estrogen-progestin therapy against, 2:45

Worry as risk factor for, 12:30

Endocarditis

Diagnosis and management of, 6:99

Hypertension

Primary pulmonary, appetite suppressant drugs as risk factor for, 5:92

Intensive care unit

Determining need for in patients with acute chest pain, 5:104

Ischemia

Cholesterol reduction in, 7:77

As prognostic indicator for acute cardiac events, 6:34

Myocardial infarction

Acute, serum myoglobin and carbonic anhydrase III as marker for, 1:95

Acute anterior, questionable therapy for in the ED, 9:63

Alcohol consumption and risk of, 11:52

In the elderly, underuse of beta-blockers for, 12:51

Nicotine patch

Safety of in cardiac patients, 6:45

Reduced heart rate

From soft cervical collar, 2:89

Sudden cardiac death

In student athletes, 11:16

In young athletes

Diagnosis of, 4:93

Identifying cause of, 4:59

Syncope

In the athlete or young adult, diagnosis and management of, 2:58

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS

Stroke

Dementia after, 2:75

Oral contraceptives and risk of, 4:62

DERMATOLOGY

Alopecia

Areata

Differential diagnosis and management of, 10:20

Secondary syphilitic, diagnosis and management of, 7:30

Angiosarcoma

Diagnosis of, 6:39

Basal cell carcinoma

Diagnosis and management of, 8:53

Bowenês disease

Diagnosis and management of, 4:123

CafÈ au lait spots

Diagnosis of, 10:30

As sign of neurofibromatosis type 1, 10:30

Cellulitis

Cefazolin-probenecid vs. ceftriaxone-probenecid for, 4:43

Ceftriaxone-probenecid vs. cefazolin-probenecid for, 4:43

Diagnosis and management of, 5:60

Cutaneous horn

Diagnosis and management of, 4:57

Cutaneous larva migrans

Diagnosis and management of, 4:57

Dermal eruptions

From drug administration, diagnosis and management of, 3:49

Dermatitis

Contact, from bacitracin for surgical wounds, 3:37

Hand, differential diagnosis and management of, 11:57

As manifestation of fragrance allergy, 7:30

Elastosis

Facial actinic, diagnosis and management of, 11:49

Epidermoid cyst

Diagnosis and management of, 2:53

Favre-Racouchot syndrome

Diagnosis and management of, 11:49

Gougerot-Carteaud syndrome

Diagnosis and management of, 3:49

Koebnerês phenomenon

Diagnosis and management of, 4:123

Melanoma

Nodular malignant, diagnosis of, 6:39

Neurofibroma

Diagnosis and management of, 8:53

Nevi

Intradermal, diagnosis and management of, 11:49

Papillomatosis

Confluent and reticulated, diagnosis and management of, 3:49

Pregnancy tumor

Diagnosis and management of, 9:91

Pyogenic granuloma

Diagnosis and management of, 9:91

Scabies

Diagnosis and management of, 6:54

Seborrheic keratosis

Diagnosis and management of, 10:30

Warts

From tattooing process, diagnosis of, 2:53

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND PROCEDURES

(See also RADIOLOGY)
Capnogram

For measuring bronchospasm, 4:50

Carbonic anhydrase III

And serum myoglobin as marker for acute myocardial infarction, 1:95

CO2 waveform

For measuring bronchospasm, 4:50

Colonoscopy

Diminutive rectosigmoid adenomas as mandate for, 5:117

Digital rectal examination

For early detection of prostate cancer, 1:45

Imaging

Use and overuse of for acute low back pain, 5:41

Right heart catheterization

Risks of in the critically ill, 4:138

Scintigraphy

Versus ultrasonography for diagnosis of stress fracture, 3:48

Serum myoglobin

And carbonic anhydrase III as marker for acute myocardial infarction, 1:95

Ultrasonography

For assessment of intra-abdominal injury, 9:42

For detecting hemothorax in trauma patients, 10:36

Use of in the ED for detecting ectopic pregnancy, 8:40

Versus scintigraphy for diagnosis of stress fracture, 3:48

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION

Professional standards

Neglect of, 8:103

Wound anesthetization

Protocol for, 3:53

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Cesarean section

Mistaken, in nonpregnant accident victim, 8:104

Crack cocaine body stuffing

ED management of effects of, 12:49

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

ACTH syndrome

Ectopic, diagnosis of, 5:115

Cushingês syndrome

Diagnosis of, 5:115

Diabetes

Mellitus, intrarenal arterial calcifications as sign of, x-ray diagnosis of, 12:65

FEVER

Normothermia

Maintaining during major operations, 2:32

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Achalasia

Esophageal, x-ray diagnosis of, 6:135

Adenomas

Diminutive rectosigmoid, as marker for colorectal cancer, 5:117

Alcoholic gastropathy

As cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 5:51

Anorectal emergencies

Diagnosis and management of, 4:111

Diarrhea

Clostridium difficile, antibiotic-associated, diagnosis and management of, 12:55

Infectious, Escherichia coli O157:H7 as cause of, 10:74

Dyspepsia

Anti-Helicobacter pylori agents in cost-effective management of, 11:26

Gastric ulcer

Evasive clue to in the ED, 10:76

Gastroesophageal reflux

Atypical, diagnosis of, 9:40

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Upper, in alcoholics, diagnosis of, 5:51

Nausea

Chronic, idiopathic, as symptom of gastroesophageal reflux, 9:40

Pneumoperitoneum

Tension, from misplaced endotracheal tube in the ED, 5:118

Sigmoid colon perforation

During tubal ligation, 6:47

GENITOURINARY DISORDERS

Bacterial vaginosis

Treatment of, 1:103

Kidney stones

Calcium and risk of, 8:55

Prostate cancer

Early-stage, counseling patients with, 2:85

Survival rate after surgery for, 4:48

Urinary tract infection

Risk factors for in young women, 3:41

Treatment choices for, 6:48

GERIATRICS

Beta-blockers

Underuse of in MI survivors, 12:51

Herpes zoster

In the immunocompetent patient, combination corticosteroid and antiviral therapy for postherpetic neuralgia from, 4:125

Myocardial infarction

Underuse of beta-blockers in survivors of, 12:51

Pneumonia

Systemic inflammatory response to and risk of mortality, 11:28

Update, 7:38

Warfarin

Hemorrhagic complications of, 2:100

HEMATOLOGY

Heavy chain disease

Gamma globulin, diagnosis of, 7:75

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Escherichia coli O157:H7 as cause of, 10:74

Plasma cell dyscrasia

Gamma globulin heavy chain disease form of, diagnosis of, 7:75

Warfarin

Hematologic complications of in the elderly, 2:100

HEPATIC AND BILIARY DISORDERS

Bile duct stones

Risks of endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy for, 6:64

Hepatic abscess

Differential diagnosis of, 7:58

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

Risks of endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy for, 6:64

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Babesiosis

As coinfection with Lyme disease and ehrlichiosis, 3:44

Diagnosis and management of, 2:103

Candidiasis

Vulvovaginal, self-treatment of, 2:56

Cellulitis

Cefazolin-probenecid vs. ceftriaxone-probenecid for, 4:43

Ceftriaxone-probenecid vs. cefazolin-probenecid for, 4:43

Diagnosis and management of, 5:60

Cold sore

Penciclovir for, 10:78

Cytomegalovirus retinitis

In AIDS patients, cidofovir for, 8:79

Diarrhea

Clostridium difficile, antibiotic-associated, diagnosis and management of, 12:55

Ehrlichiosis

As coinfection with babesiosis and Lyme disease, 3:44

Endocarditis

Diagnosis and management of, 6:99

Herpes simplex labialis

Penciclovir for, 10:78

Herpes zoster

In the elderly immunocompetent patient, combination corticosteroid and antiviral therapy for postherpetic neuralgia from, 4:125

Ophthalmic, diagnosis of, 9:34

HIV infection and AIDS

Cidofovir for treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in, 8:79

Update for primary care physicians, 9:52

Legionnaireês disease

Diagnosis and management of, 6:119

Listeriosis

Diagnosis and management of, 11:67

Lyme borreliosis

Diagnosis and management of, 7:18

Lyme disease

As coinfection with babesiosis and ehrlichiosis, 3:44

Diagnosis and management of, 7:18

Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction to penicillin for, 10:95

Meningitis

Enterovirus, diagnosis and management of, 8:109

Listeria, diagnosis and management of, 11:67

Pneumonia

In the elderly, 7:38

Haemophilus influenzae, diagnosis and management of, 3:102

Legionella, diagnosis and management of, 6:119

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, diagnosis of, 5:112

Scabies

Diagnosis and management of, 6:54

Sepsis

Diagnosis and management of, 1:73; 3:54

Septic shock

Diagnosis and management of, 3:54

Sexually transmitted diseases

In the adolescent girl, lower abdominal pain as manifestation of, 2:91

Diagnosis and management of

Ulcerating (part 1 of 2), 1:59

Lesionless (part 2 of 2), 2:20

Strongyloidiasis

Pulmonary, diagnosis and management of, 4:127

Syphilis

Secondary, alopecia as manifestation of, 7:30

Travel-related disorders

Review, diagnosis, and management of, 8:12

Tuberculous spondylitis

Delayed diagnosis of in the ED, 5:123

Urinary tract infection

Treatment choices for, 6:48

INGESTIONS

Crack cocaine

Body stuffing with, management of effects of, 12:49

OTC medication

Obtaining history of in the ED, 2:90

METABOLIC DISORDERS

Amyloidosis

Systemic, diagnosis of, 5:97

Glucose-related crises

Diagnosis and management of, 6:18

Obesity

Appetite suppressant drugs as risk factor for primary pulmonary hypertension in, 5:92

MICROBIOLOGY

Escherichia coli O157:H7

Epidemiologic and clinical features of, 10:74

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Dislocated elbow

Failure to splint in the ED, 4:88

Fracture

Fibular, x-ray diagnosis of, 5:129

Pelvic, x-ray diagnosis of, 2:109

Spinal, mismanaged in the ED, 2:89

Stress, scintigraphy vs. ultrasonography for diagnosis of, 3:48

Fracture of odontoid process

X-ray diagnosis of, 10:105

Hip replacement

Total, cost-effectiveness of, 1:43

Lisfrancês dislocation

X-ray diagnosis of, 4:147

Low back pain

Acute

Chiropractic spinal manipulation for (letters), 2:6

Use and overuse of diagnostic imaging for, 5:41

Neurologic source of, 6:66

Neuropathic foot

X-ray diagnosis of, 9:101

Osteomyelitis

Subacute, x-ray diagnosis of, 8:123

Perilunate dislocation

X-ray diagnosis of, 11:77

Shoulder dislocations

Anterior, postreduction radiography for, 3:84

Tuberculous spondylitis

Delayed diagnosis of in the ED, 5:123

NEPHROLOGY

Renal failure

Dialyzer use and mortality in, 7:36

Intrarenal arterial calcifications

As sign of diabetes mellitus, x-ray diagnosis of, 12:65

NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS

Bellês palsy

Diagnosis and management of, 10:52

CafÈ au lait spots

As sign of neurofibromatosis type 1, diagnosis of, 10:30

Central cord syndrome

Delayed diagnosis of in the ED, 3:53

Cerebellar hematoma

Unusual clue to diagnosis of in the ED, 4:88

Cerebral neurologic complications

Coronary bypass surgery as cause of, 5:57

Confusional states

Acute, differentiation of, 11:36

Dementia

After stroke, 2:75

Epilepsy

New antiepileptic drugs for, 3:17

Facial nerve paralysis

Evaluation and management of, 10:52

Guillain-BarrÈ syndrome

Recognition of in the ED, 1:89

Listeriosis

Diagnosis and management of, 11:67

Low back pain

Neurologic source of, 6:66

Meningitis

Listeria, diagnosis and management of, 11:67

Neurofibromatosis

Type I, diagnosis of, 10:30

Neurologic examination

Review of, 6:68

Neuropathic foot

X-ray diagnosis of, 9:101

Seizure disorders

New antiepileptic drugs for, 3:17

Sleep disorders

Nonrespiratory, diagnosis and management of, 8:57

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Aneurysmal, overlooked in the ED, 8:103

von Recklinghausenês disease

Diagnosis of, 10:30

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Candidiasis

Vulvovaginal, self-treatment of, 2:56

Cesarean section

Mistaken, in nonpregnant accident victim, 8:104

Lower abdominal pain

In the adolescent girl, diagnosis and management of, 2:91

Oral contraceptives

Risk of stroke from, 4:62

Pregnancy

Congenital heart disease as risk factor in, 4:16

Ectopic, routine ED ultrasound screening for, 8:40

Tubal ligation

Perforation of sigmoid colon during, 6:47

Urinary tract infection

Risk factors for in young women, 3:41

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

Shift work

In the ED, strategies for sleep management during, 3:80

ONCOLOGY

Angiosarcoma

Diagnosis of, 6:39

Cancer

Risk of in patients with idiopathic deep venous thrombosis, 5:45

Colorectal cancer

Diminutive rectosigmoid adenomas as marker for, 5:117

Heavy chain disease

Gamma globulin, diagnosis of, 7:75

Melanoma

Nodular malignant, diagnosis of, 6:39

Plasma cell dyscrasia

Gamma globulin heavy chain disease form of, diagnosis of, 7:75

Prostate cancer

Digital rectal examination for early detection of, 1:45

Early-stage, counseling patients with, 2:85

Survival rate after surgery for, 4:48

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Glaucoma

Risk of from inhaled and nasal steroids, 9:32

Herpes zoster

Ophthalmic, diagnosis of, 9:34

Pterygium

Diagnosis and management of, 1:83

Retinitis

Cytomegalovirus, in AIDS patients, cidofovir for, 8:79

ORTHOPEDICS

Dislocated elbow

Failure to splint in the ED, 4:88

Fracture

Fibular, x-ray diagnosis of, 5:129

Pelvic, x-ray diagnosis of, 2:109

Spinal, mismanaged in the ED, 2:89

Stress, scintigraphy vs. ultrasonography for diagnosis of, 3:48

Fracture of odontoid process

X-ray diagnosis of, 10:105

Hip replacement

Total, cost-effectiveness of, 1:43

Lisfrancês dislocation

X-ray diagnosis of, 4:147

Low back pain

Neurologic source of, 6:66

Neuropathic foot

X-ray diagnosis of, 9:101

Perilunate dislocation

X-ray diagnosis of, 11:77

Shoulder dislocation

Anterior, postreduction radiography for, 3:84

OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Ear

Acute, diagnosis and management of, 12:34

Sinusitis

Acute, diagnosis and management of, 5:97

PARASITOLOGY

Scabies

Diagnosis and management of, 6:54

PEDIATRICS

Osteomyelitis

Subacute, x-ray diagnosis of, 8:123

Reyeês syndrome

Diagnosis and management of, 8:89

Skull fracture

Pond, diagnosis and management of, 1:83

PHARMACOLOGY

Aminoglycosides

Single daily dose administration of, 2:83

Anorectic drugs

As risk factor for primary pulmonary hypertension, 5:92

Antibiotics

Overprescribing of for upper respiratory infections and bronchitis, 11:30

Antiepileptic medications

New, review of, 3:17

Anti-Helicobacter pylori agents

For cost-effective management of dyspepsia, 11:26

Appetite suppressant drugs

As risk factor for primary pulmonary hypertension, 5:92

Atenolol

For patients with or at risk for coronary artery disease undergoing noncardiac surgery, 4:36

Bacitracin

Versus white petrolatum for care of surgical wounds, 3:37

Beta-blockers

Underuse of in elderly MI survivors, 12:51

Cefazolin-probenecid

Versus ceftriaxone-probenecid for cellulitis, 4:43

Ceftriaxone-probenecid

Versus cefazolin-probenecid for cellulitis, 4:43

Cidofovir

Versus ganciclovir or foscarnet for treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients, 8:79

Clindamycin

Vaginal cream, for bacterial vaginosis, 1:103

Crack cocaine

Body stuffing with, management of effects of, 12:49

Drug eruptions

Multiple fixed, diagnosis and management of, 3:49

Estrogen-progestin

As therapy against coronary disease in women, 2:45

Foscarnet

Versus cidofovir for treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients, 8:79

Ganciclovir

Versus cidofovir for treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in AIDS patients, 8:79

Metronidazole

Oral, for bacterial vaginosis, 1:103

Vaginal gel, for bacterial vaginosis, 1:103

Morphine

Withdrawal from, symptoms of precipitated by administration of an opioid agonist-antagonist, 2:90

Nicotine patch

For addiction to cigarettes, 1:55

Safety of in cardiac patients, 6:45

Penciclovir

For herpes simplex labialis, 10:78

Penicillin

Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction to, 10:95

Pravastatin

For lowering average cholesterol levels in patients with heart disease, 10:73

Warfarin

Hemorrhagic complications of in the elderly, 2:100

White petrolatum

Versus bacitracin for care of surgical wounds, 3:37

PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Panic disorder

Chest pain as manifestation of, 4:104

Diagnosis and management of, 4:104

PULMONARY DISORDERS

Asthma

Inappropriate treatment of in the ED, 9:63

Risk of glaucoma from inhaled and nasal steroids in treatment of, 9:32

Bronchitis

Viral, overprescribing of antibiotics for, 11:30

Bronchospasm

Capnogram for measurement of, 4:50

CO2 waveform for measurement of, 4:50

Hemothorax

Ultrasonography for detection of after trauma, 10:36

Hypoxia

Hyperbaric, during air travel, in patients with cardiopulmonary conditions, 2:77

Legionnaireês disease

Diagnosis and management of, 6:119

Lung injury

Aspiration-induced; recognition, treatment, and prevention of, 10:80

Pneumonia

In the elderly, 7:38

Legionella, diagnosis and management of, 6:119

Mycoplasma pneumoniae, diagnosis of, 5:112

Systemic inflammatory response to and mortality in the elderly, 11:28

Pneumoperitoneum

From intubation for respiratory failure in the ED, 5:118

X-ray diagnosis of, 1:109

Pulmonary embolism

In women, risk factors for, 9:64

Respiratory tract injury

From inhalation burns, 1:12

Strongyloidiasis

Diagnosis and management of, 4:127

Upper respiratory infections

Overprescribing of antibiotics for, 11:30

RADIOLOGY

Achalasia

Esophageal, x-ray diagnosis of, 6:135

Ankle injuries

Plain film tomography for, 1:41

Diabetes

Mellitus, intrarenal arterial calcifications as sign of, x-ray diagnosis of, 12:65

Foreign object in foot

X-ray discovery of in the ED, 10:76

Fracture

Fibular, x-ray diagnosis of, 5:129

Pelvic, x-ray diagnosis of, 2:109

Fracture of odontoid process

X-ray diagnosis of, 10:105

Intrarenal arterial calcifications

As sign of diabetes mellitus, x-ray diagnosis of, 12:65

Lisfrancês dislocation

X-ray diagnosis of, 4:147

Neuropathic foot

X-ray diagnosis of, 9:101

Osteomyelitis

Subacute, x-ray diagnosis of, 8:123

Perilunate dislocation

X-ray dislocation of, 11:77

Pneumoperitoneum

X-ray diagnosis of, 1:109

Shoulder dislocation

Anterior, postreduction radiography for, 3:84

Swan-Ganz catheter

Misplaced, x-ray confirmation of, 3:111

Tomography

Plain film, for ankle injuries, 1:41

Venous stasis

Chronic, x-ray diagnosis of, 7:87