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VOL 105 / NO 2 / FEBRUARY 1999 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE


Symposium on Complications of Diabetes

65 INTRODUCTION
Commentary on a four-article symposium
Nancy J. V. Bohannon, MD
66 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND DIABETES
Secondary prevention needs more attention
Nancy J. V. Bohannon, MD
83 DEALING WITH DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY
A complication that can be avoided, detected, and treated
David S. H. Bell, MB, Jimmy Alele, MD
99 LIMITED JOINT MOBILITY IN DIABETES
Diabetic cheiroarthropathy may be a clue to more serious complications
Mohammad Aljahlan, MD, Kwok-Choy Lee, MD, PhD, Ellen Toth, MD
111 HAVE DIABETES, WILL TRAVEL
How to help patients avoid diabetic emergencies away from home
Charlene M. Dewey, MD, Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH

Clinical Articles

Point/Counterpoint
IS PRESCRIBING ANTIBIOTICS BY PHONE FOR RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ACCEPTABLE?
46 This expert says NO!
Lloyd C. Olson, MD
47 This expert says YES!
Richard J. Martin, MD
55 SMOKE INHALATION INJURY
When to suspect and how to treat
Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr, MD
131 ERECTILE FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION
How it works and what can be done when it doesn't
Gerald H. Jordan, MD
149 RECOGNIZING ROSACEA
Could you be misdiagnosing this common skin disorder?
Larry Millikan, MD
161 THE DIZZY PATIENT
Presence of vertigo points to vestibular cause
Robert W. Baloh, MD
183 CME Credit Article
HOW TO MANAGE SECONDARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Recognizing and treating cor pulmonale and chronic thromboembolism
Mark J. Ricciardi, MD, Melvyn Rubenfire, MD
193 CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DRUG INTERACTIONS
What you need to know before writing prescriptions
Michael D. Johnson, PharmD, Gary Newkirk, MD, John R. White Jr, PharmD

Continuing Features

2 EDITOR'S NOTE
CME comes to the Web!

11 GUEST EDITORIAL
Can healthcare quality be legislated?

If so, guidelines must be written by physicians, not lawmakers
Robert R. Larsen, MD
21 DIGITAL DOC
Are the hinges on your 'electronic closet' ready to burst?

Methods of storing all the information you've gathered
Bryan Bergeron, MD
CURBSIDE CONSULTS
27 How much screening in the elderly?
28 When to test for H pylori
39 PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
The sore, swollen scrotum

Yehia Y. Mishriki, MD
179 PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
Rapid diagnosis of superficial fungal infections

Michael A. Nowak, MD, Robert T. Brodell, MD
227 Practice Pearls
Vision problems can complicate visits
Calming the crying infant
233 PATIENT NOTES
Traveling with diabetes

Charlene M. Dewey, MD, Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, with Donna Hoel

READER SERVICES

3, 10 Editorial Board, Staff
16 Information for Authors
33 Editor's Mailbox
93 Changing Your Address?
229 CME Credit Quiz
This test has expired, but additional CME credit available at http://www.postgradmed.com/cme.shtml
230 Advertisers Directory
231 Classified Advertising


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