Postgraduate Medicine: March 1999 Table of Contents

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VOL 105 / NO 3 / MARCH 1999 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
93	INTRODUCTION Commentary on a three-article symposium David Y. Graham, MD, Robert E. Rakel, MD
100	SCOPE AND CONSEQUENCES OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE How important is asymptomatic Helicobacter pylori infection? David Y. Graham, MD, Robert E. Rakel, MD, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Mae F. Go, MD, Barry J. Marshall, MD, David A. Peura, MD, Joseph E. Scherger, MD
113	RECOGNIZING PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE Keys to clinical and laboratory diagnosis David Y. Graham, MD, Robert E. Rakel, MD, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Mae F. Go, MD, Barry J. Marshall, MD, David A. Peura, MD, Joseph E. Scherger, MD
137	*PRACTICAL ADVICE ON ERADICATING HELICOBACTER PYLORI* INFECTION** Treating peptic ulcer disease cost-effectively David Y. Graham, MD, Robert E. Rakel, MD, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Mae F. Go, MD, Barry J. Marshall, MD, David A. Peura, MD, Joseph E. Scherger, MD

CLINICAL ARTICLES

45	HOW TO MANAGE PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Giving hope to patients with a life-threatening illness Mark J. Ricciardi, MD, Melvyn Rubenfire, MD
59	HOW TO HELP PATIENTS WITH RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME Discerning the indescribable and relaxing the restless Virgilio Gerald H. Evidente, MD, Charles H. Adler, MD, PhD
79	STEROID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS Are your asthmatic patients at risk? Catherine B. Niewoehner, MD, Dennis E. Niewoehner, MD
159	LOWER EXTREMITY COMPARTMENT SYNDROME When to suspect acute or chronic pressure buildup Randall Swain, MD, David Ross, MD
173	COMMON ALLERGIC AND ALLERGIC-LIKE REACTIONS TO MEDICATIONS When the cure becomes the curse Timothy J. Craig, DO, Cathy Mende, RN
185	HELPING YOUR PATIENTS BEAT COCAINE ADDICTION The four dimensions of treatment Hani Raoul Khouzam, MD, MPH
193	A PRACTICAL WORKUP FOR EOSINOPHILIA You can investigate the most likely causes right in your office Malcolm L. Brigden, MD
213	CME Credit Article IS 'ROUTINE' LABORATORY TESTING A THING OF THE PAST? Current recommendations regarding screening Gary H. Tabas, MD, Marian S. Vanek, MBA

CONTINUING FEATURES
2	EDITOR'S NOTE Eradicating H pylori once and for all
15	GUEST EDITORIAL How good could it get? Improving clinical practice and patient outcomes Scott Endsley, MD, MSc, Charles M. Kilo, MD, MPH
23	DIGITAL DOC The costs of being first Can you afford to be a technology pioneer? Bryan Bergeron, MD
	CURBSIDE CONSULTS
30	What is a complete physical?
36	Sorting through the hype about RDAs
42	PRACTICE PEARLS Sip helps locate the thyroid gland Check the pulse in suspected paradoxus When ear preparations irritate
153	PUZZLES IN PRACTICE Skin commotion from repetitive devotion Yehia Y. Mishriki, MD
229	PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY A palpable clue to vasculitis Michael E. Arvan, MD, Robert T. Brodell, MD
239	PATIENT NOTES New treatment for peptic ulcer disease

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18	Information for Authors
39	Editor's Mailbox
227	CME Credit Quiz This test has expired, but additional CME credit available at http://www.postgradmed.com/cme.shtml
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SYMPOSIUM ON PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE

CLINICAL ARTICLES

CONTINUING FEATURES

READER SERVICES