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VOL 106 / NO 4 / OCTOBER 1, 1999 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON RHEUMATIC DISEASES

RHEUMATIC DISEASE UPDATE
Introduction to a four-article symposium
Kenneth E. Sack, MD

NEW TREATMENTS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Available and upcoming slow-acting antirheumatic drugs
Kenneth H. Fye, MD

WHEN TO TRY COX-2-SPECIFIC INHIBITORS
Safer than standard NSAIDs in some situations
Qaiser Rehman, MD, Kenneth E. Sack, MD

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GOUT
Current management of an 'old' disease
John C. Davis Jr, MD, MPH

GETTING CONTROL OF OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN
An update on treatment options
Qaiser Rehman, MD, Nancy E. Lane, MD

CLINICAL ARTICLES

ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Perspectives on a manageable disease
Alan B. Fleischer Jr, MD

THE MANY 'FACES' OF GRAVES' DISEASE
Part 1. Eyes, pulse, skin, and neck provide important clues to diagnosis
Michael W. Felz, MD, Peter P. Stein, MD

Procedures in Primary Care
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Nerve blocks of the extremities and face
Dwight W. Smith, MD, Matthew R. Peterson, MD, Scott C. DeBerard, DO

THORACOSCOPIC LUNG BIOPSY
Five commonly asked questions about video-assisted thoracic surgery
Joseph B. Shrager, MD, Larry R. Kaiser, MD

ASSESSING THE AORTA WITH TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Update on imaging capabilities with today's technology
Angel López-Candales, MD

MOTION SICKNESS
How to help your patients avoid travel travail
Paul M. Gahlinger, MD, PhD

BLEEDING PROBLEMS IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE
Ways to manage the many hepatic effects on coagulation
Sabah Sallah, MD, William Bobzien, MD

HOW TO SPOT ILLICIT DRUG ABUSE IN YOUR PATIENTS
A guide to telltale signs, adverse effects, and current street names
Michael D. Johnson, PharmD, Thomas J. Heriza, MD, Clarke St. Dennis, RPh, PhD

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITOR'S NOTE
What's new in rheumatic disease?

GUEST EDITORIAL
Changing your patients' attitudes toward healthcare insurance
Payment and coverage decisions should be their responsibility
Peter Stack, MD, FACP

DIGITAL DOC
What technology has brought to the telephone
You can do a lot more than call home these days
Bryan P. Bergeron, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Follow-up to initial episode of atrial fibrillation
Link between clove cigarettes and urticaria?
X-rays for ankle sprain?

PRACTICE PEARLS
Simple test for sensory loss - A new twist on Pap smears - That aching knee - Keep the healthy lung down - Don't forfeit the fetor - Superbill signals who's next

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
'Hot tub folliculitis'
Test the waters--and the patient--for Pseudomonas
Ashish Bhatia, MD, Robert T. Brodell, MD

Case Report
THE 'SWEET KILLER'
Can you recognize the symptoms of ethylene glycol poisoning?
Ives de Chazal, MD, Bruce Houghton, MD, James Frock, MD

PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
A painful precursor to skin necrosis
Steven W. Graeca, DO, Cynthia L. Monroe, MD, Yehia Y. Mishriki, MD

PATIENT NOTES
Hyperthyroidism

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