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VOL 109 / NO 2 / FEBRUARY 2001 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
Introduction to a three-article symposium
Anastasios A. Mihas, MD

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
Metabolic consequence of cirrhosis often is reversible
Souheil Abou-Assi, MD, Z. Reno Vlahcevic, MD

BLEEDING ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
How to treat this dreaded complication of portal hypertension
Ahmed M. Hegab, MD, Velimir A. Luketic, MD

MINIMIZING ASCITES
Complication of cirrhosis signals clinical deterioration
Nelson Garcia Jr, MD, Arun J. Sanyal, MBBS, MD

CLINICAL ARTICLES

UPDATE ON SCREENING FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
The why, who, how, and what of testing and diagnosing
Nasir M. Khan, MD, Charles O. Hershey, MD

THE SPECTRUM OF ACUTE BRONCHITIS
Using baseline factors to guide empirical therapy
Kevin R. Flaherty, MD, Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, A. Mark Fendrick, MD, Fernando J. Martinez, MD

Allergy Update Series
ACUTE AND CHRONIC URTICARIA
Challenges and considerations for primary care physicians
Guha Krishnaswamy, MD, George Youngberg, MD

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITORIAL
The doctor glut revisited
How much has changed in the physician workforce?
Peter A. Setness, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Risky behaviors with asymptomatic HIV infection?

PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
Painful skin erosions and fever in an infant
Rajani Katta, MD

PATIENT NOTES
Angina

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