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VOL 109 / NO 3 / MARCH 2001 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
Introduction to a three-article symposium
Allen S. Anderson, MD

SLOWING THE PROGRESSION OF CHF
Drug therapy to correct neurohormonal abnormalities
R. Parker Ward, MD, Allen S. Anderson, MD

BETA BLOCKERS FOR CHF
Adrenergic blockade dramatically reduces morbidity and mortality
Ravi K. Garg, MD, Matthew J. Sorrentino, MD

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
What to tell patients about heart-saving options
David V. Jayakar, MD

CLINICAL ARTICLES

WHAT DO THE NEW ANTIMICROBIALS OFFER?
Weighing the advantages and disadvantages compared with traditional agents
Richard Gleckman, MD

LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF CIRRHOSIS
Appropriate supportive care is both critical and difficult
Adil Habib, MD, Wendy M. Bond, RN, Douglas M. Heuman, MD

Procedures in Primary Care
SITE-SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES OF JOINT INJECTION
Useful additions to your treatment repertoire
Sami F. Rifat, MD, James L. Moeller, MD

HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
Doing the most good in the least time
Malcolm L. Brigden, MD

MAKING A DECISION ABOUT ERT/HRT
Evidence to consider in initiating and continuing protective therapy
Robert C. Nerhood, MD

THE ENIGMA OF WHIPLASH INJURY
Current management strategies and controversies
William F. Young, MD

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITOR'S NOTE
What's new? PDQ!

GUEST EDITORIAL
The case for an ancient cause
Healthy People 2010
Paul Ambrose, MD, MPH, Randolph F. Wykoff, MD, MPH, TM, Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH

DIGITAL DOC
Let's have a meeting--at your place and mine
Videoconferencing can keep you out of crowded airports
Bryan P. Bergeron, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Postherpetic pain control with concomitant illness?
Treatment for coccidioidomycosis in pregnancy?
When to measure BMD in patients being treated for osteoporosis

New Series
PULMONARY DIAGNOSTIC QUIZ
Deciphering a breathtaking emergency
Bilal Chaudhry, MD, Aidan O'Brien, MD

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
Necrobiosis lipoidica
Indolent plaques may signal diabetes
Ysabel M. Bello, MD, Tania J. Phillips, MD

PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
What caused this verrucous plaque?
Nicole L. Conrad, MD, Sonali G. Hanson, MD, Sylvia Hsu, MD

PRACTICE PEARLS
Ethyl chloride substitute found in office product
A less traumatic reduction for dislocated shoulders
Planning ahead helps cardiac patients during emergencies

PATIENT NOTES
Constipation

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