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VOL 109 / NO 5 / MAY 2001 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON ASTHMA AND ALLERGY

ASTHMA AND ALLERGY
Introduction to a four-article symposium
James T. Li, MD

INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS AS FIRST-LINE THERAPY FOR ASTHMA
Why they work--and what the guidelines and evidence suggest
Scot Laurie, MD, David Khan, MD

HOW TO MANAGE DIFFICULT ASTHMA CASES
An action plan for physicians and patients
Loren W. Hunt, MD

WHICH DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR COMMON ALLERGIES?
Where to start when you face an allergy puzzle
Gerald W. Volcheck, MD

IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR INHALANT ALLERGIES
Guidelines for why, when, and how to use this treatment
Jay M. Portnoy, MD

CLINICAL ARTICLES

PREVENTING GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS OF NSAIDs
Risk factors, recent advances, and latest strategies
James F. Graumlich, MD

LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE AND PNEUMONIA
Beware the temptation to underestimate this "exotic" cause of infection
Efsun Akbas, MD, Victor L. Yu, MD

Women's Health Series
BENIGN VULVAR DISORDERS
Identifying features, practical management of nonneoplastic conditions and tumors
Roland Larrabee, MD, Deborah J. Kylander, MD

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITOR'S NOTE
Legionnaires' not so exotic after all

GUEST EDITORIAL
What patients do--and don't--understand
Widespread ignorance has triggered a silent epidemic
Ruth M. Parker, MD, Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD

PRACTICE PEARLS

DIGITAL DOC
Reducing clip-on clutter
The pros and cons of multipurpose communications tools
Bryan P. Bergeron, MD

PULMONARY DIAGNOSTIC QUIZ
Clues to an elusive effusion
Ioana Preston, MD, Aidan O'Brien, MD

PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
Lower leg edema and lichenification
Raed Bargout, MD, Amit Malhotra, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Who should receive hepatitis B vaccinations?

PATIENT NOTES
Living with diabetes

READER SERVICES

CME Credit Quiz

Staff, Editorial Board

Editor's Mailbox

Resource Guide: Asthma and Allergy

Classified Advertising

Advertisers Directory

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