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November 2010, VOLUME 93, NO.11

 

 

   

 

 

Complete issue

 

 

Commentaries

330

Continuing Medical Education (CME): Goals and objectives
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

331

Superstition, Seizures and Science
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

 


 

CONTRIBUTIONS

332

Abstracts: Rhode Island Chapter, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting 2010
Outcome of Hepatitis C Patients Treated with Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin at Roger Williams Medical Center
Rita Semaan, MD; Adib R. Karam, MD; Nadia Aoun, MD; Alan Epstein, MD
Effectiveness of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy on Reducing Proteinuria
William E. Weber, MD; David A. Weinberg, MD; Sean Hagberg, PhD; Marc S. Weinberg, MD, FACP, FASN
High Prevalence of Bone Demineralization and Vitamin D Insufficiency in a Cohort of HIV-infected Postmenopausal Women
Chia-ching Wang, MD; Geetha Gopalakrishnan, MD; Erna Kojic, MD; Susan Cu-Uvin, MD Medical Residents Behind Bars: A Unique Clinical Experience and Linkage Project
Tony Trinh, MD; Joseph Frank, MD; Aaron Samuels, MD; Mike Poshkus, MD; Peter Friedman, MD
Characteristics of Adults Hospitalized with Novel 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) in a Community Hospital
Abdullah Chahin, MD; Denisa Hagau, MD; Aurora Pop-Vicas, MD
Oseltamivir Resistant 2009–2010 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in an Immunocompromised Patient
Anne Gabonay Frank, MD; Philip A. Chan, MD; Nathan T. Connell, MD; Jerome M. Larkin, MD

336

Teen Pregnancy in Rhode Island: Policies to Improve Outcomes
Susanna R. Magee, MD, MPH; Melissa Nothnagle, MD, MSc; Mary Beth Sutter, MD

339

Cardiac Manifestations of Lyme Disease
Thomas J. Earl, MD

342

Evaluation and Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux: A Decade of Change
Zachary N. Gordon; Anthony Caldamone, MD, FACS, FAAP; Pamela Ellsworth, MD, FACS, FAAP

349

A Pilot Retrospective Comparison of Fondaparinux and Enoxaparin for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) In Patients With Stroke
Jon A. Mukand, MD, PhD; Nita H. Mukand

 


 

COLUMNS

354

HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Injury Visits to Emergency Departments and Hospital Discharges in Rhode Island, 2005-2009: Focus on Falls
Patricia M. Burbank, DNSc, RN; Edward F. Donnelly, RN, MPH

356

GERIATRICS FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
Fecal Incontinence
Leslie Roth, MD

359

PHYSICIAN’S LEXICON
Ten You Can Count On
James T. McIlwain, MD

359

Vital Statistics

360

November Heritage

 
 

Cover Turbulence” by Arides Pichardo. Originally from the Dominican Republic, the artist obtained a bachelor’s degree in publicity, with a major in graphic design, from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo. In 2003 he immigrated to the United
States. In Providence, he assisted in the creation of Vision Moderna Magazine and worked in the reconstruction of antique pictures. He has exhibited at Gail Cahalan Gallery, URI Feinstein Providence Campus, Gallery Z, and the Rhode Island Home Show. aridesfinearts.blogspot.com

 
 

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