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This Week in JAMA

A Piece of My Mind

Original Contributions

  • Effect of a Housing and Case Management Program on Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Chronically Ill Homeless Adults: A Randomized Trial

    • Laura S. Sadowski,
    • Romina A. Kee,
    • Tyler J. VanderWeele,
    • David Buchanan
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1771-1778.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.561

  • Incidence of and Outcomes Associated With Ventricular Tachycardia or Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    • Rajendra H. Mehta,
    • Aijing Z. Starr,
    • Renato D. Lopes,
    • Judith S. Hochman,
    • Petr Widimsky,
    • Karen S. Pieper,
    • Paul W. Armstrong,
    • Christopher B. Granger
    • , for the APEX AMI Investigators
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1779-1789.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.600

Preliminary Communication

  • Microalbuminuria and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism

    • Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi,
    • Ron T. Gansevoort,
    • Nic J. G. M. Veeger,
    • Abigail G. Matthews,
    • Gerjan Navis,
    • Hans L. Hillege,
    • Jan van der Meer
    • , for the Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND) Study Group
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1790-1797.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.565

Clinical Crossroads

Clinical Crossroads Update

  • Update: A 60-Year-Old Woman With Atrial Fibrillation

    • Anna A. Mattson-DiCecca,
    • Eileen Reynolds
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1808.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.507

Commentaries

  • The Social Face of Economic Growth: China's Health System in Transition

    • Christina S. Ho,
    • Lawrence O. Gostin
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1809-1811.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.555

  • Employment and US Health Care Reform: Saving Jobs While Cutting Costs

    • Samuel Y. Sessions,
    • Allan S. Detsky
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1811-1813.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.571

  • Incremental Health Care Reform

    • Troyen A. Brennan,
    • Michelle M. Mello
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1814-1816.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.610

  • Health Care Reform: Beyond Ideology

    • David Orentlicher
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1816-1818.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.613

JAMA Classics

Editorial

  • Housing the Chronically Homeless: High Hopes, Complex Realities

    • Stefan G. Kertesz,
    • Saul J. Weiner
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1822-1824.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.596

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Poetry and Medicine

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Guideline Supports Long-term Use of Medication to Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

    • Mike Mitka
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1753-1754.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.560

  • Attention Sought for Neglected Diseases

    • Rebecca Voelker
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1755-1756.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.563

  • Aid Workers Face More Complex Hurdles

    • Rebecca Voelker
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1756-1757.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.564

Lab Reports

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Application of Lower Sodium Intake Recommendations to Adults—United States, 1999-2006

    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1759-1760.

  • Increase in Coccidioidomycosis—California, 2000-2007

    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1760-1762.

Letters

  • Dexamethasone and Postoperative Bleeding After Tonsillectomy in Children

    • Dirk Beutner,
    • Caroline Koll
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1764.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.573

  • Dexamethasone and Postoperative Bleeding After Tonsillectomy in Children

    • Jae Il Shin
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1764.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.574

  • Dexamethasone and Postoperative Bleeding After Tonsillectomy in Children

    • Joel B. Gunter,
    • J. Paul Willging,
    • Charles M. Myer III
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1764-1765.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.575

  • Dexamethasone and Postoperative Bleeding After Tonsillectomy in Children—Reply

    • Christoph Czarnetzki,
    • Nadia Elia,
    • Martin R. Tramèr
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1765-1766.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.576

  • Prescription Opioids and Overdose Deaths

    • Noni A. Graham,
    • Mark S. Gold,
    • Bruce A. Goldberger
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1766.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.577

  • Prescription Opioids and Overdose Deaths

    • Richard D. Layne,
    • Ronald J. Pellegrino,
    • Nathan M. Lerfald
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1766-1767.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.578

  • Prescription Opioids and Overdose Deaths

    • Robert Newman
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1767.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.579

  • Prescription Opioids and Overdose Deaths

    • Michael Merrick
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1767.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.580

  • Prescription Opioids and Overdose Deaths—Reply

    • Aron J. Hall,
    • Leonard J. Paulozzi
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1767-1768.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.581

  • Prescription Opioids and Overdose Deaths—Reply

    • A. Thomas McLellan,
    • Barbara J. Turner
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1768-1769.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.582

  • Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy in Developing Countries

    • Mahdi Malekpour,
    • Guive Sharifi
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1769.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.583

  • Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy in Developing Countries—Reply

    • Donald L. Schomer,
    • Peter M. Black
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1769-1770.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.584

  • Movement Away From Phenolphthalein in Laxatives

    • James Murphy
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1770.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.585

  • Movement Away From Phenolphthalein in Laxatives—Reply

    • Ronald G. Evens
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1770.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.586

Correction

Book and Media Reviews

  • The Heart

    • Michael Sappol,
    • Eva Åhrén
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1825-1826.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.590

  • Atlas of Anatomy

    • Gerald Cortright
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1826-1827.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.591

  • Clinical Anatomy for Your Pocket

    • David A. Morton
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1827-1828.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.592

  • Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Atlas of Anatomy

    • Jason M. Organ
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1828-1829.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.593

  • Gray’s Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice

    • Bruce Elliot Hirsch
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1829-1830.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.594

  • The Making of Mr. Gray’s Anatomy: Bodies, Books, Fortune, Fame

    • Helen J. Blackman
    JAMA. 2009;301(17):1830-1831.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.595

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May 6, 2009, Vol 301, No. 17, pp 1737-1844
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