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Volume 129(2);  August 1978
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Occlusive Impedance Plethysmography: A Noninvasive Method of Diagnosis of Proximal Deep Vein Thrombosis
Pearl T. C. Y. Toy and Stanley L. Schrier
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 89–93.
PMCID: PMC1238262
Common Errors in Lavage
J. Loren Pitcher
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 93.
PMCID: PMC1238263
Bedside Diagnosis of Urinary Infection: A Pilot Study
David H. Kuntz
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 94–96.
PMCID: PMC1238264
Percutaneous Radio-Frequency Rhizotomy in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia
Gerald D. Silverberg and Richard H. Britt
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 97–100.
PMCID: PMC1238265
Infectious disease emergencies: the clostridial syndromes. Botulism.
D K Henderson
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 101–106.
PMCID: PMC1238266
Infectious disease emergencies: the clostridial syndromes. Tetanus.
D B Tillman
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 107–109.
PMCID: PMC1238267
Infectious disease emergencies: the clostridial syndromes. Respiratory care of tetanus and botulism.
H H Webb
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 109–114.
PMCID: PMC1238268
Infectious disease emergencies: the clostridial syndromes. Skin and soft tissue infections.
P J Raimondi
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 114–118.
PMCID: PMC1238269
Infectious disease emergencies: the clostridial syndromes. Therapy of clostridial myonecrosis.
A A Schwartz
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 118–120.
PMCID: PMC1238270
Conservative management of rheumatoid arthritis.
K H Fye
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 121–125.
PMCID: PMC1238271
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 126.
PMCID: PMC1238272
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Chronic Visceral Ischemia
Edwin J. Wylie
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 126–127.
PMCID: PMC1238273
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Atheroembolism
Jack H. M. Kwaan and John E. Connolly
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 127.
PMCID: PMC1238274
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Management of Hepatic Trauma
Don R. Miller
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 127–128.
PMCID: PMC1238275
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Peritoneoscopy in Gastrointestinal Surgical Operation
L. DenBesten
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 128.
PMCID: PMC1238276
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: The Continent Kock Ileostomy
Wiley F. Barker
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 128–129.
PMCID: PMC1238277
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Current Approaches to Evaluating Carotid Disease
J. Dennis Baker
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 129.
PMCID: PMC1238278
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children
Eric W. Fonkalsrud
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 129–130.
PMCID: PMC1238279
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Shock: Rapid Transfusion, Calcium Levels, pH and Body Temperature
Douglas McConnell
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 130.
PMCID: PMC1238280
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: The Role of Paracentesis and Lavage in the Evaluation of Penetrating Torso Injuries
Earl F. Wolfman, Jr.
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 131.
PMCID: PMC1238281
General Surgery—Epitomes of Progress: Fiberoptic Colonoscopy
Theodore R. Schrock
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 131–132.
PMCID: PMC1238282
Medical ethics and contemporary needs.
MSM Watts
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 133–134.
PMCID: PMC1238283
The Clostridial Syndrome
Harry N. Beaty
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 134–136.
PMCID: PMC1238284
Hepatic Injury Due to Acetaminophen or Salicylates
William E. Seaman
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 136–137.
PMCID: PMC1238285
Case reports. Cavernous hemangioma of the liver presenting with fever. Successful treatment with prednisone.
L F Fenster, P C Freeny, and H G Beebe
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 138–140.
PMCID: PMC1238286
Nontraumatic embolic clostridial gas gangrene. Involvement of an extremity associated with endoscopy.
A A Halpern, R M Jameson, D A Nagel, and D J Schurman
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 141–144.
PMCID: PMC1238287
Tennis elbow as a complication of pollicization of the index finger.
S Sawada and K H Fye
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 144–146.
PMCID: PMC1238288
Lithium therapy in the elderly.
R Tideiksaar
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 147–148.
PMCID: PMC1238289
Lithium Treatment—A Correction; With Reply by Authors
Michael D. Goldfield
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 147–148.
PMCID: PMC1238290
The Authors Reply
James H. Shore and Barry M. Maletzky
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 148.
PMCID: PMC1238291
Hysteria by Any Other Name; With Reply by Author
Julius Bauer
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 148.
PMCID: PMC1238292
The Author Replies
James R. Morrison
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 148.
PMCID: PMC1238293
Shotgun ballistics and shotgun injuries.
J M Wilson
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 149–155.
PMCID: PMC1238294
Management of Facial Paralysis Due to Temporal Bone Fracture
Brian F. McCabe
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 155.
PMCID: PMC1238295
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: Is a Divorce Imminent?
Claude T. H. Friedmann
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 156–159.
PMCID: PMC1238296
Antibiotic Prophylaxis of the Eyelids
Henry F. Allen
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 159.
PMCID: PMC1238297
Mitral valve prolapse complicated by ruptured chordae tendineae.
J S Child, W R Cabeen, Jr, and N K Roberts
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 160–163.
PMCID: PMC1238298
Biology and Treatment of Micrometastases in Approach to Breast Cancer
Paul P. Carbone
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 163.
PMCID: PMC1238299
Analgesic hepatotoxicity.
R R Babb
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 164–165.
PMCID: PMC1238300
Serum thyroid hormones in patients on replacement or suppressive doses of L-thyroxine.
S Rosenblatt and J M Hershman
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 165–167.
PMCID: PMC1238301
Herpes Zoster Keratouveitis
Peter R. Laibson
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 167.
PMCID: PMC1238302
In Memoriam
West J Med. 1978 August; 129(2): 168.
PMCID: PMC1238303
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