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ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

Case Report: Paroxetine-Haloperidol Interactions: Emergence of Extrapyramidal Symptoms. Michael Lennhoff, MD, Enrique S. Garza-Trevino, MD. May, p. 11.

Reporting Adverse Effects After Vaccination. Manette T. Niu, MD, Marcel E. Salive, MD, MPH, Susan S. Ellenberg, PhD. October, p. 13. (CE) )

BRAIN INJURY

Rehabilitation of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury. Harry MacNeill, CAGS, CRC. November, p. 16.

CANCER

Anastrozole as a Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer. Claudia Tellez, MD. May, p. 62. (CE)

Breast Cancer Screening Among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES, Sandra Morris. January, p. 12. (CME)

Therapy of Rectal Cancer in a VA Population. Claude Roland, MD, Walter Rivera, MD, Thomas Wu, MD. June, p. 47.

CAPITAL COMMENT

Gulf War Illness: Did DoD and VA Miss the Boat? Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. August, p. 51.

Gulf War Illness: Increased Federally Funded Research. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. October, p. 69.

Gulf War Illness Research Yields Findings. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. November, p. 45.

Gulf War Illness: The Neuropathy Hypothesis. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. July, p. 82.

Has the Gulf War Made Veterans Ill? Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. June, p. 79.

Interview with Dr Susan Bailey, DoD¹s Top Health Official. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. December, p. 53.

The Causality Conundrum and Gulf War Illnesses. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. May, p. 81.

The "Causality Conundrum" of Nicotine Addiction. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. February, p. 59.

The "Causality Conundrum" of Nicotine Addiction: Part II. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. March, p. 73.

Tobacco Tales III: Outside Federal Practice. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. April, p. 77.

Update on Gulf War Illness. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. September, p. 72. What¹s Really Happening in American Health Care? Part II. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. January, p. 76.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Converting Patients From Lovastatin to Fluvastatin. Nina D. Resch, PharmD, Justina M. Vigil, RPh, Margaret Wood,
MS, RPh. June, p. 72.

Drug-Induced Torsades de Pointes. Dawn G. Zarembski, PharmD. March, p. 12. (CE)

Gaps in Physician Lipid Care and Outcomes. N. Burgess Record, MC, FACP, David E. Harris, PhD, Gary W. Gipson, Michael DeSisto, PhD, Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD. July, p. 61.

Initial Outcome Evaluation of Lipid Lowering Guidelines. John C. Voris, PharmD, David A. Holford, PhD, Cynthia Voris, PharmD, Michael Dunphy, MS. May, p. 35.

Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension. Bienvenido Reyes, MD, Timothy Gardner, PA-C. June, p. 18.

CASE REPORTS

Case Report: Paroxetine-Haloperidol Interactions: Emergence of Extrapyramidal Symptoms. Michael Lennhoff,
MD, Enrique S. Garza-Trevino, MD. May, p. 11.

CLINICAL DRUG EVALUATIONS

Usage of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in the VA. Joseph R. Lentino, MD, PhD, Ray Byrne, PharmD. July, p. 26.

CLINICAL PATHWAYS

Clinical Pathway for Alcohol Detoxification. Michael J.E. Kilfoyle, MD, Kristine L. Theis, RN, MSN, FNP, David Sup, RN, Ken S. Petersen, MSW, BCD, Gayle A. Shaff, RN, MSN. May, p. 41.

COMPUTERIZATION

Psychosocial History by Automated Self-Report. George Ainslie, MD, John Monterosso, PhD, Pat Cristaudo, MSW, Joseph Armstrong, MSW. March, p. 33.

Total Quality Management Philosophy at Work. Cade J. Davis, AART. February, p. 53.

DRUG UTILIZATION EVALUATIONS

Anastrozole as a Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer. Claudia Tellez, MD. May, p. 62. (CE)

Antileukotriene Agents in Asthma. Peter Spiegler, MD, Jonathan Ilowite, MD. September, p. 20. (CME & CE)

Converting Patients From Lovastatin to Fluvastatin. Nina D. Resch, PharmD, Justina M. Vigil, RPh, Margaret Wood,
MS, RPh. June, p. 72.

Focus on Levofloxacin. Steven Huber, MS. June, p. 35. (CE) Multisite Didanosine Drug Usage Evaluation. Allison C. Warnock, PharmD, BCPS, Cathleen Sass, MBA, PharmD. April, p. 8. (CE)

Sparfloxacin: A New Oral Fluoroquinolone for Lower Respiratory Infections. Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD. January, p. 31. (CE)

Usage of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in the VA. Joseph R. Lentino, MD, PhD, Ray Byrne, PharmD. July, p. 26. <

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Your Retirement Plan Superbowl. Gary Castine. November, p. 29.

FEDERAL LAW

Dual Compensation and the Ethics Rules. Jeffrey Green, JD, MBA. August, p. 57. Frequent Flyer Mileage and Other Rules. Jeffrey Green, JD, MBA, November, p. 47.

Patents: Who Owns Them, the Government or the Federal Employee? Jeffrey Green, JD, MBA. March, p. 71.

GULF WAR

Gulf War Illness: Did DoD and VA Miss the Boat? Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. August, p. 51.

Gulf War Illness: Increased Federally Funded Research. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. October, p. 69.

Gulf War Illness Research Yields Findings. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. November, p. 45.

Gulf War Illness: The Neuropathy Hypothesis. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. July, p. 82.

Has the Gulf War Made Veterans Ill? Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. June, p. 79.

The Causality Conundrum and Gulf War Illnesses. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. May, p. 81.

Update on Gulf War Illness. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. September, p. 72. .

HIV/AIDS

Multisite Didanosine Drug Usage Evaluation. Allison C. Warnock, PharmD, BCPS, Cathleen Sass, MBA, PharmD. April, p. 8. (CE)

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Focus on Levofloxacin. Steven Huber, MS. June, p. 35. (CE)

Multisite Didanosine Drug Usage Evaluation. Allison C. Warnock, PharmD, BCPS, Cathleen Sass, MBA, PharmD. April, p. 8. (CE)

Scabies: The Mite That Roars. Stephen M. Schleicher, MD, Patricia Stewart, DO. April, p. 66.

Sparfloxacin: A New Oral Fluoroquinolone for Lower Respiratory Infections. Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD. January, p. 31. (CE)

Usage of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in the VA. Joseph R. Lentino, MD, PhD, Ray Byrne, PharmD. July, p. 26.

MANAGED CARE

Interview with Dr Susan Bailey, DoD¹s Top Health Official. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. December, p. 53.

What¹s Really Happening in American Health Care? Part II. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. January, p. 76.

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Completing the Circle: Indian Health Training Programs. J. Douglas McDonald, PhD, Eugene DeLorme, JD, Debra Wilson, MS, Barbara Dahlen, BSN, Angela Azure, Pamela End of Horn, Dawn Bruce. October, p. 22.

Tropical Medicine Training Opportunities for U.S. Military Physicians. Joe P. Bryan, MD, Bruno P. Petruccelli, MD, MPH, Matthew Krebs, MD, Larry Laughlin, MD, PhD, Aileen Marty, MD, FACP, Ann Marie Nelson, MD. January, p. 65.

MISCELLANEOUS

Bowel Problems in Multiple Sclerosis. Sally L. James, MSN, Deborah J. Woodward, MS. August, p. 19.

Calcium Absorption and the Choice of Calcium Supplements. Judith Marshall, RPh. February, p. 19. (CE)

Exercise Prescription and Counseling. Ronald W. Deitrick, PhD, FACSM. September, p. 53.

Latex Allergy: A Health Care Worker¹s Disease. Mary V. Lasley, MD, Kevin J. Kelly, MD, Jordan N. Fine, MD. February,
p. 8. (CME)

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency. G. Divakara Murthy, MD, Donald Pasquale, MD, Richard C. Chu, PhD, Larry S. Lansing, MD, Min Fu Tsan, MD, Lewis C. Gershman, MD, Gundabhaktha Chikkappa, MD. July, p. 13.

Raising Guide Dog Puppies at the Tampa VAMC. Charlotte Truitt, MA, David Disbro, MEd, CRC, CCM, Michael Morgan, MD.
June, p. 63.

Reporting Adverse Effects After Vaccination. Manette T. Niu, MD, Marcel E. Salive, MD, MPH, Susan S. Ellenberg, PhD. October, p. 13. (CE)

The Federal Disaster Response Plan. CDR Michael Montello, MS, RPh, Capt. Timothy Ames, MPH, RPh. December, p. 48.

Visual Illusions in Aviation. MAJ Les Folio. August, p. 9. .

NATIVE AMERICANS

Breast Cancer Screening Among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES, Sandra Morris. January, p. 12. (CME)

Completing the Circle: Indian Health Training Programs. J. Douglas McDonald, PhD, Eugene DeLorme, JD, Debra Wilson, MS, Barbara Dahlen, BSN, Angela Azure, Pamela End of Horn, Dawn Bruce. October, p. 22.

OUTPATIENT CARE

Developing a Community-Based VA Outpatient Clinic. Susan D. Schmalzle, MSN, ARNP. September, p. 67.

Trends in Outpatient Care in the VA. Nirmala Bhoopalam, MD, Barbara Springer, RN, BSN, Jacquline Rohaly-Davis RN, MS, Alan Filkas RN, BSN, Patrick McGuire, RN, Kenneth W. Keller MS, RN. December, p. 11.

VAMC Outpatient Detoxification Program. Vicente B. Tuason, MD, FRCP (C), Doreen Siracusano, PA-C, MA, Elizabeth McDonald, RC, Joan D. Evans, MS, ARNP, Jose M. Canive, MD, FRCP(C), David A. Graeber, MD. August, p. 41 .

PHARMACY

Anastrozole as a Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer. Claudia Tellez, MD. May, p. 62. (CE)

Antileukotriene Agents in Asthma. Peter Spiegler, MD, Jonathan Ilowite, MD. September, p. 20. (CME & CE)

Case Report: Paroxetine-Haloperidol Interactions: Emergence of Extrapyramidal Symptoms. Michael Lennhoff, MD, Enrique S. Garza-Trevino, MD. May, p. 11.

Converting Patients From Lovastatin to Fluvastatin. Nina D. Resch, PharmD, Justina M. Vigil, RPh, Margaret Wood, MS,
RPh. June, p. 72.

Drug-Induced Torsades de Pointes. Dawn G. Zarembski, PharmD. March, p. 12. (CE)

Focus on Levofloxacin. Steven Huber, MS. June, p. 35. (CE) Multisite Didanosine Drug Usage Evaluation. Allison C. Warnock, PharmD, BCPS, Cathleen Sass, MBA, PharmD. April, p. 8. (CE)

Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension. Bienvenido Reyes, MD, Timothy Gardner, PA-C. June, p. 18.

Sparfloxacin: A New Oral Fluoroquinolone for Lower Respiratory Infections. Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD. January, p. 31. (CE)

Usage of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in the VA. Joseph R. Lentino, MD, PhD, Ray Byrne, PharmD. July, p. 26.

POLICY ISSUES

Anesthesia Practice in the VA. Jill M. Williams, CRNA, Susan Pryor, CRNA, Shep Cohen, MD. March, p. 45.

Controlling Consultation Rates for Navy IDCs. LCDR John R. Holman, MD. March, p. 56.

Subacute Care: The Missing Link in the VA Care Continuum. Tamara Jones, MSN, RN, Carolina Custodio, MD. January, p. 53.

Usage of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in the VA. Joseph R. Lentino, MD, PhD, Ray Byrne, PharmD. July, p. 26.

What¹s Really Happening in American Health Care? Part II. Jonathan Sunshine, PhD. January, p. 76 .

PRACTITIONER FORUM

Reconstructing Work Groups: Conflict Is the Messenger. Tony Belak. November, p. 52.

PREVENTIVE CARE

Breast Cancer Screening Among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES, Sandra Morris. January, p. 12. (CME)

Calcium Absorption and the Choice of Calcium Supplements. Judith Marshall, RPh. February, p. 19. (CE)

Exercise Prescription and Counseling. Ronald W. Deitrick, PhD, FACSM. September, p. 53..

PRIMARY CARE

Advance Proxy Planning in Patients Who Become Incompetent. Ellen M. Robinson, RN, PhD, Ann C. Hurley, RN, DNSc, Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD. April, p. 26.

An Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Care Model. Elvira Miller, EdD, RN, Marion Conti-O¹Hare, PhD, RN. April, p. 52.

PSYCHIATRY

Mnemonics for the DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for PTSD. Roy R. Reeves, DO, PhD, John N. Leavitt, PhD. April, p. 62.

Psychiatric Presentations of Medical Problems. Roy R. Reeves, DO, PhD, Richard A. Robbins, MD, O. Stephen Carter, MD, PhD. October, p. 38. (CME)

Psychosocial History by Automated Self-Report. George Ainslie, MD, John Monterosso, PhD, Pat Cristaudo, MSW, Joseph Armstrong, MSW. March, p. 33.

Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse. W. Victor Vieweg, MD, Earl C. Riggins III, MS, Al M. Best, PhD, Ramakrishnan S. Shenoy, MD, Kirk Nelson, MD, Demetrios A. Julius, MD. May, p. 15.

The Psychiatric Family Nurse Practitioner: An Expanded Role. Mary Helen Wood, PhD, MS, MSN, FNP. September, p. 43.

REHABILITATION

Domiciliary Transitional Living Unit. Noy Montgomery, LCSW, Alan Cooper, MSW, MPH, Dan Kyte, LCSW, Ken Harrison, LCSW, Melinda Hicks, MSW. May, p. 56.

Rehabilitation of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury. Harry MacNeill, CAGS, CRC. November, p. 16.

RESPIRATORY DISEASE

Antileukotriene Agents in Asthma. Peter Spiegler, MD, Jonathan Ilowite, MD. September, p. 20. (CME & CE)

Sparfloxacin: A New Oral Fluoroquinolone for Lower Respiratory Infections. Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD. January, p. 31. (CE)

SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Sickle Cell Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Martin Steinberg, MD. December, p. 22. (CME)

SMOKING CESSATION

Smoking Cessation Program. Susan Field, MS, RN. February, p. 37.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Clinical Pathway for Alcohol Detoxification. Michael J.E. Kilfoyle, MD, Kristine L. Theis, RN, MSN, FNP, David Sup, RN, Ken S. Petersen, MSW, BCD, Gayle A. Shaff, RN, MSN. May, p. 41.

Physical Signs of Addiction. CAPT John R. Cusack, MD, USN (Ret.), CAPT Thomas W. Anderson, MA, USMC (Ret.).
August, p. 25.

Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse. W. Victor Vieweg, MD, Earl C. Riggins III, MS, Al M. Best, PhD, Ramakrishnan S. Shenoy, MD, Kirk Nelson, MD, Demetrios A. Julius, MD. May, p. 15.

VAMC Outpatient Detoxification Program. Vicente B. Tuason, MD, FRCP (C), Doreen Siracusano, PA-C, MA, Elizabeth McDonald, RC, Joan D. Evans, MS, ARNP, Jose M. Canive, MD, FRCP(C), David A. Graeber, MD. August, p. 41.

SURGERY

Preoperative Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Scanning. James D. Frizzi, MD, Yong U. Choi, MD, James H. North, MD, FACS. November, p. 11.

Reducing Postoperative Infection Rates in Orthopedic Procedures. Jay Crawford, MD, Steve Abel, PA-C, Mary Moorefield, RN, John Feagin, MD. April, p. 46.

TELEMEDICINE

Teleconsults: The Health Care Future is Now. Sally B. Zachariah, MD, Harilal Bhadja, MD, Jeffrey Kuch, MD, David Law, MD, Joseph Ransahoff, MD, David Gratz, AS. March, p. 62.

Telepathology in the VA Healthcare System. Urias A. Almagro, MD, Bruce E. Dunn, MD, Hongyung Choi, MD, Gregorio Chejfec, MD, Daniel L. Recla, MT (ASCP). October, p. 55.

THYROID DISEASE

Preoperative Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Scanning. James D. Frizzi, MD, Yong U. Choi, MD, James H. North, MD, FACS. November, p. 11 .

VIOLENCE

Assaultive Behaviors in VA Special Care Units. Sally Duffin Hass, PhD, Abigale Wagner, RN, C, Donald Courtney, MD.
September, p. 35.

WOMEN'S HEALTH

Anastrozole as a Treatment for Advanced Breast Cancer. Claudia Tellez, MD. May, p. 62. (CE)

Breast Cancer Screening Among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Linda Burhansstipanov, MSPH, DrPH, CHES, Sandra Morris. January, p. 12. (CME)

Calcium Absorption and the Choice of Calcium Supplements. Judith Marshall, RPh. February, p. 19. (CE)

Premenstrual Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment. Subash C. Bhatia, MD, Shashi K. Bhatia, MD. July, p. 32

WORK-RELATED ISSUES

Clinical Practice Guidelines. Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH. July, p. 52. Gaps in Physician Lipid Care and Outcomes. N. Burgess Record, MC, FACP, David E. Harris, PhD, Gary W. Gipson, Michael DeSisto, PhD, Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD. July, p. 61.

How Do I Chart That? Some Practical Recommendations. CAPT Gerald A. Williams, JD. February, p. 29.

Initial Outcome Evaluation of Lipid Lowering Guidelines. John C. Voris, PharmD, David A. Holford, PhD, Cynthia Voris, PharmD, Michael Dunphy, MS. May, p. 35.

Latex Allergy: A Health Care Worker¹s Disease. Mary V. Lasley, MD, Kevin J. Kelly, MD, Jordan N. Fine, MD. February, p. 8. (CME)

Total Quality Management Philosophy at Work. Cade J. Davis, AART. February, p. 53. Your Retirement Plan Superbowl. Gary Castine. November, p. 29.