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Volume 51 [1992]

Contents and Index


Number 1, January 1992

Contents
     EDITORIAL
     We search for the truth

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     4

     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     22 November 1991

     4

     LETTER TO THE EDITOR
     7

     POEM: "GROWING OLD"
     Robert S Flowers MD
     7

     HMA PRESIDENT'S PAGE
     Stephen Wallach MD
     9

     COMPARISON OF HEALTH EXPENDITURES IN U.S. AND
     HAWAII ECONOMICS

     Richard V Stenson MHA MBA FACHE FACMGA
     10

     AMERICA'S PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
     COMPANIES: KEEPING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE
     DOWN

     Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
     15

     HEREDITARY ANEMIA IN HAWAII: AN UPDATE
     Y E Hsia BM FRCP DCH
     17

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     20

     POEM: "PERSPECTIVE"
     Robert S Flowers MD
     22

     MAKA O KA KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     23

     BOOK REVIEW
     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     25

 

Number 2, February 1992

Contents
     EDITORIALS
     Prescriptive privilege by permit

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     32

     The patient's right to die
     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     34

     TOWN AND GOWN: 1991 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
     SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDEES

     35

     RADIO-FREQUENCY CATHETER CURE OF RE-ENTRANT
     SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIAS: REPORT OF THE
     FIRST EXPERIENCE IN HAWAII

     Edward N Shen MD
     39

     THE RIGHT TO DIE AS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA FOR NEW
     PHYSICIANS IN HAWAII

     John F McDermott Jr MD
     Jame A Waldron PhD
     Danilo E Ponce MD
     44

     MAKA O KA KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     47

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     49

 

Number 3, March 1992

Contents
     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     58

     BOOK REVIEW
     Beyond the Dream: A Search for Meaning

     Pauline G Stitt MD
     58

     EDITORIAL
     The threat of penalty

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     59

     LECTURE REPORT
     Robert Peter Gale MD PhD

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     62

     HETEROTOPIC BONE FORMATION IN ABDOMINAL
     INCISIONS

     Jonathan Charles MD
     John A Hunt MD BCh FRCS (Edin)
     65

     MARIMED FOUNDATION PRESIDENT'S REPORT
     David D Higgins
     71

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     75

     MAKA O KA KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     82

 

Number 4, April 1992

Contents
     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     88

     EDITORIAL
     Ciguatera, once again

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     90

     CIGUATERA: A REVIEW
     James H Gollop MD MPH
     Eugene W Pon MD MPH
     91

     PROVIDING HEALTH CARE TO HAWAII'S ELDERLY
     Cullen T Hayashida PhD
     Warren Wong MD
     100

     POEM: THESE GLORIOUS GOLDEN YEARS!
     Lillian Schwartz
     Kukui O Pohai Nani
     104

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     105

     MAKA O KA KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     112

 

Number 5, May 1992

Contents
     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     118

     LETTER TO THE EDITOR
     118

     MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM PRESENTING AS
     DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

     William T Hart MD
     Carl P Hallenborg MD
     121

     HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTORS
     Amy Matayoshi
     Jeffrey M Nakamura MD (posthumously)
     126

     INDEX TO THE HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL VOL 50, 1991
     136

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     140

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     145

 

Number 6, June 1992

Contents
     MEDICAID RECIPIENTS AND PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT
     Wallace K C Chun MD
     152

     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     164

     NEWS AND NOTES
     167

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     170

     LECTURE REPORT
     173

 

Number 7, July 1992

Contents
     EDITORIALS
     The Dillon Plan for U.S. health care

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     178

     Starting from the bottom up
     John B Dillon MD
     178

     Rabies
     JI Frederick Reppun MD
     180

     Medicine is not pure science
     JI Frederick Reppun MD
     180

     RABID BAT DIAGNOSED IN HAWAII
     David M Sasaki DVM MPH
     Charles R Middleton MS
     Thomas R Sawa DVM PhD
     Glenn Y Kobayashi BA
     181

     ELMINATION OF PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS
     George Plechaty MD
     Ronald E Smith MD
     Arnall Patz MD
     186

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     188

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     194

 

Number 8, August 1992

Contents
     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     202

     EDITORIALS
     An Alternative

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     204

     LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
     Robert V Hollison Jr MD
     204

     A TESTIMONIAL TO OPHTHALMOLOGY IN THE 1980S
     Ed Sheehan
     205

     ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER IN HAWAII: 1966 TO 1988
     L T Chun MD
     D Venu Reddy MD MPH
     Gregory K Yim MD
     Loren G Yamamoto MD MPH
     206

     HEALTH MATTERS: SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL AND
     PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE

     David J Elpern MD
     212

     SPECIAL FROM THE AMA
     214

     CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE: A RECENTLY
     DISCOVERED SECRET OF TAI CHI

     Rock K T Ng BS
     216

     POEM: "TEARS OF JOY"
     Robert S Flowers MD
     217

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     218

     TUBERCULOSIS: A PERSONAL COMMENTARY
     Gladys C Fryer MD
     222

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     224

 

Number 9, September 1992

Contents
     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     230

     EDITORIALS
     Aloha, Kasa

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     230

     Obituary: Sadaichi Kasamoto
     232

     ACRAL LENTIGINOUS MELANOMA: CASE STUDIES
     FROM KAUAI

     Jonathan Charles MD
     David J Elpern MD
     235

     RACE, ETHNICITY AND BIRTH WEIGHT: HAWAII 1983 TO
     1986

     David H Crowell PhD
     Robert I McGee PhD
     Dexter Deto [i.e., Seto] MD
     Santosh D Sharma MD
     Peter Dunn-Rankin EdD
     235 [i.e., 242]

     EDITORIAL
     Prescription drugs for Indigents

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     249

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     250

     CLASSIFIED
     256

 

Number 10, October 1992

Contents
     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     262

     POST-INIKI
     Random Hurricane Thoughts

     David Elpern, MD
     264

     THE RIGHT TO DIE: AN UP-DATE ON THE LAW
     Stephen J Wallach MD
     Jeffrey P Crabtree Esq
     268

     HAWAII NO KA OI IN TERMS OF HEALTH CARE
     Richard V Stenson
     274

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     279

     CLASSIFIEDS
     278

 

Number 11, November 1992 [Cover of this issue labelled as Number 10]

Contents
     HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF
     DELEGATES
     HAWAII MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
     9 to 11 OCTOBER 1992

     286

     HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 136th SCIENTIFIC SESSION
     HAWAII MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
     9 to 11 OCTOBER 1992

     290

     EDITORIALS
     The hole in the net

     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     296

     Research with a real purpose
     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     296

     Sensei
     J I Frederick Reppun MD
     298

     PARALLELS BETWEEN AIDS, LEPROSY AND SYPHILLIS
     [i.e., SYPHILIS]

     Ilza Veith PhD Dr Med Sci
     300

     GESTATIONAL DIABETES IN A RURAL SETTING
     Joseph W Humphry MD
     Jan Kadohiro MPH CDE
     Christina Olinghouse MPH
     A S Hartwell MD
     306

     NEWS AND NOTES
     Henry N Yokoyama MD
     310

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     314

     CLASSIFIED
     315

 

Number 12, December 1992

Contents
     POEM: GRANDMOTHERS KNOW
     Robert S Flowers MD
     321

     HMA COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS
     322

     CORONARY ATHERECTOMY: REPORT OF THE FIRST
     EXPERIENCE IN HAWAII

     Edward H Shen MD
     Roy Chen MD
     Roger Ashmore MD
     Wesley Kai MD
     Roger White MD
     Niall Scully MD
     Mark Grattan MD
     324

     NEONATAL SURVIVAL DURING A 2,500-MILE FLIGHT
     H Scott Bjerke MD
     Larry Barcliff RRT
     Robert P Foglia MD
     332

     CLINICAL PATHOLOGIST'S EASY CHAIR
     Francis H Fukunaga MD
     336

     MAKA O KE KAUKA
     Russell T Stodd MD
     338

     CLASSIFIED NOTICES
     339

 

Index to Volume 51, 1992

Compiled by Suzanne M. Carnes and Molly A. Knippenberg of the Hawaii Medical Library
[Index published in the Hawaii Medical Journal 1993 Mar;52(3):72-74.]

Title Keyword Index   &   Author Index

 

Title Keyword Index

A-D   E-H   I-P   R-W

A
ABDOMINAL INCISIONS
Heterotopic bone formation in abdominal incisions, 51(3):65
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)
Parallels between AIDS, leprosy and syphilis, 51(11):300
Special from the American Medical Association, 51(8):214
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
AMA's this week..., 51(6):171
Special from the American Medical Association, 51(8):214
ANEMIAS
Hereditary anemias in Hawaii: an update, 51(l):17
ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY
Coronary atherectomy: report of the first experience in Hawaii, 51(12):324
AWARDS
John A. Burns School of Medicine, 1991 Biomedical Science Symposium, 51(2):37

Top of Title Keyword Index

B
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
Town and gown: a report, 51(2):35
BIRTH WEIGHT
Race, ethnicity and birth-weight: Hawaii 1983 to 1986, 51(9):242
BLINDNESS
Elimination of preventable blindness from diabetes by the year 2000, 51(7):186
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Robert Peter Gale MD PhD, 51(3):62
BOOK REVIEWS
Beyond the dream: a search for meaning, 51(3):58
The new handbook of health and preventive medicine, 51(l):25

Top of Title Keyword Index

C
CIGUATERA POISONING
Ciguatera: a review, 51(4):91
CLINICAL PATHOLOGIST'S EASY CHAIR
WBC differential, 51(12):336
COST CONTROL
America's pharmaceutical research companies: keeping the cost of health care down, 51(l):15

Top of Title Keyword Index

D
DIABETES, GESTATIONAL
Gestational diabetes in a rural setting, 51(11):306
DIABETES MELLITUS
Elimination of preventable blindness from diabetes by the year 2000, 51(7):186
DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION (DIC)
Massive pulmonary embolism presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation, 51(5):121

Top of Title Keyword Index

E
EDITORIALS
An alternative, 51(8):204
Ciguatera, once again, 51(4):90
The Dillon Plan for U.S. health care, 51(7):178
Kasa..., 51(9):230
The hole in the net, 51(11):296
A medical record, 51(9):230
Medicine is not pure science, 51(7):180
The patient's right to die, 51(2):34
Prescription drugs for the indigent, 51(9):249
Prescriptive privilege by pemit, 51(2):32
Rabies, 51(7):180
Research with a real purpose, 51(11):296
Sensei, 51(11):298
Starting from the bottom up, 51(7):178
The threat of a penalty, 51(3):59
We search for the truth, 51(l):4
ELDERLY
Providing health care to Hawaii's elderly, 51(4):100
ETHNIC GROUPS
Race, ethnicity and birth-weight: Hawaii 1983 to 1986, 51(9):242
EXERCISE
Cardiopulmonary exercise: a recently discovered secret of tai chi, 51(8):216
EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO)
Neonatal survival during a 2,500-mile flight, 51(12):332

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G
GALE, ROBERT PETER
Robert Peter Gale MD PhD, 51(3):62

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H
HANSEN'S DISEASE
Parallels between AIDS, leprosy and syphlis [i.e., syphilis], 51(11):300
HAWAII
Acral lentiginous melanoma: case studies from Kauai, 51(9):235
Acute rheumatic fever in Hawaii: 1966 to 1988, 51(8):206
Comparison of health expenditures in U.S. and Hawaii economies, 51(1):10
Coronary atherectomy: report of the first experience in Hawaii, 51(12):324
Hawaii no ka oi in terms of health care, 51(10):274
Hereditary anemias in Hawaii: an update, 51(l):17
Providing health care to Hawaii's elderly, 51(4):100
Rabid bat diagnosed in Hawaii, 51(7):181
Race, ethnicity and birth-weight: Hawaii 1983 to 1986, 51(9):242
Radio-frequency catheter cure of re-entrant supraventricular tachycardias: report of the first experience in Hawaii, 51(2):39
Random hurricane thoughts, 51(10):264
The right to die: an update on the law, 51(10):268
HAWAII MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of November 22, 1991, 51(l):4
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of January 10, 1992, 51(2):32
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of February 7, 1992, 51(3):58
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of March 3, 1992, 51(4):88
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of April 10, 1992, 51(5):118
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of May 8, 1992, 51(6):164
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of July 10, 1992, 51(8):202
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of August 7, 1992, 51(9):230
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of September 18, 1992, 51(10):262
Highlights of the HMA Council meeting of November 20, 1992, 51(12):322
Highlights of the 136th Scientific Sessions of the Hawaii Medical Association, 51(11):290
Presidents page, 51(l):9
Highlights of the proceedings of the House of Delegates, Hawaii Medical Association 9 to 11 October 1992, 51(11):286
HAWAII MEDICAL JOURNAL
Index to the Hawaii Medical Journal, vol 50, 1991, 51(5):136
HEALTH CARE
Hawaii no ka oi in terms of health care, 51(10):274
Health matters: social, economic and philosophical aspects of health care, 51(8):212
Providing health care to Hawaii's elderly, 51(4):100
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
Comparison of health expenditures in U.S. and Hawaii economies, 51(1):10
HEMATOPOIETIC CELL GROWTH FACTORS
Human hematopoietic growth factors, 51(5):126
HETEROTOPIC BONE FORMATION
Heterotopic bone formation in abdominal incisions, 51(3):65
HIV
Special from the American Medical Association, 51(8):214
HMSA (HAWAII MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION)
Letter to HMSA from John H. Houk MD, 51(3):59
Letter to John H. Houk MD from HMSA, 51(3):61
HURRICANE INIKI
Random hurricane thoughts, 51(10):264

Top of Title Keyword Index

I
IN MEMORIAM
Sadaichi Kasamoto MD, March 28,1902-March 26, 1992,51(9):232
INDEX
Index to the Hawaii Medical Journal, Vol 50, 1991, 51(5):136

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K
KASAMOTO, SADAICHI MD
Sadaichi Kasamoto MD, March 28, 1902-March 26, 1992, 51(9):232

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L
LECTURE REPORT
Robert Peter Gale MD PhD, 51(3):62
LEGISLATION
The right to die: an update on the law, 51(10):268
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dr. Frohlich replies, 51(l):7
Re: Blood bank donor specification, 51(1):7
Re: Implementation of new managed care rules, 51(8):204
Re: Marimed Foundation, 51(5):118
Re: Marimed Foundation gifts and pledges, 51(5):118
America's pharmaceutical research companies: keeping the cost of health care down, 51(l):15

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P
POETRY
Grandmothers know, 51(12):321
Growing old, 51(l):7
Ode to a pharmacist, 51(7):193
Perspective, 51(l):22
Tears of joy, 51(8):217
These glorious golden years!, 51(4):104
PREGNANCY
Gestational diabetes in a rural setting, 51(11):306
PRESIDENT'S PAGE
HMA President's page, 51(1):9
PSYCHIATRIC
Medicaid recipients and psychiatric treatment, 51(6):152
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Massive pulmonary embolism presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation, 51(5):121

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R
RABIES
Rabid bat diagnosed in Hawaii, 51(7):181
RACE
Race, ethnicity and birth-weight: Hawaii 1983 to 1986, 51(9):242
RHEUMATIC FEVER
Acute rheumatic fever in Hawaii: 1966 to 1988,51(8):206
RIGHT TO DIE
The right to die as an ethical dilemma for new physicians in Hawaii, 51(2):44
The right to die: an up-date on the law, 51(10):268

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S
SHEEHAN, ED
Ed Sheehan: a literary giant, 51(8):205
SYPHILIS
Parallels between AIDS, leprosy and syphilis, 51(11):300

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T
TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR
Radio-frequency catheter cure of re-entrant supraventricular tachycardias: report of the first experience in Hawaii, 51(2):39
TAI CHI
Cardiopulmonary exercise: a recently discovered secret of tai chi, 51(8):216
TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculosis: a personal commentary, 51(8):222

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V
VEITH, ILZA, MD, PhD
Sensei, 51(11):298

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W
WBC DIFFERENTIAL
WBC differential, 51(12):336

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Author Index

A-F   G-L   M-R   S-Y

 

American Medical Association 51(8):214
Ashmore R 51(12):324
Barcliff L 51(12):332
Bjerke HS 51(12):332
Charles J 51(3):65, 51(9):235
Christensen CC 51(7):181
Chen R 51(12):324
Chun LT 51(8):206
Chun WK 51(6):152
Crabtree JP 51(10):268
Crowell DH 51(9):242
Dillon JB 51(7):178
Don A 51(l):4, 51(2):32, 51(3):58, 51(4):88, 51(5):118, 51(8):202, 51(9):230, 51(10):262
Dunn-Rankin P 51(9):242
Elpern DJ 51(8):212, 51(9):235, 51(10):264
Flowers RS 51(l):7, 51(l):22, 51(8):217, 51(12):321
Foglia RP 51(12):332
Frolich J 51(l):7
Fryer GC 51(8):222
Fukunaga FH 51(12):336

Top of Author Index

Gollop JH 51(4):91
Grattan M 51(12):324
Hallenborg CP 51(5):121
Holschuh F 51(12):322
Hart WT 51(5):121
Hartwell AS 51(11):306
Hayashida CT 51(4):100
Henry GW 51(l):7
Higgins DD 51(3):71
Hollison RV 51(8):204
Houk JH 51(3):59
Hsia YE 51(l):17
Humphry JW 51(11):306
Hunt JA 51(3):65
Kadohiro J 51(11):306
Kai W 51(12):324
Kobayashi GY 51(7):181
Lung SA 51(3):61

Top of Author Index

Matayoshi AH 51(5):126
Matsmura R 51(9):232
McDermoff JF Jr 51(2):44
McGee RI 51(9):242
Middleton CR 51(7):181
Nakamura JM 51(5):126
Ng RK 51(8):216
Olinghouse C 51(11):306
Olmsted R 51(3):74, 51(5):118
Patz A 51(7):186
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association 51(l):15
Plechaty G 51(7):186
Pon EW 51(4):91
Ponce DE 51(2):44
Reddy DV 51(8):206
Reppun JI 51(l):4, 51(l):25, 51(2):32, 51(2):34, 51(2):35, 51(3):59, 51(3):62, 51(4):90, 51(5):120, 51(6):171, 51(7):178, 51(7):180, 51(8):204, 51(8):205, 51(9):230, 51(9):249, 51(11):286, 51(11):290, 51(11):296, 51(11):298

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Sasaki DM 51(7):181
Sawa TR 51(7):181
Schwartz L 51(4):104
Scully N 51(12):324
Seto D 51(9):242
Sharma SD 51(9):242
Sheehan E 51(8):205
Shen EN 51(2):39, 51(12):324
Smith RE 51(7):186
Stenson RV 51(l):10, 51(10):274
Stitt PG 51(3):58
Todd JS 51(8):214
Veith I 51(11):300
Waldron JA 51(2):44
Wallach SJ 51(l):9, 51(10):268
White R 51(12):324
Wong W 51(4):100
Yamamoto LG 51(8):206
Yim GK 51(8):206

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