Twenty-eight day Holter monitoring is poorly tolerated and insensitive for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation detection in cryptogenic stroke.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyserositis (PS) is the inflammation, with effusion, of different serous membranes. It has been associated with different aetiologies, but the aetiology of PS remains unknown in a high percentage of patients. AIMS:The general objective of this retrospective study was to analyse the aetiology of PS cases s...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Losada I,González-Moreno J,Roda N,Ventayol L,Borjas Y,Domínguez FJ,Fernández-Baca V,García-Gasalla M,Payeras A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a leading cause of transfusion related morbidity and mortality. Current concepts regarding the pathogenesis of this disorder imply a "two-hit" model in which neutrophils are sequestered in the pulmonary capillary bed, and subsequently activated by substances in the tran...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Finlayson J,Grey D,Kavanagh L,Witt C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to systemic sclerosis was successfully treated with sitaxentan prior to its worldwide withdrawal (because of hepatotoxicity concerns), but then ironically experienced acute hepatic dysfunction during substitute bosentan therapy, and was eventually stabilised on ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Don GW,Joseph F,Celermajer DS,Corte TJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco cessation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) substantially improves outcome but how effective individual programmes are needs to be established. To date, few studies have examined this factor. AIMS:To assess the outcome of two smoking cessation programmes after AMI. METHODS:One hundred and nin...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Feeney GF,McPherson A,Connor JP,McAlister A,Young MR,Garrahy P

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been stated that academic medicine is in a worldwide crisis. Is this decline in hospital academic practice a predictable consequence of modern clinical practice with its emphasis on community and outpatient-based services as well as a corporate health-care ethos or does it relate to innate problems in the train...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wilson A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) have type 2 respiratory failure (T2RF). Often arterial blood gases are not performed and correlation with venous blood gases (VBG) is controversial. The venous pH and bicarbonate (HCO3 ) are useful, but VBG pCO2 (PvCO2 )...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wong EKC,Lee PCS,Ansary S,Asha S,Wong KKH,Yee BJ,Ng AT

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paradigms for managing acromegaly have undergone major changes in the past two decades. This has been brought about by combining surgical, pharmacological and radiotherapeutic approaches that provide tight biochemical control to reduce mortality to that of the general population. The biochemical targets for treatment ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Burt MG,Ho KK

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is rare disorder characterised by immune activation leading to cytokine storm and end-organ failure. It is associated with poor prognosis. HLH is predominantly a disease of early childhood, where it often results from genetic defects that impair cytotoxic function of natural k...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lee WI,Talaulikar D,Cook MC

更新日期：2020-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hip fractures and vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD)) deficiency are more common in winter in regions with temperate climates, but few data exist for a sub-tropical climate. In a South East Queensland tertiary hospital over a 7-year period, there were significantly more hip fractures in winter than the other...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Lara Alvarez SE,Bell K,Ward N,Cooke C,Inder WJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is recommended that blood pressure should be measured on a bare upper arm with an appropriately sized cuff. However, in practice, it is more convenient to measure blood pressure on sleeved arms. AIMS:We aim to examine the effect of sleeved arms on the accuracy of blood pressure measurement. METHODS:Pati...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Li Y,Li Y,Li F,Liu D,Zhang Y,Cui X,Cui W

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to describe the activity of a lung cancer multidisciplinary clinic (MDC) and examine whether this model of clinical practice results in adherence to best-practice guidelines. METHODS:Prospective analysis of demographic and clinical data in 431 patients referred to a lung cancer MDC...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Conron M,Phuah S,Steinfort D,Dabscheck E,Wright G,Hart D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been found to be associated with cardiovascular disease. The goal of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of asthma in patients with type II DM after adjusting for other comorbid conditions. We used patient treatment files of inpatients' admissions containing discharge diagnosis (Classif...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Hashemzadeh M,Movahed MR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate polypharmacy and its associated harm pose a significant threat to older patients. The prescribing decisions of physicians greatly influence what other practitioners prescribe. Minimising medication-related harm requires physicians to adopt a systematic approach to the deliberate and judicious deprescribi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Scott IA,Le Couteur DG

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the differences between clinical and public health ethics and provides several examples of contemporary public health challenges that pose ethical questions. The relations among ethics, rights and obligations are explored, because public health philosophers propose these as different ways for publi...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Leeder SR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging in dementia has focused on documenting any burden of vascular disease or excluding any reversible intracranial pathology. We review the use of computed tomography to examine for medial temporal lobe atrophy in dementia and compare this with a case series of such measurements from our memory clinic. Measur...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Rose M,Scharf S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of cancer treatments that have become available. However, it has remained difficult to choose the most appropriate time to cease active therapy in individual patients. AIMS:To determine the proportion of patients being treated with palliat...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wein L,Rowe C,Brady B,Handolias D,Lipton L,Pook D,Stanley R,Haines I

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Escalating morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections represent a major health burden in Australia, particularly among migrants from endemic areas who may present late. METHODS AND AIMS:We evaluated the knowledge and educational needs of general pr...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Guirgis M,Yan K,Bu YM,Zekry A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced heart failure represents a small proportion of patients with heart failure that possess high-risk features associated with high hospital readmission rates, significant functional impairment and mortality. Identification of those who have progressed to, or are near a state of advanced heart failure should prom...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Stokes MB,Bergin P,McGiffin D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Informed consent is a mainstay of clinical practice, with both moral and legal forces. Material disclosure about extreme treatments, however, is unlikely to convey the full impact of the experience of treatment. Informed consent may be flawed under such circumstances. The aims of this study were to compare e...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Little M,Jordens CF,McGrath C,Montgomery K,Lipworth W,Kerridge I

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little research and no clear guidelines for clinicians to follow when instructing patients with advanced disease about driving. AIMS:To investigate current practice in providing advice to patients with advanced disease and identify areas of consensus or variation with the Australian driving guideli...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Weir N,Fischer A,Good P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore and detail clinical experiences of dabigatran, a novel anticoagulant, after it became available in New Zealand in July 2011. METHODS:A cohort of patients was recruited from Hutt Hospital and the two largest primary care practices in the Hutt Valley region. They were included if they took at least one do...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Thorne K,Jayathissa S,Dee S,Briggs N,Taylor J,Reid S,De Silva K,Dean J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author, a physician in late middle age reflects on his own medical career, the aging of those who have taught him and also of those whom he has taught. He describes the sense of ennui and déjà vu. The things that seemed important as a younger doctor seem less important. He has adopted a different paradigm and has ...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Allen RK

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surveillance for colorectal neoplasia in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is widely practised despite a lack of convincing mortality reduction. The psychological impact of this approach is largely unexplored. AIM:To examine psychological well-being among IBD subjects undergoing colonoscopic surveillance for...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mountifield R,Bampton P,Prosser R,Mikocka-Walus A,Andrews JM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is the predominant regulator of calcium/phosphate homeostasis in the human body. Beside this classical function, preclinical and clinical studies indicated a relevant role for PTH in mobilisation of bone marrow-derived cells into peripheral blood. In addition, recombinant PTH (teriparatide) w...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Grabmaier U,Huber BC,Franz WM,Koch E,Brunner S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To share our experience of establishing an acute outreach service to nursing homes and to evaluate the impact of such service on emergency department presentations, data were drawn from a pre-existing database from 2013 to 2017. Of the 986 acute patients treated in 12 nursing homes over a 23-month period, the acute ge...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Chan DKY,Liu FX,Irwanto D,Prasetyo D,Ozorio G,Li F,Smith M,Sharma A,Chen J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical school and resident training programmes offer different learning opportunities and outcomes. The aim of the study was to assess medical student and intern experience in common clinical procedures. METHODS:Interns employed in a metropolitan teaching hospital from 2000 to 2004 completed a survey of ex...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Boots RJ,Egerton W,McKeering H,Winter H

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little existing research on the role that secondary care letters have in ensuring patient understanding of chronic health conditions. AIM:To determine whether minimising the use of medical terminology in medical correspondence improved patient understanding and anxiety/depression scores. METHODS:A...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Wernick M,Hale P,Anticich N,Busch S,Merriman L,King B,Pegg T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reported risk of depression in patients with hypomagnesaemia is controversial. AIM:The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the association between depression and hypomagnesaemia. METHODS:A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Database and clinicaltrials.gov from inc...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Cheungpasitporn W,Thongprayoon C,Mao MA,Srivali N,Ungprasert P,Varothai N,Sanguankeo A,Kittanamongkolchai W,Erickson SB

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of brentuximab peri-allogeneic transplantation in patients with relapsed and/or refractory CD30 positive lymphomas remains poorly defined. AIM:To assess the outcome of use of brentuximab as a bridge to allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in patient with relapsed/refractory CD30+ classic Hodg...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Mediwake H,Morris K,Curley C,Butler J,Kennedy G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the frequency of cannula-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (CASAB) there is uncertainty regarding the duration of treatment required. AIM:To determine the relationship between the duration and type of treatment for CASAB and subsequent relapse with deep-seated S. aureus infection. METHOD...

journal_title：Internal medicine journal

authors： Thomas MG,Morris AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00