Solid-phase radioimmunoassay for immunoglobulin G Staphylococcus aureus antibody in serious staphylococcal infection.

abstract：:The term "medical necessity" is used ubiquitously in health care, but its meaning and implementation vary substantially among providers, payers, and patients. This ambiguity has led some to suggest that cost-effectiveness be used as a basis for decision rules. This paper presents an analytical framework that is famili...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Glassman PA,Model KE,Kahan JP,Jacobson PD,Peabody JW

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances of urinary bladder function are well-recognized problems in diabetic patients and are generally attributed to peripheral neuropathy. Because of the difficulties inherent in the histologic examination of the peripheral autonomic nerves, little is known about the pathology of these nerves. Recently, alterat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mastri AR

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:High-sensitivity assays for cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) are sometimes used to rapidly rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Purpose:To estimate the ability of a single hs-cTnT concentration below the limit of detection (<0.005 µg/L) and a nonischemic electrocardiogram (ECG) to rule out AMI in adults ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pickering JW,Than MP,Cullen L,Aldous S,Ter Avest E,Body R,Carlton EW,Collinson P,Dupuy AM,Ekelund U,Eggers KM,Florkowski CM,Freund Y,George P,Goodacre S,Greenslade JH,Jaffe AS,Lord SJ,Mokhtari A,Mueller C,Munro A

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Care of persons with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in the United Kingdom resembles that in the United States. However, health care practice in Europe is being influenced by the Saint Vincent Declaration, the joint European World Health Organization-International Diabetes Federation initiative, which ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Keen H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies show an inverse association between self-reported physical activity and type 2 diabetes. It is not known whether physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with the onset of objectively determined impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wei M,Gibbons LW,Mitchell TL,Kampert JB,Lee CD,Blair SN

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary trans fat increases risk for coronary heart disease. In 2006, New York City (NYC) passed the first regulation in the United States restricting trans fat use in restaurants. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of the NYC regulation on the trans and saturated fat content of fast-food purchases. DESIGN:Cro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Angell SY,Cobb LK,Curtis CJ,Konty KJ,Silver LD

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high prevalence of classic cardiac risk factors in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus does not explain the increased cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality in these patients. Fibrinogen may have a role in this excess risk. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the following in patients with n...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bruno G,Cavallo-Perin P,Bargero G,Borra M,D'Errico N,Pagano G

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with advanced Graves' ophthalmopathy were treated with cyclophosphamide. All had proptosis and diplopia. One patient had disabling iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome from steroid treatment of the ophthalmopathy and had undergone bilateral orbital decompression before cyclophosphamide therapy; steroids could ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bigos ST,Nisula BC,Daniels GH,Eastman RC,Johnston HH,Kohler PO

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the diagnostic difficulties, response to therapy, and clinical features of lymphomatoid papulosis and the cumulative frequency of transformation to lymphoma. DESIGN:Case series. SETTING:University hospitals. METHODS:The records of 21 patients with lymphomatoid papulosis who were seen from 1986 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cabanillas F,Armitage J,Pugh WC,Weisenburger D,Duvic M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several agents are available to treat osteoporosis, the relative efficacy and toxicity of these agents when used to prevent fractures has not been well described. PURPOSE:To compare the benefits in fracture reduction and the harms from adverse events of various therapies for osteoporosis. DATA SOU...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： MacLean C,Newberry S,Maglione M,McMahon M,Ranganath V,Suttorp M,Mojica W,Timmer M,Alexander A,McNamara M,Desai SB,Zhou A,Chen S,Carter J,Tringale C,Valentine D,Johnsen B,Grossman J

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe aplastic anemia is a life-threatening bone marrow failure disorder. High-dose cyclophosphamide therapy followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation cures the disease. However, it requires a suitable donor and carries the risk for graft-versus-host disease. A small pilot study demonstrated that h...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brodsky RA,Sensenbrenner LL,Smith BD,Dorr D,Seaman PJ,Lee SM,Karp JE,Brodsky I,Jones RJ

更新日期：2001-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal strategy for diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is less well established for the upper extremities than for the lower extremities. Duplex color ultrasonography can be difficult to perform in the upper extremities because of their anatomy, and contrast venography is often indicated. Moreove...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baarslag HJ,van Beek EJ,Koopman MM,Reekers JA

更新日期：2002-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of massive cocaine intoxication on lung water and ascites accumulation and the effect of beta- and alpha-adrenergic blockade on survival in massive cocaine intoxication in the mouse. DESIGN:The effect of massive cocaine intoxication on lung water, ascitic fluid accumulation, and...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Robin ED,Wong RJ,Ptashne KA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistance to activated protein C due to the factor V R506Q (Leiden) mutation is the most common clotting abnormality in patients with venous thromboembolism. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the risk for venous thromboembolism associated with the factor V Leiden mutation or with resistance to activated protein C in t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rodeghiero F,Tosetto A

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of physician diagnostic variability on accuracy at a population level depends on the prevalence of diagnoses. OBJECTIVE:To estimate how diagnostic variability affects accuracy from the perspective of a U.S. woman aged 50 to 59 years having a breast biopsy. DESIGN:Applied probability using Bayes'...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elmore JG,Nelson HD,Pepe MS,Longton GM,Tosteson AN,Geller B,Onega T,Carney PA,Jackson SL,Allison KH,Weaver DL

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of the continuous intravenous dexamethasone suppression test in the differential diagnosis of patients with the Cushing syndrome. DESIGN:Comparison of the results of this test with those of other tests in the study population and with data from the literature. SETTING:Refer...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Biemond P,de Jong FH,Lamberts SW

更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vertebral fractures are a hallmark of postmenopausal osteoporosis and an important end point in trials of osteoporosis treatment, but the clinical significance of these fractures remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To determine the association of new vertebral fractures with back pain and back-related functional l...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nevitt MC,Ettinger B,Black DM,Stone K,Jamal SA,Ensrud K,Segal M,Genant HK,Cummings SR

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current magnetic resonance techniques generate high signal from venous blood and show thrombi as filling defects. Magnetic resonance direct thrombus imaging (MRDTI) directly visualizes acute thrombus. OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of MRDTI for diagnosis of acute symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fraser DG,Moody AR,Morgan PS,Martel AL,Davidson I

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicine has long sought to match diagnostic and treatment approaches to the particular needs and risks of individual patients. The decreasing cost and increasing ease of genetic sequencing have propelled the rise of precision medicine. Precision medicine aims to use genetic and other information to provide care tailo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kiryluk K,Goldstein DB,Rowe JW,Gharavi AG,Wapner R,Chung WK

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas and has been imported into many nonendemic countries by travelers. Objective:To describe clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus disease in travelers exposed in the Americas. Design:Descriptive, using GeoSentinel records. Setting:63 travel and t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hamer DH,Barbre KA,Chen LH,Grobusch MP,Schlagenhauf P,Goorhuis A,van Genderen PJ,Molina I,Asgeirsson H,Kozarsky PE,Caumes E,Hagmann SH,Mockenhaupt FP,Eperon G,Barnett ED,Bottieau E,Boggild AK,Gautret P,Hynes NA,Kuhn

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of dopamine, which has an inotropic effect on the myocardium and increases renal and splanchnic blood flow, on diaphragmatic contraction. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We studied the changes in transdiaphragmatic pressure during electrical bilateral supramaximal stimulation of the phrenic n...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aubier M,Murciano D,Menu Y,Boczkowski J,Mal H,Pariente R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential trace elements such as zinc, iron, and copper participate in various enzyme reactions directly related to the regulation of blood pressure and indirectly related to generation of oxidative metabolic energy, alterations in blood lipid levels, and alterations in taste acuity. The toxicological action of severa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Saltman P

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care workers are at occupational risk for a vast array of infections that cause substantial illness and occasional deaths. Despite this, few studies have examined the incidence, prevalence, or exposure-associated rates of infection or have considered infection-specific interventions recommended to mai...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sepkowitz KA

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal stem cells can differentiate into endothelial cells and participate in angiogenesis in adults. In experimental models of acute myocardial infarction, mesenchymal stem cells led to the recovery of cardiac function through the formation of a new vascular network. OBJECTIVE:To describe treatment wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Guiducci S,Porta F,Saccardi R,Guidi S,Ibba-Manneschi L,Manetti M,Mazzanti B,Dal Pozzo S,Milia AF,Bellando-Randone S,Miniati I,Fiori G,Fontana R,Amanzi L,Braschi F,Bosi A,Matucci-Cerinic M

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Difficulties with daily functioning are common in middle-aged adults. However, little is known about the epidemiology or clinical course of these problems, including the extent to which they share common features with functional impairment in older adults. Objective:To determine the epidemiology and clinica...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brown RT,Diaz-Ramirez LG,Boscardin WJ,Lee SJ,Steinman MA

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between blood pressure before stroke and survival after the event, was examined in the Manitoba study cohort of 3983 men. The last recorded blood pressure before the first stroke and the change in blood pressure from a measurement 5 years earlier were used. Increasing magnitude of systolic blood pressure ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rabkin SW,Mathewson FA,Tate RB

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following principles of appropriate antibiotic use for adults with acute pharyngitis apply to immunocompetent adults without complicated comorbid conditions, such as chronic lung or heart disease, and history of rheumatic fever. They do not apply during known outbreaks of group A streptococcus.1. Group A beta-hemo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cooper RJ,Hoffman JR,Bartlett JG,Besser RE,Gonzales R,Hickner JM,Sande MA,American Academy of Family Physicians.,American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.,Centers for Disease Control.

更新日期：2001-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille's syndrome) is presumed to be one of the familial intrahepatic cholestatic syndromes, all of which present with neonatal jaundice or failure to thrive, or both. We report the findings in five patients with this syndrome, four of whom have been followed into adulthood. In addition to ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Riely CA,Cotlier E,Jensen PS,Klatskin G

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the effects of quinidine and three alternate antiarrhythmic drugs on serum digoxin concentration in 63 patients before and during administration of quinidine, procainamide, disopyramide, or mexiletine. Quinidine increased digoxin concentration by at least 0.5 nmol/L in 21 of 22 patients: Mean serum digoxin...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Leahey EB Jr,Reiffel JA,Giardina EG,Bigger JT Jr

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little evidence exists to support the theory that small-bore nasogastric tubes prevent gastroesophageal reflux and microaspiration in intubated patients. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether gastroesophageal reflux and microaspiration in intubated patients can be reduced by the use of a small-bore nasogastric tub...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ferrer M,Bauer TT,Torres A,Hernández C,Piera C

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00