Activated protein C resistance and factor V Leiden mutation are independent risk factors for venous thromboembolism.

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia describes a group of inherited autosomal recessive disorders characterized by an enzymatic defect in cortisol biosynthesis, compensatory increases in corticotropin secretion, and adrenocortical hyperplasia. 21-Hydroxylase deficiency is responsible for more than 95% of cases and is one of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Merke DP,Bornstein SR,Avila NA,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death remains a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 350,000 deaths each year, and the survival rate of victims remains low. Most survivors face a significant risk for recurrence. The typical substrate is chronic--abnormal myocardium with fibrosis (often from previous my...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Akhtar M,Garan H,Lehmann MH,Troup PJ

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the following: a reference range for serum calcitriol during hypercalcemia in a control group of patients with myeloma in whom calcitriol production is known to be appropriately suppressed; the incidence of elevated serum calcitriol levels in hypercalcemic patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma accor...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Seymour JF,Gagel RF,Hagemeister FB,Dimopoulos MA,Cabanillas F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article applies major economic concepts, such as supply, demand, monopoly, monopsony, adverse selection, and moral hazard, to central features of U.S. health care. These illustrations help explain some of the principal problems of health policy-high cost and the uninsured-and why solutions are difficult to obtain...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fuchs VR

更新日期：2015-03-03 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：:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Incidence and severity are increased among populations with some chronic diseases. The currently available polyvalent polysaccharide vaccine induces antibody production among immunologically competent recipients against the 14 serotypes responsible f...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schwartz JS

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper outlines the clinical, serologic, and immunogenetic differences and similarities of Sjögren's syndrome alone (primary) and Sjögren's syndrome associated with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (secondary). The immunoregulation in Sjögren's syndrome is discussed and the incidence of immune...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moutsopoulos HM,Chused TM,Mann DL,Klippel JH,Fauci AS,Frank MM,Lawley TJ,Hamburger MI

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in homosexual men, Campylobacter jejuni was recovered from 10 of 158 men with, and 2 of 75 men without, intestinal symptoms. In addition, a heterogeneous group of Campylobacter-like organisms was identified in 26 symptomatic and 6 asymptomatic homosexual men, but in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quinn TC,Goodell SE,Fennell C,Wang SP,Schuffler MD,Holmes KK,Stamm WE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reviews have compared the efficacy and tolerability of newer second-generation antidepressants with those of placebo or older treatments, but comparative evidence for use of second-generation antidepressants to treat major depressive disorder has not been evaluated. PURPOSE:To systematically evaluate compar...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hansen RA,Gartlehner G,Lohr KN,Gaynes BN,Carey TS

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy of pulmonary hypertension is limited by the low potency and adverse effects of current pulmonary vasodilators. The hemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin in human pulmonary hypertension are not known. We administered nitroglycerin to nine patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension. Nitroglycerin increased card...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pearl RG,Rosenthal MH,Schroeder JS,Ashton JP

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one juvenile-onset diabetic patients with azotemic nephropathy underwent coronary angiography and left ventriculography before renal transplantation or chronic hemodialysis. Two-year survival of 12 patients with no coronary artery disease (group A) was 88% compared to 22% for nine patients with coronary artery ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weinrauch LA,D'elia JA,Healy RW,Gleason RE,Takacs FJ,Libertino JA,Leland OS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the quality of care for common ambulatory conditions is adversely affected when physicians are provided with incentives to limit the use of health services. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study over a 2-year period. SETTING:Four group practices that cared for both fee-for-service patients ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Udvarhelyi IS,Jennison K,Phillips RS,Epstein AM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients had recurrent facial edema and peripheral blood eosinophilia. One patient showed a marked increase in the serum level of the eosinophil granule major basic protein. In both patients, skin biopsy samples showed nonspecific mononuclear cell inflammation with few eosinophils. However, immunofluorescence stai...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Songsiridej V,Peters MS,Dor PJ,Ackerman SJ,Gleich GJ,Busse WW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera of 24 patients with an unexplained pneumonia were tested for the presence of antibodies against the Legionnaires' disease bacterium. Fifteen patients had positive serology. The series comprised 12 male and three female patients ranging in age from 17 to 66 years (mean, 51.1 years). All of the patients had a high ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meenhorst PL,van der Meer JW,Borst J

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a low anion gap in patients with multiple myeloma has recently been emphasized. This has been related to the retention of chloride and bicarbonate anions to offset the cationic charge of the monoclonal immunoglobulins. We now report the presence of a low anion gap in 50 patients with asymptomatic plasm...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schnur MJ,Appel GB,Karp G,Osserman EP

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that results from defects in both insulin secretion and insulin action. An elevated rate of basal hepatic glucose production in the presence of hyperinsulinemia is the primary cause of fasting hyperglycemia; after a meal, impaired suppression of hepatic glucose ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： DeFronzo RA

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Our review focuses on low density lipoprotein (LD lipoprotein) and very low density lipoprotein (VLD lipoprotein) in their roles as transporters of cholesterol and triglyceride and as factors contributing to premature arteriovascular disease. We describe the clinical manifestations of the common, primary hyperlipoprot...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fisher WR,Truitt DH

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing rapidly. Gastroesophageal reflux is a strong risk factor for this disease. The increase in incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma coincided with the introduction of medications that promote reflux by relaxing the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), such ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lagergren J,Bergström R,Adami HO,Nyrén O

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Baldetti L, Melillo F, Moroni F, et al. Meta-analysis comparing P2Y12 inhibitors in acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2020;125;1815-22. 32305225. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elgendy IY

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast scientific literature on smoking and health contains few large studies with direct estimates of long-term mortality by smoking habits. Data have been lacking, particularly for women. OBJECTIVE:To study smoking and deaths and causes of death in women and men of middle age (40 to 70 years of age). D...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vollset SE,Tverdal A,Gjessing HK

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of orally administered ampicillin, 2 g/d, with that of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 320 mg/d-1600 mg/d, given for 2 or 6 weeks for outpatient management of acute uncomplicated renal infection in women. Of 98 women participating in the trial, 60 had renal infections with susceptible strains, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stamm WE,McKevitt M,Counts GW

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, liver transplantation has been used to treat patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical course of patients with FAP who received partial-liver transplantation from living donors. DESIGN:Case series. SETTING:University hospital in Matsumoto, Japan. PA...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Takei Y,Ikeda S,Hashikura Y,Ikegami T,Kawasaki S

更新日期：1999-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 23-year-old woman who developed severe myalgias in association with mild hepatitis B surface antigen-positive hepatitis. Muscle biopsy showed myriads of microvacuoles filled with neutral lipid. Prednisone therapy was associated with complete clearing of all clinical and laboratory abnormalities...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patten BM,Shabot JM,Alperin J,Dodson RF

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaire II of the National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower was directed to all of the 1502 subspecialty training programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The overall response rate was 86%. For the years 1972-1973 through 1976-1977 the number of fellows in subspecialty training grew at an average rate o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tarlov AR,Weil PA,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benign reductions in neutrophil counts may be more common at certain ages and in certain ethnic groups and may be affected by sex and smoking status. OBJECTIVE:To determine differences in neutrophil counts in the U.S. population according to ethnicity, age, sex, and smoking status. DESIGN:Population-based,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hsieh MM,Everhart JE,Byrd-Holt DD,Tisdale JF,Rodgers GP

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe more explicitly the components of competence required of the internist, The American Board of Internal Medicine has analyzed the medical encounter and defined the major variables involved: the abilities required of the internist, the tasks that must be performed to solve a medical problem, the medical illn...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To critically assess original studies evaluating the role of preoperative pulmonary function testing in predicting postoperative outcomes. DESIGN:MEDLINE search of English-language articles from 1966 to 1987 using the following medical subjects headings respiratory function tests, lung, lung diseases, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zibrak JD,O'Donnell CR,Marton K

更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This following statement updates all previous recommendations on use of immune globulins for protection against viral hepatitis and use of hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin for prophylaxis of hepatitis B. Recommendations cover hepatitis A; hepatitis B; non-A, non-B hepatitis; and delta hepatitis. Spe...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy and harms of brief cognitive tests for identifying clinical Alzheimer-type dementia (CATD) are uncertain. PURPOSE:To summarize evidence on accuracy and harms of brief cognitive tests for CATD in older adults with suspected cognitive impairment. DATA SOURCES:Electronic bibliographic databases (...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hemmy LS,Linskens EJ,Silverman PC,Miller MA,Talley KMC,Taylor BC,Ouellette JM,Greer NL,Wilt TJ,Butler M,Fink HA

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Many prognostic models for cardiovascular risk can be used to estimate aspirin's absolute benefits, but few bleeding risk models are available to estimate its likely harms. Objective:To develop prognostic bleeding risk models among persons in whom aspirin might be considered for the primary prevention of ca...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Selak V,Jackson R,Poppe K,Wu B,Harwood M,Grey C,Pylypchuk R,Mehta S,Kerr A,Wells S

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00