Optimizing care for persons with HIV infection. Society of General Internal Medicine AIDS Task Force.

abstract：:Past efforts to reverse or limit the effects of acute stroke have been largely unsuccessful, in part because of the inability to evaluate and treat most patients soon after stroke onset. One important factor in the delay of treatment has been the nihilistic attitude of medical personnel, including physicians, toward t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1995-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a cytogenetic response after interferon-alpha therapy in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia is independently associated with improved survival. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. PATIENTS:274 patients with a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kantarjian HM,Smith TL,O'Brien S,Beran M,Pierce S,Talpaz M

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence, severity, type and pathogenesis of osteopenia in idiopathic hemochromatosis. DESIGN:Prospective study conducted over 18 months. SETTING:Tertiary care center. SUBJECTS:Twenty-two men with idiopathic hemochromatosis and 20 age-matched controls. There were 5 hypogonadal patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Diamond T,Stiel D,Posen S

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of forces are converging to reduce the number of internal medicine residency positions offered in this country. This reduction, referred to as downsizing, has been proposed as the solution to several of the problems facing internal medicine. We examine the forces that underlie the current enthusiasm for down...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Asch DA,Ende J

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed the therapeutic efficacy of antithyroid drugs for Graves disease. Sixty-nine patients were divided into three categories according to their response: 28 (40.6%) were unable to achieve a remission; 6 (8.7%) achieved a remission and subsequently had a relapse; and 35 (50.7%) were able to sust...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Solomon BL,Evaul JE,Burman KD,Wartofsky L

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recent guidelines for adult prevention do not recommend a comprehensive annual physical examination, but current public expectations in light of this change are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine public belief in the need for and content of an annual physical examination and to examine the effect of financial ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Oboler SK,Prochazka AV,Gonzales R,Xu S,Anderson RJ

更新日期：2002-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The irritable bowel syndrome is a common chronic disorder having a broad clinical spectrum of severity. Although only a small proportion of those afflicted seek medical help for their symptoms, a subset have severe and intractable symptoms. A positive diagnosis should be established from the history and physical exami...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Drossman DA,Thompson WG

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurse care management programs for patients with chronic illness have been shown to be safe and effective. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a telephone-mediated nurse care management program for heart failure reduced the rate of rehospitalization for heart failure and for all causes over a 1-year period. DES...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： DeBusk RF,Miller NH,Parker KM,Bandura A,Kraemer HC,Cher DJ,West JA,Fowler MB,Greenwald G

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observations that risk for colorectal cancer is elevated in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and that long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce colorectal cancer risk have raised the possibility that inflammation may play a role in the development of colorectal cancer. While a recent prospe...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zhang SM,Buring JE,Lee IM,Cook NR,Ridker PM

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cost-utility analysis is a type of cost-effectiveness analysis in which health effects are measured in terms of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained. Such analyses have become popular for examining the health and economic consequences of health and medical interventions, and they have been recommended by ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Neumann PJ,Stone PW,Chapman RH,Sandberg EA,Bell CM

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of risk for radiation-induced breast cancer from mammography screening have not considered variation in dose exposure or diagnostic work-up after abnormal screening results. OBJECTIVE:To estimate distributions of radiation-induced breast cancer incidence and mortality from digital mammography scre...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Miglioretti DL,Lange J,van den Broek JJ,Lee CI,van Ravesteyn NT,Ritley D,Kerlikowske K,Fenton JJ,Melnikow J,de Koning HJ,Hubbard RA

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical trial registries are in widespread use to promote transparency around trials and their results. OBJECTIVE:To describe characteristics of drug trials listed in ClinicalTrials.gov and examine whether the funding source of these trials is associated with favorable published outcomes. DESIGN:An observ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bourgeois FT,Murthy S,Mandl KD

更新日期：2010-08-03 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：:Quality improvement (QI) activities can improve health care but must be conducted ethically. The Hastings Center convened leaders and scholars to address ethical requirements for QI and their relationship to regulations protecting human subjects of research. The group defined QI as systematic, data-guided activities d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lynn J,Baily MA,Bottrell M,Jennings B,Levine RJ,Davidoff F,Casarett D,Corrigan J,Fox E,Wynia MK,Agich GJ,O'Kane M,Speroff T,Schyve P,Batalden P,Tunis S,Berlinger N,Cronenwett L,Fitzmaurice JM,Dubler NN,James B

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia can help to assess prognosis and devise and test preventive strategies. OBJECTIVE:To examine the baseline and time-dependent risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia and to determine the conditional probability and cumulative risk ov...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cook DJ,Walter SD,Cook RJ,Griffith LE,Guyatt GH,Leasa D,Jaeschke RZ,Brun-Buisson C

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although viral rebound follows cessation of suppressive antiretroviral therapy in chronic HIV infection, a viremic clinical syndrome has not been described. OBJECTIVE:To describe a retroviral syndrome associated with cessation of effective antiretroviral therapy in chronic HIV infection. DESIGN:Case report...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Colven R,Harrington RD,Spach DH,Cohen CJ,Hooton TM

更新日期：2000-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because only limited evidence suggests that elastic stockings prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT), these stockings are not widely used. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of compression elastic stockings for prevention of the post-thrombotic syndrom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Prandoni P,Lensing AW,Prins MH,Frulla M,Marchiori A,Bernardi E,Tormene D,Mosena L,Pagnan A,Girolami A

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was studied in a group of patients with cancer who received transfusion of blood components harvested from a single, asymptomatic, seropositive donor. Of ten living recipients, nine had antibodies to the virus in fresh or cryopreserved sera at a median of 384 days...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson KC,Gorgone BC,Marlink RG,Ferriani R,Essex ME,Benz PM,Groopman JE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of herpes simplex virus isolates to acyclovir and the importance of resistant isolates in hospitalized patients. DESIGN:Retrospective incidence cohort study. SETTING:All herpes simplex virus isolates cultured over 1 year from patients followed at a tertiary care center. P...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Englund JA,Zimmerman ME,Swierkosz EM,Goodman JL,Scholl DR,Balfour HH Jr

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare generalists' and cardiologists' estimates of baseline cardiovascular risk and the outcomes of preventive therapy. DESIGN:Cross-sectional mail survey using written case simulations of typical patients from primary prevention trials for hypercholesterolemia and isolated systolic hypertension, and te...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Friedmann PD,Brett AS,Mayo-Smith MF

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of a history and physical examination findings in diagnosing the carpal tunnel syndrome, and to determine whether constellations of clinical findings identify patients at high or low risk for the carpal tunnel syndrome. DESIGN:Comparison of diagnostic tests with neurophysiologic tes...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Katz JN,Larson MG,Sabra A,Krarup C,Stirrat CR,Sethi R,Eaton HM,Fossel AH,Liang MH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corticosteroid injections (CSIs) and physical therapy are used to treat patients with the shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) but have never been directly compared. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of 2 common nonsurgical treatments for SIS. DESIGN:Randomized, single-blind, comparative-effectiveness,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rhon DI,Boyles RB,Cleland JA

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The observations that have provided the foundation of the sodium hypothesis of human hypertension are reviewed. Clinical observations made over 125 years ago initiated an investigative effort that has encompassed epidemiologic data, development of salt-related experimental models, and elucidation of theoretical mechan...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Porter GA

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative care prioritizes symptom management and quality of life throughout the course of serious illness. Regardless of whether care is inpatient or outpatient, primary or subspecialty, a solid understanding of the basics of effective communication, symptom management, and end-of-life care is crucial. This article ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Swetz KM,Kamal AH

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional care has been defined as a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care in the same location. Transitional care, which primarily concerns the relatively brief time interval that begins with pre...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Coleman EA,Berenson RA

更新日期：2004-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman developed goitrous hypothyroidism while receiving ethionamide for treatment of an atypical mycobacterial infection. Five weeks after discontinuation of ethionamide therapy, thyroid function had returned to normal. The goitrogenic effect was studied in vitro by incubating ethionamide in various conc...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Drucker D,Eggo MC,Salit IE,Burrow GN

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soon, half of all physicians may be married to other physicians (that is, in dual-doctor families). Little is known about how marriage to another physician affects physicians themselves. OBJECTIVE:To learn how physicians in dual-doctor families differ from other physicians in their professional and family l...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sobecks NW,Justice AC,Hinze S,Chirayath HT,Lasek RJ,Chren MM,Aucott J,Juknialis B,Fortinsky R,Youngner S,Landefeld CS

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of use of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in high-risk hospital patients. DESIGN:A retrospective medical record review. SETTING:A community-wide study in 16 short-stay hospitals in central Massachusetts. PATIENTS:A total of 2017 patients with multiple risk factors for venous th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson FA Jr,Wheeler HB,Goldberg RJ,Hosmer DW,Forcier A,Patwardhan NA

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 25% of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) are readmitted within 30 days. PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmission and mortality rates for adults hospitalized with HF. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, Cochrane Librar...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Feltner C,Jones CD,Cené CW,Zheng ZJ,Sueta CA,Coker-Schwimmer EJ,Arvanitis M,Lohr KN,Middleton JC,Jonas DE

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00