Cost-effectiveness of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor therapy in older patients with myocardial infarction.

abstract：:Subjects (109) with symptomatic Paget's disease of bone were treated with 5, 10, or 20 mg of sodium etidronate (EHDP)/kg body weight - day for 6 to 24 months. Significant decreases in serum alkaline phosphatase and urinary hydroxyproline were noted after 6 months of therapy; no significant further improvement resulted...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Khairi MR,Altman RD,DeRosa GP,Zimmermann J,Schenk RK,Johnston CC

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive disorders are persistent, recurring illnesses that cause great suffering for patients and their families. PURPOSE:To evaluate the benefits and adverse effects of newer pharmacotherapies and herbal treatments for depressive disorders in adults and adolescents. DATA SOURCES:English-language and no...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams JW Jr,Mulrow CD,Chiquette E,Noël PH,Aguilar C,Cornell J

更新日期：2000-05-02 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：:Ambulatory education has become an essential part of all internal medicine residencies. To develop excellent ambulatory education programs, we must thoroughly understand the opportunities available in such a setting, and the leaders in internal medicine must be willing to experiment with nontraditional locations and r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schuster BL

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Enlargement of the pituitary gland associated with primary hypothyroidism was observed in two patients. Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration and the TSH response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone were increased in both. Other pituitary function tests were subnormal in both patients, suggesting that a t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vagenakis AG,Dole K,Braverman LE

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated bone disease in eight white men between the ages of 49 and 61 years who had been abusing alcohol for at least 10 years. The mean density of vertebral cancellous bone was 58% of normal, whereas the mean density of appendicular cortical bone was 90% of normal. Marked reduction in active bone resorption and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bikle DD,Genant HK,Cann C,Recker RR,Halloran BP,Strewler GJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels after bilateral adrenalectomy could be secondary to a pituitary tumor, under replacement with cortisol, or an abnormality in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal feedback loop. To distinguish between these possibilities, ACTH levels were measured before and after corti...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Koletsky RJ,Dluhy RG,Crantz FR,Williams GH

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pretreatment antimicrobial resistance has an important impact on the efficacy of many Helicobacter pylori treatment regimens. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of H. pylori resistance to antimicrobials in the United States, to characterize risk factors associated with H. pylori antimicrobial resistance, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meyer JM,Silliman NP,Wang W,Siepman NY,Sugg JE,Morris D,Zhang J,Bhattacharyya H,King EC,Hopkins RJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deaths and injuries from firearms are significant public health problems, and clinicians are in a unique position to identify risk among their patients and discuss the importance of safe firearm practices. Although clinicians may be ill-prepared to engage in such discussions, an adequate body of evidence is available ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pallin R,Spitzer SA,Ranney ML,Betz ME,Wintemute GJ

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1978 and 1985, the number of active internists in the United States increased from 64,000 to 91,000, and by 1998 the number will have increased to 141,000. This growth represents an increase of 121% for a 20-year period, during which time the population of the United States is expected to increase only 19%. Th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kletke PR,Schleiter MK,Tarlov AR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For years patients hospitalized with viral hepatitis have been placed in two categories of isolation--enteric precautions and blood precautions. This strategy was based on the inability to differentiate between hepatitis A and B and on the assumption that feces and blood from patients with either type might be infecti...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Favero MS,Maynard JE,Leger RT,Graham DR,Dixon RE

更新日期：1979-12-01 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:Medical students may be at high risk for occupational exposures to blood. OBJECTIVE:To measure the frequency of medical students' exposure to infectious body substances, to identify factors that affect the probability of such exposure, and to suggest targets for the prevention of such exposure. DESIGN:Revi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Osborn EH,Papadakis MA,Gerberding JL

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Position statements opposing legalization of physician-assisted suicide by organizations such as the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine rightly emphasize that palliative care should be the standard of care for the dying, and that the inadequacies that exist in its delivery should be r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quill TE,Cassel CK

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This statement summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for family and intimate partner violence, based on the USPSTF's examination of evidence specific to family and intimate partner violence, and updates the 1996 recommendations on this topic. In 1996, the USPSTF found...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： U. S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery spasm is an important pathogenetic mechanism in some forms of myocardial ischemic disease. Factors that may be important in the genesis of spasm include the autonomic nervous system, prostaglandins, endoperoxides, thromboxanes, and the calcium availability to the contractile apparatus. Spasm results in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Luchi RJ,Chahine RA,Raizner AE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the causes of persistent dizziness in outpatients. DESIGN:Consecutive adult outpatients presenting with a chief complaint of dizziness. SETTING:Four clinics (internal medicine, walk-in, emergency room, and neurology) in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Of 185 patients presenting during the 10-mon...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kroenke K,Lucas CA,Rosenberg ML,Scherokman B,Herbers JE Jr,Wehrle PA,Boggi JO

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the temporal characteristics of cocaine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in humans and to assess the relation between cocaine-induced coronary vasoconstriction and the blood concentration of cocaine and its main metabolites. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial. SETTING:Card...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brogan WC 3rd,Lange RA,Glamann DB,Hillis LD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pandemic potential of influenza A (H5N1) virus is a prominent public health concern of the 21st century. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative pandemic (H5N1) mitigation and response strategies. DESIGN:Compartmental epidemic model in conjunction with a Markov mod...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Khazeni N,Hutton DW,Garber AM,Owens DK

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of the course of systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnant patients hospitalized at UCLA during a 15-year period provided important prognostic information. Women with systemic lupus erythematosus became pregnant if renal function was reasonably well preserved. Pregnancy infrequently posed a ser...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：DESCRIPTION:Although approximately 85 million units of red blood cells (RBCs) are transfused annually worldwide, transfusion practices vary widely. The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations about hemoglobin concentration thresholds and othe...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Carson JL,Grossman BJ,Kleinman S,Tinmouth AT,Marques MB,Fung MK,Holcomb JB,Illoh O,Kaplan LJ,Katz LM,Rao SV,Roback JD,Shander A,Tobian AA,Weinstein R,Swinton McLaughlin LG,Djulbegovic B,Clinical Transfusion Medicine Com

更新日期：2012-07-03 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：:Three patients with polymyositis had elevated serum levels of creatine kinase MB isoenzyme. The presence of this isoenzyme is used extensively to diagnose myocardial infarction, but the isoenzyme is also found in sera of patients with primary muscular and neuromuscular disorders. We studied cardiac function in two of ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Larca LJ,Coppola JT,Honig S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relation between skeletal muscle disease (myopathy) and degenerative changes in cardiac muscle (cardiomyopathy) in patients with chronic alcoholism. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING:University medical center. PARTICIPANTS:Group A included 24 patients with chronic alcoholism who had d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fernandez-Sola J,Estruch R,Grau JM,Pare JC,Rubin E,Urbano-Marquez A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess internists' familiarity with, confidence in, and attitudes about practice guidelines issued by various organizations. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, self-administered survey. PARTICIPANTS:Questionnaires were mailed to a stratified random sample of 2600 members of the American College of Physicians (ACP) ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tunis SR,Hayward RS,Wilson MC,Rubin HR,Bass EB,Johnston M,Steinberg EP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the toxicity and efficacy of low-dose interferon-alpha therapy in inducing remissions and prolonging survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. DESIGN:Phase II evaluation and comparison with historical control patients and other series in which the investigators used higher interferon-a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schofield JR,Robinson WA,Murphy JR,Rovira DK

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of menopause to cardiovascular disease incidence was examined in women less than 55 years old from the cohort of 2873 women in the initial Framingham examination. Although the number of person-years of experience during the 20 years of observation was nearly the same for premenopausal and postmenopausal s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kannel WB,Hjortland MC,McNamara PM,Gordon T

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Whether statin type influences hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence or mortality in chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection is unknown. Objective:To assess the relationship between lipophilic or hydrophilic statin use and HCC incidence and mortality in a nationwide population with viral hepatitis. Des...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simon TG,Duberg AS,Aleman S,Hagstrom H,Nguyen LH,Khalili H,Chung RT,Ludvigsson JF

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Questions remain about the importance of smoking and smoking cessation after incident myocardial infarction. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between smoking status and risk for recurrent coronary events. DESIGN:Retrospective, population-based, inception cohort study. SETTING:Health maintenance organiz...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rea TD,Heckbert SR,Kaplan RC,Smith NL,Lemaitre RN,Psaty BM

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00