Prospective evaluation of cardiac risk indices for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity has been related to enhanced bone mass and improved physical functioning and thus may reduce the risk for osteoporotic fracture. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether higher levels of physical activity are related to lower incidence of hip, wrist, and vertebral fractures. DESIGN:Prospective coho...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gregg EW,Cauley JA,Seeley DG,Ensrud KE,Bauer DC

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relation between weight variability and death in high-risk, middle-aged men participating in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). DESIGN:Cohort study with 3.8 years of follow-up. SETTING:Multicenter, collaborative, primary prevention trial conducted at 22 clinical centers in ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Blair SN,Shaten J,Brownell K,Collins G,Lissner L

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Each year, millions of patients worldwide have a perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after noncardiac surgery. OBJECTIVE:To examine the characteristics and short-term outcome of perioperative MI. DESIGN:Cohort study. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00182039) SETTING:190 centers in 23 coun...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Devereaux PJ,Xavier D,Pogue J,Guyatt G,Sigamani A,Garutti I,Leslie K,Rao-Melacini P,Chrolavicius S,Yang H,Macdonald C,Avezum A,Lanthier L,Hu W,Yusuf S,POISE (PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation) Investigators.

更新日期：2011-04-19 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：:We provide a new perspective with which to understand what for a half century has been known as the "placebo effect." We argue that, as currently used, the concept includes much that has nothing to do with placebos, confusing the most interesting and important aspects of the phenomenon. We propose a new way to underst...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moerman DE,Jonas WB

更新日期：2002-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Kidney Foundation has advocated the use of the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from serum creatinine measurements in clinical laboratories. However, healthy persons were not included in the development of the MDRD equ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rule AD,Larson TS,Bergstralh EJ,Slezak JM,Jacobsen SJ,Cosio FG

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathologic and neurochemical studies of older adults with Down's syndrome and those with Alzheimer's disease reveal striking similarities. Genetic studies indicate that near relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and the risk appears to be age speci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cutler NR,Heston LL,Davies P,Haxby JV,Schapiro MB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medically unexplained functional or somatization symptoms are somatic disorders that are not adequately explained by physical disease processes. The way in which these disorders have been understood and managed has varied over the history of medicine. However, only in the past 100 years has the "mental" explanation pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sharpe M,Carson A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of the addition of ifosfamide to cisplatin plus etoposide (VIP), or vinblastine (VeIP), in patients with recurrent germ cell tumors. DESIGN:Nonrandomized, prospective phase II trial. SETTING:Tertiary referral university hospital. PATIENTS:Fifty-six of fifty-eight entered pat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Loehrer PJ Sr,Lauer R,Roth BJ,Williams SD,Kalasinski LA,Einhorn LH

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) and vancomycin regarding efficacy and safety in the therapy of serious Staphylococcus aureus infections. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind comparative trial. SETTING:A tertiary-care hospital. PATIENTS:One hundred and one intravenous drug users hospitalized w...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Markowitz N,Quinn EL,Saravolatz LD

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether concurrent treatment with acetaminophen and zidovudine impairs clearance of zidovudine, thereby increasing the risk for zidovudine-induced hematologic toxicity. DESIGN:Dose escalation, drug interaction study. SETTING:University clinical research center. PATIENTS:Patients with the acqui...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sattler FR,Ko R,Antoniskis D,Shields M,Cohen J,Nicoloff J,Leedom J,Koda R

更新日期：1991-06-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of serious infection in patients infected with HIV. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate risk factors for and quantitative effect of S. aureus infection in HIV-infected patients, with special attention to nasal carriage. DESIGN:Prospective, multihospital cohort study. SETTING:Thr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nguyen MH,Kauffman CA,Goodman RP,Squier C,Arbeit RD,Singh N,Wagener MM,Yu VL

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In 1994, 40% of U.S. gun owners who had recently acquired a firearm did so without a background check. No contemporary estimates exist. Objective:To estimate the proportion of current U.S. gun owners who acquired their most recent firearm without a background check, by time since and manner of acquisition, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Miller M,Hepburn L,Azrael D

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence, cause, and characteristics of pleural effusions in hospitalized patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). DESIGN:Retrospective. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 222 patients with AIDS hospitalized between January 1986 and January 1992 at the Medical University of South ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Joseph J,Strange C,Sahn SA

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Ulcerative colitis is predominantly a disease of nonsmokers. Transdermal nicotine may help control clinical manifestations of this condition. OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of transdermal nicotine for controlling clinical disease activity in active ulcerative colitis. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sandborn WJ,Tremaine WJ,Offord KP,Lawson GM,Petersen BT,Batts KP,Croghan IT,Dale LC,Schroeder DR,Hurt RD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the cause of a hypersensitivity pneumonitis and to determine its pathogenesis. DESIGN:Case study. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a referral hospital. PATIENT:A 51-year-old man with chronic bronchitis who developed a hypersensitivity pneumonitis within 1 month after exposure to minocycline, amox...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Guillon JM,Joly P,Autran B,Denis M,Akoun G,Debré P,Mayaud C

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The magnitude, consistency, and manner of association between sedentary time and outcomes independent of physical activity remain unclear. PURPOSE:To quantify the association between sedentary time and hospitalizations, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer in adults independent ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Biswas A,Oh PI,Faulkner GE,Bajaj RR,Silver MA,Mitchell MS,Alter DA

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation therapy is one of many treatment options for patients with prostate cancer. PURPOSE:To update findings on the clinical and biochemical outcomes of radiation therapies for localized prostate cancer. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE (2007 through March 2011) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Tria...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bannuru RR,Dvorak T,Obadan N,Yu WW,Patel K,Chung M,Ip S

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe shortage of organs greatly limits the ability to deliver the miracle of transplantation to people suffering from end-stage organ disease. Contributing to this shortage is a high rate of refusal among families who are asked for permission to remove organs from a recently deceased relative. Mandated choice offe...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Spital A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 4.4-year period, nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis was seen in 41 of 110 (38%) patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and accounted for 32% (48/152) of all episodes of clinical pneumonitis. Diffuse alveolar damage was typically a feature of nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis, but neither lu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Suffredini AF,Ognibene FP,Lack EE,Simmons JT,Brenner M,Gill VJ,Lane HC,Fauci AS,Parrillo JE,Masur H

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The news media are often criticized for exaggerated coverage of weak science. Press releases, a source of information for many journalists, might be a source of those exaggerations. OBJECTIVE:To characterize research press releases from academic medical centers. DESIGN:Content analysis. SETTING:Press rele...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Woloshin S,Schwartz LM,Casella SL,Kennedy AT,Larson RJ

更新日期：2009-05-05 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：:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act of 2007 mandated that the FDA develop a system for using automated health care data to identify risks of marketed drugs and other medical products. The Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership is a public-private partnership among the FDA, academia, data own...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stang PE,Ryan PB,Racoosin JA,Overhage JM,Hartzema AG,Reich C,Welebob E,Scarnecchia T,Woodcock J

更新日期：2010-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety commonly accompanies serious illness. However, in some patients anxiety is the primary manifestation of illness. Diagnostic criteria for these "primary" anxiety disorders have been redefined in the most recent revision of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. We discuss thes...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brown JT,Mulrow CD,Stoudemire GA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain death has been discussed extensively for the last 25 years. Most investigators now believe that requiring death of the entire brain as the criterion for brain death in the Uniform Determination of Death Act and the standard clinical tests of brain death outlined in the Report of the Medical Consultants to the Pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Halevy A,Brody B

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis was diagnosed after age 13 in 25 patients. All had an elevated sweat chloride and either a sibling with cystic fibrosis or typical pulmonary infection or digestive symptoms caused by exocrine pancreatic deficiency. Fourteen had long-standing pulmonary or digestive symptoms. In contrast, four of eight p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stern RC,Boat TF,Doershuk CF,Tucker AS,Miller RB,Matthews LW

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the incidence of and possible risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults. DESIGN:Prospective, population-based surveillance of hospital and referral bacteriology laboratories. SETTING:Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia community. PATIENTS:All patients with H. influenzae isolate...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Farley MM,Stephens DS,Brachman PS Jr,Harvey RC,Smith JD,Wenger JD

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00