Automated external defibrillators: technical considerations and clinical promise.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poor patient attendance to scheduled flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy may contribute to deficient colorectal cancer screening. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of physician appointment-keeping behavior with attendance to scheduled endoscopic studies of the colon. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. SETT...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Turner BJ,Weiner M,Yang C,TenHave T

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) is a heterogenous immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent bacterial infections, and various immunologic abnormalities. In addition to recurrent infections, patients with this syndrome also have an increased incidence of autoimmune disease and m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sneller MC,Strober W,Eisenstein E,Jaffe JS,Cunningham-Rundles C

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine men with stage III or unresectable stage II malignant germ cell tumors and no previous chemotherapy received treatments with the VAB-6 protocol. The VAB-6 regimen is a 1-year program beginning with three successive inductions at 3-to-4-week intervals: day 1--cyclophosphamide, 600 mg/m of body surface area ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vugrin D,Herr HW,Whitmore WF Jr,Sogani PC,Golbey RB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We diagnosed Waldenström's macroglobulinemia in a father and three offspring. Clinical and subclinical autoimmune disorders occurred excessively in the family. The HLA haplotype A2, B8, DRw3 was detected in all patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia and all but one family member with autoimmune manifestations. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Blattner WA,Garber JE,Mann DL,McKeen EA,Henson R,McGuire DB,Fisher WB,Bauman AW,Goldin LR,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mucositis can be a serious complication of cancer treatment. Palifermin reduces mucositis when given in multiple doses to patients undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of palifermin given as a single dose before each cycle in patients receiving multicycle ch...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vadhan-Raj S,Trent J,Patel S,Zhou X,Johnson MM,Araujo D,Ludwig JA,O'Roark S,Gillenwater AM,Bueso-Ramos C,El-Naggar AK,Benjamin RS

更新日期：2010-09-21 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：:Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) was administered by continuous infusion to reduce peak plasma levels and thus lessen cardiac toxicity. Cardiotoxicity was monitored by noninvasive methods, and endomyocardial biopsy specimens were studied by electronmicroscopy. Cardiotoxicity was compared in 21 patients receiving doxorubicin i...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Legha SS,Benjamin RS,Mackay B,Ewer M,Wallace S,Valdivieso M,Rasmussen SL,Blumenschein GR,Freireich EJ

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukotriene-receptor antagonists (LTRAs) are recommended as an alternative treatment in patients with mild asthma, but their effect compared with placebo is unclear. PURPOSE:To determine the benefits and harms of LTRAs as monotherapy or in combination with inhaled corticosteroids compared with placebo in ad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Miligkos M,Bannuru RR,Alkofide H,Kher SR,Schmid CH,Balk EM

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010 caused an estimated 230,000 deaths and injured approximately 250,000 people. The Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps Field Hospital was fully operational on site only 89 hours after the earthquake struck and was capable of providing sophisticated medical care. During th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kreiss Y,Merin O,Peleg K,Levy G,Vinker S,Sagi R,Abargel A,Bartal C,Lin G,Bar A,Bar-On E,Schwaber MJ,Ash N

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements in public health. Prevalence and clinical significance of emerging postapproval, vaccine-related safety issues have not been systematically studied. OBJECTIVE:To explore postmarketing safety modifications in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved vacci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tau N,Yahav D,Shepshelovich D

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy and safety of fluconazole treatment of coccidioidal meningitis. DESIGN:Uncontrolled clinical trial. SETTING:Four university-based treatment centers in California, Arizona, and Texas. Most therapy was conducted without hospitalization. PATIENTS:Fifty consecutive patients with activ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Galgiani JN,Catanzaro A,Cloud GA,Higgs J,Friedman BA,Larsen RA,Graybill JR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes play critical roles in lipid metabolism and are believed to influence risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite many population studies, however, the impact of apoE polymorphism on risk for CHD remains uncertain. PURPOSE:To qualitatively and quantitatively assess the e...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Song Y,Stampfer MJ,Liu S

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:U.S. HIV treatment guidelines recommend branded once-daily, 1-pill efavirenz-emtricitabine-tenofovir as first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART). With the anticipated approval of generic efavirenz in the United States, a once-daily, 3-pill alternative (generic efavirenz, generic lamivudine, and tenofovir) wil...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Walensky RP,Sax PE,Nakamura YM,Weinstein MC,Pei PP,Freedberg KA,Paltiel AD,Schackman BR

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin and resistin are recently discovered adipokines that may provide a molecular link between adiposity and type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether total and high-molecular-weight adiponectin and resistin are associated with future risk for type 2 diabetes, independent of obesity and other kn...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Heidemann C,Sun Q,van Dam RM,Meigs JB,Zhang C,Tworoger SS,Mantzoros CS,Hu FB

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1950s witnessed prodigious growth in our knowledge of the chemical nature of the gene, the mechanisms by which the information inherent in its sequence of nucleotide units was conveyed to the cell's machinery for synthesizing proteins, and the mode of operation of that machinery. Watson and Crick raised the curtai...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hoagland MB

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although HIV infection is more prevalent in people younger than age 45 years, a substantial number of infections occur in older persons. Recent guidelines recommend HIV screening in patients age 13 to 64 years. The cost-effectiveness of HIV screening in patients age 55 to 75 years is uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sanders GD,Bayoumi AM,Holodniy M,Owens DK

更新日期：2008-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To critically evaluate the evidence for recommending the screening of asymptomatic men for prostate cancer with a blood test to detect a prostate-specific antigen (PSA). DATA SOURCES:Relevant articles on screening for prostate cancer were identified from MEDLINE searches, from the authors' files, and from th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kramer BS,Brown ML,Prorok PC,Potosky AL,Gohagan JK

更新日期：1993-11-01 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

abstract：:In an effort to prevent cytomegalovirus infection among seronegative patients having marrow transplants, a globulin with high antibody levels against cytomegalovirus was given before and for 11 weeks after transplantation in a randomized trial. Among 36 patients who received no prophylactic granulocyte transfusions, g...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meyers JD,Leszczynski J,Zaia JA,Flournoy N,Newton B,Snydman DR,Wright GG,Levin MJ,Thomas ED

更新日期：1983-04-01 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:Introduction of a universal varicella vaccine program for U.S. children in 1996 sparked concern that less-frequent exposure to varicella would decrease external boosting of immunity to varicella zoster virus and thereby increase incidence of herpes zoster (HZ). OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the varicella v...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hales CM,Harpaz R,Joesoef MR,Bialek SR

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if polyvalent IgG is promising therapy for severe IgG nephropathy. DESIGN:Open prospective cohort study. SETTING:Referral nephrology unit. PATIENTS:11 adult patients with severe IgA nephropathy (9 who had idiopathic disease and 2 who had Henoch-Schönlein purpura) and indicators of poor prognos...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rostoker G,Desvaux-Belghiti D,Pilatte Y,Petit-Phar M,Philippon C,Deforges L,Terzidis H,Intrator L,André C,Adnot S,Bonin P,Bierling P,Remy P,Lagrue G,Lang P,Weil B

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising health care expenditures have led to numerous cost-control proposals. An examination of the ethical questions surrounding the role that physicians play in the control of health care costs suggests that unilateral rationing decisions by individual physicians at the bedside are morally unacceptable. Such decision...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sulmasy DP

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of bulimia is a common disorder and can be associated with serious psychological and physical morbidity. Unfortunately, many patients are reluctant to discuss their symptoms with their physicians and few clues can be found on physical examination to aid in the diagnosis. Possible physical signs include ul...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mitchell JE,Seim HC,Colon E,Pomeroy C

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:More than half of enrollees in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are also covered by Medicare and can choose to receive their prescriptions from VA or from Medicare-participating providers. Such dual-system care may lead to unsafe opioid use if providers in these 2 systems do not coordinate care o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moyo P,Zhao X,Thorpe CT,Thorpe JM,Sileanu FE,Cashy JP,Hale JA,Mor MK,Radomski TR,Donohue JM,Hausmann LRM,Hanlon JT,Good CB,Fine MJ,Gellad WF

更新日期：2019-04-02 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：:Eighteen episodes of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia were diagnosed in 13 patients among 336 with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cared for at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1979. Bacterial pathogens isolated in 16 of 18 episodes were Haemophilus influenzae in 8, Streptococcus pneumo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Polsky B,Gold JW,Whimbey E,Dryjanski J,Brown AE,Schiffman G,Armstrong D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep problems are common in pregnant women. This review examines sleep in normal pregnancy; discusses the physiologic bases for alterations in sleep, including hormonal and mechanical factors; and correlates these factors with changes in sleep of pregnant women, as determined subjectively by surveys and objectively b...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Santiago JR,Nolledo MS,Kinzler W,Santiago TV

更新日期：2001-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic studies were done in 32 patients with aortic stenosis. In 24 patients with intact A-V conduction, A-H intervals ranged from 55 to 145 msec and were prolonged in two. Two had split His bundle potentials. The H-V intervals ranged from 25 to 94 msec and were prolonged in 12. The mean H-V interval was 6...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dhingra RC,Amat-y-Leon F,Pietras RJ,Wyndham C,Deedwania PC,Wu D,Denes P,Rosen KM

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00