"Special scrutiny": a targeted form of research protocol review.

abstract：DESCRIPTION:Update of the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for breast cancer. METHODS:The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the following: effectiveness of breast cancer screening in reducing breast cancer-specific and all-cause mortality, as well as the incidence of advanced...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Siu AL,U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of both active and retired older cotton textile workers was examined prospectively over a 6-year period to establish the nature and extent of chronic lung disease. Respiratory symptoms and lung function were studied in these workers and in a group of similarly aged controls. The cotton textile workers had hig...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Beck GJ,Schachter EN,Maunder LR,Schilling RS

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impressive decreases in cardiovascular mortality have been achieved through risk factor reduction and clinical intervention, yet cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death nationally. OBJECTIVE:To estimate up-to-date preventable fractions of cardiovascular mortality associated with elimination ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patel SA,Winkel M,Ali MK,Narayan KM,Mehta NK

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electron-beam computed tomography (CT), are being developed for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. OBJECTIVE:To determine the conditions that a new test must meet to be a cost-effective alternative to established imaging tests. DESIGN:Decision ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hunink MG,Kuntz KM,Fleischmann KE,Brady TJ

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether prolonging the duration of tamoxifen administration beyond the cessation of a combined chemotherapy regimen benefits patients with primary breast cancer with positive findings in axillary nodes who benefit initially from the combined regimen. DESIGN:Nonrandomized, nonconcurrent cohort st...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fisher B,Brown A,Wolmark N,Redmond C,Wickerham DL,Wittliff J,Dimitrov N,Legault-Poisson S,Schipper H,Prager D

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients developed severe hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypokalemia as a result of renal wasting of magnesium and potassium shortly after being treated with large doses of gentamicin. When therapy with gentamicin was discontinued renal loss of magnesium and potassium ceased, and serum calcium, magnesium, and p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bar RS,Wilson HE,Mazzaferri EL

更新日期：1975-05-01 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 classification of acute leukemia has almost invariably been based on the morphologic diagnosis into two broad categories: acute lymphocytic and acute myeloid leukemia. Despite the wide range of morphologic variation in both groups, strict criteria to define the subgroups have only recently been proposed. The conve...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the National Cooperative Gallstone Study, therapy with chenodiol, 750 or 375 mg/d, for 2 years resulted in confirmed, complete gallstone dissolution in 14% and 5% of patients, respectively, and partial dissolution (greater than 50%) in 27% and 18%. The present study was done to determine the frequency with whic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Marks JW,Baum RA,Hanson RF,Hersh T,Hightower NC Jr,Mekhjian H,Schaefer RA,Soloway RD,Thistle JL,Thomas FB

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening mammography is recommended for women 50 to 69 years of age because of its proven efficacy and reasonable cost-effectiveness. Extending screening recommendations to include women 40 to 49 years of age remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of screening mammography in wom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Salzmann P,Kerlikowske K,Phillips K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in prolonging survival for women with breast cancer has been well documented, limited population-based information is available on the actual use of chemotherapy. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between age and chemotherapy use. DESIGN:Cohort study. SET...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Du XL,Key CR,Osborne C,Mahnken JD,Goodwin JS

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:With the renewed interest in esophageal motility disorders, diffuse esophageal spasm is being diagnosed more frequently. In many clinical settings, however, the term is used as a synonym for noncardiac chest pain. Our review of the literature and broad clinical experience in studying the motility patterns of healthy s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Richter JE,Castell DO

更新日期：1984-02-01 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：:Clinical ecologists propose the existence of a unique illness in which multiple environmental chemicals, foods, drugs, and endogenous C. albicans have a toxic effect on the immune system, thereby adversely affecting other bodily functions. The proposal uses some concepts that superficially resemble those that apply to...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1989-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endomyocardial biopsy was done 119 times in 98 patients receiving doxorubicin therapy once every 3 weeks and 41 times in 27 patients receiving doxorubicin therapy weekly. Factors contributing to the degree of anthracycline-induced endomyocardial injury were evaluated. Neither age, sex, type of malignancy, concomitant ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Torti FM,Bristow MR,Howes AE,Aston D,Stockdale FE,Carter SK,Kohler M,Brown BW Jr,Billingham ME

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum digoxin concentrations and clinical toxicity have been reported in patients receiving quinidine. The present study was undertaken to ascertain whether a similar interaction occurs between quinidine and another cardiac glycoside, digitoxin, and if so to evaluate the pharmacokinetic basis in five healthy ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Garty M,Sood P,Rollins DE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review prospective epidemiologic studies and randomized trials regarding the role of antioxidant vitamins (vitamins E and C and beta-carotene) in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on differences in results obtained by these two types of studies. DATA SOURCES:Computerized and manual sea...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jha P,Flather M,Lonn E,Farkouh M,Yusuf S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a patient with metastatic cancer raises the issues of patient refusal of treatment, euthanasia, and unintended side effects of therapy. For each management dilemma, there are relevant ethical and legal considerations, justifications, and conclusions. In addition, psychological and social influences on the de...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lo B,Jonsen AR

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early prenatal care is vital for improving maternal health outcomes and health behaviors, but medically vulnerable and underserved populations are less likely to begin prenatal care in the first trimester. In 2017, the Health Center Program provided safety-net care to more than 27 million persons, including ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Robbins C,Martocci S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the risk for chronic renal disease associated with regular use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). DESIGN:Multicenter case-control study. PATIENTS:Patients were 554 North Carolina residents (age range, 30 to 79 years) hospitalized between 1980 and 1982 with a discharge d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sandler DP,Burr FR,Weinberg CR

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：: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：SOURCE CITATION:Cao B, Wang Y, Wen D, et al. A trial of lopinavir-ritonavir in adults hospitalized with severe Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:1787-99. 32187464. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Yang P,Tekwani S,Martin GS

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of anatomic substage was assessed in 130 patients with Hodgkin's disease in pathologic stage III-A: stage III1-A includes involvement of spleen, or splenic, celiac, or portal nodes, or any combination of these; stage III2-A includes involvement of para-aortic, iliac, or mesenteric nodes, with...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stein RS,Golomb HM,Diggs CH,Mauch P,Hellman S,Wiernik PH,Ultmann JE,Rosenthal DS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although weight loss improves risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic disease, it is unclear whether intentional weight loss reduces mortality rates. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationships among intention to lose weight, weight loss, and all-cause mortality. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study using a pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gregg EW,Gerzoff RB,Thompson TJ,Williamson DF

更新日期：2003-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain if mitral valve prolapse is inherited we studied 45 probands and 179 first-degree relatives. Echocardiographic mitral prolapse was present in 54 of 179 first-degree relatives (30%); at least one first-degree relative was affected in 29 families, including members of two generations in 23 families. The num...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Devereux RB,Brown WT,Kramer-Fox R,Sachs I

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：:Since 1969, medications have been provided to patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital using a computer system that controls the entire medication process from entry of physician's order to hourly drug distribution. Special envelopes containing patient and dosage information are computer generated for each dose to be ad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simborg DW,Derewicz HJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 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:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to surge in the United States and globally. OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology of COVID-19-related critical illness, including trends in outcomes and care delivery. DESIGN:Single-health system, multihospital retrospective cohort study. SETTING...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anesi GL,Jablonski J,Harhay MO,Atkins JH,Bajaj J,Baston C,Brennan PJ,Candeloro CL,Catalano LM,Cereda MF,Chandler JM,Christie JD,Collins T,Courtright KR,Fuchs BD,Gordon E,Greenwood JC,Gudowski S,Hanish A,Hanson Iii C

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00