Primary prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus by lifestyle intervention: implications for health policy.

abstract：:Three cases of carbamazepine-induced granulomatous hepatitis are reported. Each patient had ingested carbamazepine for less than 1 month before presenting with a febrile illness suggestive of biliary tract infection. After withdrawal of carbamazepine, symptoms disappeared rapidly. Histologically, all patients had gran...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Levy M,Goodman MW,Van Dyne BJ,Sumner HW

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little evidence exists to support the theory that small-bore nasogastric tubes prevent gastroesophageal reflux and microaspiration in intubated patients. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether gastroesophageal reflux and microaspiration in intubated patients can be reduced by the use of a small-bore nasogastric tub...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ferrer M,Bauer TT,Torres A,Hernández C,Piera C

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Benign reductions in neutrophil counts may be more common at certain ages and in certain ethnic groups and may be affected by sex and smoking status. OBJECTIVE:To determine differences in neutrophil counts in the U.S. population according to ethnicity, age, sex, and smoking status. DESIGN:Population-based,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hsieh MM,Everhart JE,Byrd-Holt DD,Tisdale JF,Rodgers GP

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

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：:The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family of peptides, binding proteins, and receptors are ubiquitous and important for normal human growth and development. Modern techniques including specific radioimmunoassays, radioreceptor assays and recombinant DNA technology have improved our understanding of the role of IGFs ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： LeRoith D,Clemmons D,Nissley P,Rechler MM

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the effects of treatment with famciclovir on the acute signs and symptoms of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. SETTING:36 centers in the United States, Canada, and Australia. PATIENTS:419 immunocompetent adults wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tyring S,Barbarash RA,Nahlik JE,Cunningham A,Marley J,Heng M,Jones T,Rea T,Boon R,Saltzman R

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral economics provides insights about the development of effective incentives for physicians to deliver high-value care. It suggests that the structure and delivery of incentives can shape behavior, as can thoughtful design of the decision-making environment. This article discusses several principles of behavio...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Emanuel EJ,Ubel PA,Kessler JB,Meyer G,Muller RW,Navathe AS,Patel P,Pearl R,Rosenthal MB,Sacks L,Sen AP,Sherman P,Volpp KG

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The training of physicians for the delivery of primary care is becoming a national priority. The period of residency training is viewed by many as the focal point for educational change to meet this demand. The Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center was begun in 1970 and offers ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Boufford JI

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of intravenous adenosine in terminating acute episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. DESIGN:Two prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials to evaluate dose response in patients receiving adenosine and to compare the effects of adenosine wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： DiMarco JP,Miles W,Akhtar M,Milstein S,Sharma AD,Platia E,McGovern B,Scheinman MM,Govier WC

更新日期：1990-07-15 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：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：:Pemphigus is an autoimmune intraepidermal bullous disease involving the skin and mucous membranes. There are four clinically recognized variants of this disease. The histopathologic hallmark is acantholysis, which is disruption of normal cell-to-cell adhesion. Patients produce an IgG antibody directed against an antig...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:AL amyloidosis is a fatal disease resulting from tissue deposition of amyloid fibrils derived from monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains. Treatment with oral chemotherapy is minimally effective. OBJECTIVE:To test survival and organ response in a large sample of patients treated with high-dose intravenous m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Skinner M,Sanchorawala V,Seldin DC,Dember LM,Falk RH,Berk JL,Anderson JJ,O'Hara C,Finn KT,Libbey CA,Wiesman J,Quillen K,Swan N,Wright DG

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical professional codes have long prohibited physician involvement in assisting a patient's suicide. However, despite ethical and legal prohibitions, calls for the liberalization of this ban have grown in recent years. The medical profession should articulate its views on the arguments for and against changes in pu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Snyder L,Sulmasy DP,Ethics and Human Rights Committee, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.

更新日期：2001-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, mortality ratios were computed in relation to overweight, cancer, and other diseases. The study included 750 000 men and women followed for 12 years. Each person was given a weight index. Death rates for overweight and underweight persons were compared with rates for persons of average weight. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Garfinkel L

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standard diagnostic approach in patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism starts with perfusion-ventilation lung scanning. If the resulting scan is not diagnostic, pulmonary angiography should be done. The use of tests for deep venous thrombosis has been advocated as an adjunct to establishing the ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Turkstra F,Kuijer PM,van Beek EJ,Brandjes DP,ten Cate JW,Büller HR

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renin-angiotensin system is involved in adipocyte growth and differentiation and possibly in adipose tissue metabolism. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D gene, angiotensinogen M235T gene, and angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C gene...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Strazzullo P,Iacone R,Iacoviello L,Russo O,Barba G,Russo P,D'Orazio A,Barbato A,Cappuccio FP,Farinaro E,Siani A,Olivetti Prospective Heart Study.

更新日期：2003-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid growth in the use and complexity of Holter monitoring technologies has resulted in the diverse recorders and analysis devices that are compared in this review. Holter recording modes include continuous recording, which makes all electrocardiographic (ECG) data available for analysis; patient-activated recording,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Morganroth J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular-fixed antibody was eluted from the kidney of a 17-year-old patient who died 2 weeks after the onset of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Elevated titers of antibodies to streptococcal enzymes were found in the serum but not in the glomerular eluate. Streptococcal M protein and anti-M protein react...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rodríguez-Iturbe B,Rabideau D,García R,Rubio L,McIntosh RM

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of fluvastatin, a synthetic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, combined with moderate alcohol consumption on lipid profiles and hepatic function in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia. DESIGN:Randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study. S...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Smit JW,Wijnne HJ,Schobben F,Sitsen A,De Bruin TW,Erkelens DW

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 6-month period in 1983, Escherichia coli O157:H7 was isolated from 19 (15%) of 125 patients with grossly bloody diarrhea and 1 sibling with non-bloody diarrhea in the Calgary area. There was no clustering of the cases geographically or in time. All but 1 had clinical manifestations typical of hemorrhagic coli...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pai CH,Gordon R,Sims HV,Bryan LE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether a brief course of treatment with gallium nitrate can reduce biochemical parameters of accelerated bone turnover in patients with advanced Paget disease. DESIGN:Unblinded trial, decreasing dose schedules of gallium nitrate. SETTING:University hospital with primary orthopedic and metabolic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Warrell RP Jr,Bosco B,Weinerman S,Levine B,Lane J,Bockman RS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testing has been advocated for all persons with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer to identify families with the Lynch syndrome, an autosomal dominant cancer-predisposition syndrome that is a paradigm for personalized medicine. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to i...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ladabaum U,Wang G,Terdiman J,Blanco A,Kuppermann M,Boland CR,Ford J,Elkin E,Phillips KA

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-six patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias refractory to two or more conventional agents were treated with amiodarone and followed for 6 to 40 months (mean, 15 months). Currently, 75 are alive and well. Seven patients died from nonarrhythmic and five from arrhythmic causes. Nonfatal arrhythmias ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nademanee K,Singh BN,Hendrickson J,Intarachot V,Lopez B,Feld G,Cannom DS,Weiss JL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid dependence is a chronic relapsing medical condition with substantial health and societal complications. Recent federal initiatives are designed to enhance the medical treatment of patients with opioid dependence and will expand the role of internists in the care of these patients. These initiatives include a pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fiellin DA,O'Connor PG

更新日期：2002-10-15 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 determine the number and distribution of internists in subspecialty training and compare with data collected since 1976; to determine the distribution of activity of subspecialty fellows; and to focus on hematology and oncology. DESIGN:Repeated mail survey with telephone follow-up. PARTICIPANTS:All direc...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lyttle CS,Andersen RM,Neymarc K,Schmidt C,Kohrman CH,Levey GS

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether patients understand that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces only chronic stable angina and not myocardial infarction (MI) or associated mortality. OBJECTIVE:To compare cardiologists' and patients' beliefs about PCI. DESIGN:Survey. SETTING:Academic center. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rothberg MB,Sivalingam SK,Ashraf J,Visintainer P,Joelson J,Kleppel R,Vallurupalli N,Schweiger MJ

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Patients desire information about health care costs because they are increasingly responsible for these costs. Public Web sites that offer cost information could inform provider-patient discussions of costs at the point of care. Objective:To evaluate tools to facilitate the use of publicly available cost in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fox KS,Gray CE,Williamson ME,MacKenzie JA

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the following: a reference range for serum calcitriol during hypercalcemia in a control group of patients with myeloma in whom calcitriol production is known to be appropriately suppressed; the incidence of elevated serum calcitriol levels in hypercalcemic patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma accor...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Seymour JF,Gagel RF,Hagemeister FB,Dimopoulos MA,Cabanillas F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00