The ethics of deactivating implanted cardioverter defibrillators.

abstract：:The coexistence of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and myasthenia gravis has been infrequently reported. We report another case and show the coexistence of autoantibodies to the platelet glycoprotein IIb and IIIa complex and the acetylcholine receptor. Autoantibody levels were followed during 8 weeks of tr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson MJ,Woods VL Jr,Tani P,Lindstrom JM,Schmidt D,McMillan R

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation of patient care in four hospitals compared levels of resource use between 1964 and 1974 for patients with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia. Results showed a decreased length of stay in all hospitals. Unique patterns of increases and decreases existed in each hospital for the changing use of diagnostic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sheeley DR,Sherman H

更新日期：1976-11-01 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：: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：:Quality improvement (QI) activities can improve health care but must be conducted ethically. The Hastings Center convened leaders and scholars to address ethical requirements for QI and their relationship to regulations protecting human subjects of research. The group defined QI as systematic, data-guided activities d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lynn J,Baily MA,Bottrell M,Jennings B,Levine RJ,Davidoff F,Casarett D,Corrigan J,Fox E,Wynia MK,Agich GJ,O'Kane M,Speroff T,Schyve P,Batalden P,Tunis S,Berlinger N,Cronenwett L,Fitzmaurice JM,Dubler NN,James B

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An effective national biosurveillance system expedites outbreak recognition and facilitates response coordination at the federal, state, and local levels. The BioSense system, used at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, incorporates chief complaints but not data from the whole encounter note into...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elkin PL,Froehling DA,Wahner-Roedler DL,Brown SH,Bailey KR

更新日期：2012-01-03 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:As cardiovascular risk increases in China, interest in strategies to mitigate it is growing. However, national information about the prevalence and treatment of high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is limited. Objective:To assess the prevalence and treatment of high CVD risk as well as variations in risk ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lu J,Lu Y,Yang H,Bilige W,Li Y,Schulz W,Masoudi FA,Krumholz HM

更新日期：2019-03-05 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：: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：:Recent national recommendations have proposed that physicians should titrate lipid therapy to achieve low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels less than 1.81 mmol/L (<70 mg/dL) for patients at very high cardiovascular risk and less than 2.59 mmol/L (<100 mg/dL) for patients at high cardiovascular risk. To exam...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hayward RA,Hofer TP,Vijan S

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual loss from the complications of advanced diabetic retinopathy now can be managed more effectively by surgical vitrectomy with a significant reduction in operative and postoperative ocular morbidity. Ocular structures are now maintained in a more normal physiologic state, leaving the patient's lens in place, help...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aaberg TM

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:Two patients with renal failure developed N-acetylprocainamide toxicity while receiving procainamide. Treatment consisted of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration in one and hemodialysis followed by continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration in the other. The efficacy of these treatments was compared with the effica...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Domoto DT,Brown WW,Bruggensmith P

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis reduces the risk for venous thromboembolism after total hip replacement (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR). New oral anticoagulants (NOACs), including direct thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors, are emerging options for thromboprophylaxis after these procedures. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Adam SS,McDuffie JR,Lachiewicz PF,Ortel TL,Williams JW Jr

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease are thought to have painless myocardial ischemia more often than patients without diabetes. We studied 50 consecutive patients with diabetes and 50 consecutive patients without diabetes, all with ischemia, on exercise thallium scintigraphy to show the reliabi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nesto RW,Phillips RT,Kett KG,Hill T,Perper E,Young E,Leland OS Jr

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets may have a role in the development of animal tumor metastases. Ultrastructural studies in vivo have shown arrested tumor emboli surrounded by platelets. Several tumor cell lines induce thrombocytopenia in vivo. Certain tumor cells aggregate platelets in vitro. Correlations exist between the ability of some t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Karpatkin S,Pearlstein E

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for venous thromboembolism during pregnancy or postpartum is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the relative and absolute risk for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism during pregnancy and postpartum and to describe trends in incidence. DESIGN:Population-based inception cohort study using ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Heit JA,Kobbervig CE,James AH,Petterson TM,Bailey KR,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether initial treatment is necessary in relatively asymptomatic patients with stage III and IV non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of favorable histologic types was studied by retrospective analysis. Two groups of patients were studied: [1] 44 nonprotocol patients, followed since 1963, in whom initial treatment ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Portlock CS,Rosenberg SA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise rehabilitation programs increase treadmill walking performance in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication. However, it is unknown whether patients with PAD who walk for exercise regularly have less functional decline than those with less walking activity. OBJEC...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： McDermott MM,Liu K,Ferrucci L,Criqui MH,Greenland P,Guralnik JM,Tian L,Schneider JR,Pearce WH,Tan J,Martin GJ

更新日期：2006-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pay-for-performance (P4P) is increasingly touted as a means to improve health care quality. PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of P4P remuneration targeting individual health care providers. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, OpenSIGLE, Canadian Evaluation Society Unpublished Literature Bank, New ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Houle SK,McAlister FA,Jackevicius CA,Chuck AW,Tsuyuki RT

更新日期：2012-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：Description:The purpose of this guidance statement is to guide clinicians on colorectal cancer screening in average-risk adults. Methods:This guidance statement is derived from a critical appraisal of guidelines on screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk adults and the evidence presented in these guidelines. N...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Qaseem A,Crandall CJ,Mustafa RA,Hicks LA,Wilt TJ,Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Some important health policy topics, such as those related to the delivery, organization, and financing of health care, present substantial challenges to established methods for evidence synthesis. For example, such reviews may ask: What is the effect of for-profit versus not-for-profit delivery of care on patient out...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bravata DM,McDonald KM,Shojania KG,Sundaram V,Owens DK

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Holm NR, Mäkikallio T, Lindsay MM, et al. Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in the treatment of unprotected left main stenosis: updated 5-year outcomes from the randomised, non-inferiority NOBLE trial. Lancet. 2019;395:191-9. 31879028. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vallabhajosyula S,Bell MR

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal medicine residencies risk becoming obsolete if they are not adjusted to changing patterns of medical practice. Declining length of hospital stay, increased intensity of hospital care, movement of critical management decisions to outpatient settings, increased proportions of admissions for specific diagnostic ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schroeder SA,Showstack JA,Gerbert B

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on body weight and weight change collected from nationally representative samples of U.S. adults are reviewed. The body mass index (weight [kg]/height [m2]) has a low correlation with height and is used to compare body weights between persons of differing heights. The BMI varies to a greater degree in women than ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williamson DF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioids are frequently prescribed for acute musculoskeletal injuries and may result in long-term use and consequent harms. PURPOSE:To explore factors associated with persistent opioid use after its prescription for acute musculoskeletal injury. DATA SOURCES:Searches of multiple electronic databases, withou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Riva JJ,Noor ST,Wang L,Ashoorion V,Foroutan F,Sadeghirad B,Couban R,Busse JW

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult salicylate intoxication has been considered to be easily recognized and assciated with low morbidity and mortality. In the present study of 73 consecutive adults hospitalized with salicylate intoxication, 27% of patients were undiagnosed for as long as 72 h after admission. The initial physical findings and labo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson RJ,Potts DE,Gabow PA,Rumack BH,Schrier RW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is characterized by inflammation, reversible airway obstruction, and increased airway responsiveness to various stimuli. It has received wide public attention in recent years because of increasing morbidity and deaths, particularly among black persons. The important role of inflammation in the immunopathogenesi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Goldstein RA,Paul WE,Metcalfe DD,Busse WW,Reece ER

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much time and effort are spent on designing primary research studies. Similar care must be given to planning systematic reviews. The review should be based on an important, well-focused question that is relevant to patient care. By formulating the question properly, the criteria that primary studies must meet to be in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Counsell C

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00