Medical ethics and human rights violations: the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and its aftermath.

abstract：:We studied D-penicillamine toxicity in 259 patients with systemic sclerosis treated since 1972. The average daily dose of 635 mg was given for a mean of 1.8 years. Of patients with systemic sclerosis, 47% has side effects from D-penicillamine treatment, similar to the 56% of 807 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Steen VD,Blair S,Medsger TA Jr

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred sixty patients and staff from 15 U.S. dialysis centers were surveyed by the immune adherence hemagglutination technique for antibody to hepatitis A antigen (anti-HA). The age-standardized anti-HA prevalence was 42.9% in patients and 42.1% in staff. These rates are almost identical to those of socioeconomi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Szmuness W,Dienstag JL,Purcell RH,Prince AM,Stevens CE,Levine RW

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few recent data are available on risk factors for perioperative supraventricular arrhythmia (SVA) after noncardiac surgery or on the effect of SVA on clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence, clinical correlates, and effect on length of stay of perioperative SVA in patients having major nonca...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Polanczyk CA,Goldman L,Marcantonio ER,Orav EJ,Lee TH

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antinuclear antibodies are present in most patients receiving procainamide. To ascertain whether IgG antiguanosine antibodies are associated with the development of the symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus, we compared the levels of these antibodies in the sera of 65 patients receiving procainamide: 18 with procai...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weisbart RH,Yee WS,Colburn KK,Whang SH,Heng MK,Boucek RJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meta-analysis is the process of combining study results that can be used to draw conclusions about therapeutic effectiveness or to plan new studies. We review important design and statistical issues of this process. The design issues include protocol development, objectives, literature search, publication bias, measur...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： L'Abbé KA,Detsky AS,O'Rourke K

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysaccharide vaccines against diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A and C meningococci are now licensed in the United States. They are prepared as monovalent and as bivalent antigens. This statement summarizes available information on these antigen and offers guidance regarding their role in the con...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperamylasemia, which has been reported in patients with the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia, generally has been thought to result from pancreatitis. To evaluate the mechanisms of hyperamylasemia, we measured amylase, lipase, and isoamylase activity in 17 consecutive patients admitted to the eating diso...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Humphries LL,Adams LJ,Eckfeldt JH,Levitt MD,McClain CJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ensuring patient safety is essential for better health care, but preoccupation with niches of medicine, such as patient safety, can inadvertently compromise outcomes if it distracts from other problems that pose a greater threat to health. The greatest benefit for the population comes from a comprehensive view of popu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Woolf SH

更新日期：2004-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes (RCVS) comprise a group of diverse conditions, all characterized by reversible multifocal narrowing of the cerebral arteries heralded by sudden (thunderclap), severe headaches with or without associated neurologic deficits. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Calabrese LH,Dodick DW,Schwedt TJ,Singhal AB

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation holds promise as a treatment for familial amyloid polyneuropathy. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether peripheral nerves regenerate in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:University hospital in Matsumoto, Japan. PATIENT:A ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ikeda S,Takei Y,Yanagisawa N,Matsunami H,Hashikura Y,Ikegami T,Kawasaki S

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of asymptomatic hyperuricemia is controversial. Reported benefits from treatment prevention of acute gouty arthritis, chronic tophaceous gout, urolithiasis, or gouty nephropathy. A review of experimental and clinical data suggests that the risks of asymptomatic hyperuricemia are small or unknown and the...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Liang MH,Fries JF

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women comprise more than one third of the active physician workforce, an estimated 46% of all physicians-in-training, and more than half of all medical students in the United States. Although progress has been made toward gender diversity in the physician workforce, disparities in compensation exist and inequities hav...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Butkus R,Serchen J,Moyer DV,Bornstein SS,Hingle ST,Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and toxicity of cyclosporin A in patients with severe, treatment-refractory rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN:Prospective randomized, double-blind 6-month trial. PATIENTS:Thirty-one patients who had classic seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with active synovitis unresponsive to conve...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Yocum DE,Klippel JH,Wilder RL,Gerber NL,Austin HA 3rd,Wahl SM,Lesko L,Minor JR,Preuss HG,Yarboro C

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the relation between glycated hemoglobin and the incidence or progression, or both, of diabetic microvascular complications in persons with insulin-dependent (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). DESIGN:Population-based on cohort study. SETTING:An 11-county area in southern...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Klein R,Klein BE,Moss SE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the data that support the use of coronary angiography and angioplasty after acute myocardial infarction, that identify the risks of these procedures, and that analyze their use and costs. DATA SOURCES:English-language articles published between 1970 and June 1995 identified through a search of the ME...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bates DW,Miller E,Bernstein SJ,Hauptman PJ,Leape LL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of solid tumors was evaluated in 628 consecutive patients with multiple myeloma who had been treated with various melphalan-prednisone combinations. Among those patients who lived at least 2 months, the incidence and diversity of second tumors were similar to those in normal persons of the same age and d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stegman R,Alexanian R

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous drug users are the second largest risk group for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a bridge to two other groups: children and heterosexual partners. In the absence of effective treatment or vaccines, control of the epidemic among drug users will rely on efforts to reduce needle sharing. How...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Des Jarlais DC,Friedman SR,Hopkins W

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma raises a number of puzzling questions about the production of immunoglobulins and the malignant transformation of lymphoid cells. Some of these questions can be approached by studying mouse plasmacytomas and by genetic and biochemical studies of mouse myeloma cells in culture. The synthesis, assembly,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weitzman S,Margulies DH,Scharff MD

更新日期：1976-07-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Residual renal function is an important determinant of mortality and morbidity in patients receiving peritoneal dialysis. However, few studies have evaluated therapeutic approaches for preserving residual renal function after the initiation of dialysis. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the angiotensin-...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Li PK,Chow KM,Wong TY,Leung CB,Szeto CC

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have indicated that outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation who are managed with rate control and anticoagulation are similar to those in patients who have maintenance of sinus rhythm. These studies did not include important groups of patients with atrial fibrillation in whom antiarrhythmic therap...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zimetbaum P,Josephson ME

更新日期：2004-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes, therapy for, and consequences of hypernatremia in elderly patients are not well understood. We found that in 15,187 consecutive hospital admissions, 162 (1.1%) patients who were at least 60 years of age had serum sodium levels that measured greater than 148 meq/L. Of that 162, 57% had become hypernatremic ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Snyder NA,Feigal DW,Arieff AI

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prospective data defining the clinical course in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are sparse. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical course of patients with mild to moderate IPF. DESIGN:Analysis of data from the placebo group of a randomized, controlled trial evaluating interferon-gamma1b. SETTING:Academic ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Martinez FJ,Safrin S,Weycker D,Starko KM,Bradford WZ,King TE Jr,Flaherty KR,Schwartz DA,Noble PW,Raghu G,Brown KK,IPF Study Group.

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Biosimilars are of growing clinical, regulatory, and commercial importance. Purpose:To summarize evidence about the bioequivalence between biosimilar and reference tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) inhibitors. Data Sources:PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and LILACS from incept...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chingcuanco F,Segal JB,Kim SC,Alexander GC

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many nonpharmacologic therapies are available for treatment of low back pain. PURPOSE:To assess benefits and harms of acupuncture, back schools, psychological therapies, exercise therapy, functional restoration, interdisciplinary therapy, massage, physical therapies (interferential therapy, low-level laser ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chou R,Huffman LH,American Pain Society.,American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although disease caused by Arizona hinshawii is known to resemble the spectrum of clinical syndromes seen with Salmonella infections, little is known of their sensitivity to antimicrobials. We present three cases that are illustrative of Arizona sepsis, localized infection, or both; review the literature; and report s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Johnson RH,Lutwick LI,Huntley GA,Vosti KL

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lack of national health goals has allowed physician manpower policy to be dominated by an expansionist philosophy. Scarce resources have been channeled into the production of specialist physicians trained to provide complex and expensive care for uncommon diseases, using other scare and expensive resources and addin...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bloom BS,Peterson OL

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many health care professionals have sustained an almost single-minded conviction that disparities in access to health care across socioeconomic groups are the key reason for the major discrepancies in health status between wealthy persons and poor persons. Others, however, have argued that a host of factors work to cr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Andrulis DP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia describes a group of inherited autosomal recessive disorders characterized by an enzymatic defect in cortisol biosynthesis, compensatory increases in corticotropin secretion, and adrenocortical hyperplasia. 21-Hydroxylase deficiency is responsible for more than 95% of cases and is one of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Merke DP,Bornstein SR,Avila NA,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:Updated U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation about screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. METHODS:To estimate the balance of benefits and harms of screening, the USPSTF updated its 2003 evidence review, adding evidence from new trials as well as updates on earlier studies....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2008-06-03 00:00:00