A leap of faith. What can we do to curtail intrainstitutional transmission of tuberculosis?

abstract：:Young adults with cystic fibrosis have lower blood pressures than control subjects of similar age and sex. The low blood pressure may be related to the excessive loss of salt in the sweat of these patients. A beneficial effect of the cystic fibrosis gene may be protection against developing hypertension in both the ho...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lieberman J,Rodbard S

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:This guideline is an official statement of the American College of Physicians (ACP), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society (ERS). It represents an update of the 2007 ACP clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and management of stable...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Qaseem A,Wilt TJ,Weinberger SE,Hanania NA,Criner G,van der Molen T,Marciniuk DD,Denberg T,Schünemann H,Wedzicha W,MacDonald R,Shekelle P,American College of Physicians.,American College of Chest Physicians.,American Thoracic

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmaceutical companies and other trial sponsors must submit certain trial results to ClinicalTrials.gov. The validity of these results is unclear. PURPOSE:To validate results posted on ClinicalTrials.gov against publicly available U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews on Drugs@FDA. DATA SOURCES...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schwartz LM,Woloshin S,Zheng E,Tse T,Zarin DA

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of minocycline in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN:A double-blind, randomized, multicenter, 48-week trial of oral minocycline (200 mg/d) or placebo. SETTING:6 clinical centers in the United States. PATIENTS:219 adults with active rheumatoid arthritis who had p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tilley BC,Alarcón GS,Heyse SP,Trentham DE,Neuner R,Kaplan DA,Clegg DO,Leisen JC,Buckley L,Cooper SM,Duncan H,Pillemer SR,Tuttleman M,Fowler SE

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In an era of increasing competition in medical care, critical pathway guidelines have emerged as one of the most popular new initiatives intended to reduce costs while maintaining or even improving the quality of care. Developed primarily for high-volume hospital diagnoses, critical pathways display goals for patients...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pearson SD,Goulart-Fisher D,Lee TH

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is a common and distressing symptom that constitutes a significant challenge for end-of-life care. However, reliable techniques are available for the diagnosis of delirium, and effective therapies exist as well. This consensus paper uses a case-based format that begins with an overview of the definition and p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Casarett DJ,Inouye SK,American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in blood levels of thyroid hormones have been reported when patients taking synthetic L-thyroxine were shifted from one manufactured form of the hormone to another. Because recent formulation changes have rendered these earlier data obsolete, we did a crossover study to determine differences in bioavailabi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hennessey JV,Burman KD,Wartofsky L

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the course and prognosis of salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, we reviewed the records of 36 consecutive patients admitted with serum salicylate levels greater than 30 mg/dL. Pulmonary edema developed in eight patients, and pulmonary infiltrates were never seen in 28 patients. Several features distinguished...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Heffner JE,Sahn SA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:The Women's Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI), a national coalition of women's health professional organizations and patient representatives, developed a recommendation on screening for anxiety in adolescent and adult women to improve detection; achieve earlier diagnosis and treatment; and improve healt...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gregory KD,Chelmow D,Nelson HD,Van Niel MS,Conry JA,Garcia F,Kendig SM,O'Reilly N,Qaseem A,Ramos D,Salganicoff A,Son S,Wood JK,Zahn C,Women’s Preventive Services Initiative.

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms may cause enlargement or rupture of aneurysms. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. DESIGN:Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING:Tertiary care center. PATIE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Best PJ,Tajik AJ,Gibbons RJ,Pellikka PA

更新日期：1998-10-15 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：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：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：:Patients with variant angina refractory to medical therapy pose a difficult management problem. We report two patients with variant angina who had focal spasm in coronary arteries with fixed obstructions of less than 20% of the luminal diameter. Ischemic episodes were accompanied by malignant ventricular arrhythmias a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sussman EJ,Goldberg S,Poll DS,MacVaugh H 3rd,Simson MB,Silber SA,Kastor JA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a resistance-training program on walking endurance in a healthy, community-dwelling elderly population. DESIGN:12- week randomized, controlled trial comparing a resistance- training group with a nonexercising control group. SETTING:Hospital-affiliated outpatient exercise facility....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ades PA,Ballor DL,Ashikaga T,Utton JL,Nair KS

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indinavir, a protease inhibitor widely used to treat patients with HIV infection, has been associated with nephrolithiasis. Distinctive urinary crystals and a spectrum of urologic disorders were noted in patients receiving indinavir. OBJECTIVE:To determine the composition of urinary crystals and the frequen...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kopp JB,Miller KD,Mican JA,Feuerstein IM,Vaughan E,Baker C,Pannell LK,Falloon J

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia can help to assess prognosis and devise and test preventive strategies. OBJECTIVE:To examine the baseline and time-dependent risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia and to determine the conditional probability and cumulative risk ov...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cook DJ,Walter SD,Cook RJ,Griffith LE,Guyatt GH,Leasa D,Jaeschke RZ,Brun-Buisson C

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite convincing evidence that lowering blood pressure decreases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, the hypertension burden remains high and control rates are poor in developing countries. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of 2 community-based interventions on blood pressure in hypertensive adult...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jafar TH,Hatcher J,Poulter N,Islam M,Hashmi S,Qadri Z,Bux R,Khan A,Jafary FH,Hameed A,Khan A,Badruddin SH,Chaturvedi N,Hypertension Research Group.

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ear involvement is not unusual in autoimmune diseases, but few data on this problem in the Sjögren syndrome are available. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the incidence of hearing loss is increased in patients with the Sjögren syndrome and to determine what factors might be involved in the pathogenesis of S...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tumiati B,Casoli P,Parmeggiani A

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Older adults with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have higher prevalence of functional impairments, including deficits in cognition, strength, and sensory domains, than their younger counterparts. Objective:To develop and evaluate the prognostic utility of a risk model for 6-month post-AMI mortality in ol...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dodson JA,Hajduk AM,Geda M,Krumholz HM,Murphy TE,Tsang S,Tinetti ME,Nanna MG,McNamara R,Gill TM,Chaudhry SI

更新日期：2020-01-07 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：BACKGROUND:A common criticism of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) is that the enrollment process may be highly selective and those who enroll may not represent persons in the general population. The recruitment process reported in published RCTs has not been systematically evaluated. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gross CP,Mallory R,Heiat A,Krumholz HM

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In observational studies or nonrandomized experiments, treated and control groups may differ in their outcomes even if the treatment has no effect; this may happen if the groups were not comparable before the start of treatment. The groups may fail to be comparable in either of two ways: They may differ with respect t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rosenbaum PR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the temporal characteristics of cocaine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in humans and to assess the relation between cocaine-induced coronary vasoconstriction and the blood concentration of cocaine and its main metabolites. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial. SETTING:Card...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brogan WC 3rd,Lange RA,Glamann DB,Hillis LD

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：: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：:To understand the factors that distinguish terminally ill, incompetent patients who are given do-not-resuscitate status by physicians against the wishes of the patient's family, I reviewed the charts of 20 such patients (cases) seen in consultation by the ethics committee at the Massachusetts General Hospital over 10 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brennan TA

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin exerts antiplatelet effects through irreversible inhibition of cyclooxygenase-1, whereas its anticancer effects may be due to inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and other pathways. In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force endorsed aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, aspirin's...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Burns RB,Graham K,Sawhney MS,Reynolds EE

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression collaborative care implementation using community engagement and planning (CEP) across programs improves 6-month client outcomes in minority communities, compared with technical assistance to individual programs (resources for services [RS]). However, 12-month outcomes are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To c...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chung B,Ong M,Ettner SL,Jones F,Gilmore J,McCreary M,Sherbourne C,Ngo V,Koegel P,Tang L,Dixon E,Miranda J,Belin TR,Wells KB

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary and lifestyle modification efforts are the primary treatments for people who are obese or overweight. The effect of dietary counseling on long-term weight change is unclear. PURPOSE:To perform a meta-analysis of the effect of dietary counseling compared with usual care on body mass index (BMI) over ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dansinger ML,Tatsioni A,Wong JB,Chung M,Balk EM

更新日期：2007-07-03 00:00:00