Descartes before the horse: I clone, therefore I am: the hepatitis C virus in current perspective.

abstract：Background:The benefits of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are uncertain. Purpose:To update and expand a prior review examining the effects of P4P programs targeted at the physician, group, managerial, or institutional level on process-of-care and patient outcomes in ambulatory and inpatient settings. Data Sources...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mendelson A,Kondo K,Damberg C,Low A,Motúapuaka M,Freeman M,O'Neil M,Relevo R,Kansagara D

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for 6 weeks achieves sustained virologic response (SVR) rates of 95% in some patients. If effective, shorter therapeutic courses could improve adherence and treatment costs. OBJECTIVE:To determine factors predictive ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kohli A,Kattakuzhy S,Sidharthan S,Nelson A,McLaughlin M,Seamon C,Wilson E,Meissner EG,Sims Z,Silk R,Gross C,Akoth E,Tang L,Price A,Jolley TA,Emmanuel B,Proschan M,Teferi G,Chavez J,Abbott S,Osinusi A,Mo H,Poli

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfasalazine is metabolized by intestinal bacteria, resulting in the release of sulfapyridine and 5-aminosalicylate. The drug is useful in the treatment of active ulcerative colitis as well as in preventing relapses of the disease in remission. Although effective in active Crohn's disease as well, sulfasalazine appea...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Peppercorn MA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chronic liver disease developed elevated serum aluminum concentrations and biopsy-proven osteodystrophy. Neither patient had chronic renal failure but both had received aluminum-containing antacids for long periods. We measured biliary and urinary aluminum excretion during antacid loading in patients...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams JW,Vera SR,Peters TG,Luther RW,Bhattacharya S,Spears H,Graham A,Pitcock JA,Crawford AJ,Palmieri GM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Questions remain about the importance of smoking and smoking cessation after incident myocardial infarction. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between smoking status and risk for recurrent coronary events. DESIGN:Retrospective, population-based, inception cohort study. SETTING:Health maintenance organiz...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rea TD,Heckbert SR,Kaplan RC,Smith NL,Lemaitre RN,Psaty BM

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute severe aortic regurgitation is a relatively unfamiliar, though life-threatening, disease. We review its diverse causes, anatomic faults, and hemodynamic sequelae and set the stage for an understanding of the clinical manifestations in light of their physiologic mechanisms. Clinical information includes the natur...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Morganroth J,Perloff JK,Zeldis SM,Dunkman WB

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) remain a leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States. Primary seat belt laws allow vehicle occupants to be ticketed solely for not wearing seat belts, and secondary laws allow ticketing only for failure to wear seat belts in the setting of other violations. OBJEC...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lee LK,Monuteaux MC,Burghardt LC,Fleegler EW,Nigrovic LE,Meehan WP,Schutzman SA,Mannix R

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the major cancer killer of women in the United States. Recent advances in therapy promise more effective control of this illness. The development of hormone receptor analysis permits us to better understand the mechanisms of action of steroid and peptide hormones and increases the likelihood of using ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The magnitude, consistency, and manner of association between sedentary time and outcomes independent of physical activity remain unclear. PURPOSE:To quantify the association between sedentary time and hospitalizations, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer in adults independent ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Biswas A,Oh PI,Faulkner GE,Bajaj RR,Silver MA,Mitchell MS,Alter DA

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary protein has long been thought to play a role in the progression of chronic renal disease, but clinical trials to date have not consistently shown that dietary protein restriction is beneficial. PURPOSE:To use meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of dietary protein restriction in previously published...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pedrini MT,Levey AS,Lau J,Chalmers TC,Wang PH

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In 1994, 40% of U.S. gun owners who had recently acquired a firearm did so without a background check. No contemporary estimates exist. Objective:To estimate the proportion of current U.S. gun owners who acquired their most recent firearm without a background check, by time since and manner of acquisition, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Miller M,Hepburn L,Azrael D

更新日期：2017-02-21 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：:Sixty-eight patients clinically suspected of having (33), or at high risk for (35), deep venous thrombosis were studied with contrast venography, radiofibrinogen leg scanning, and impedance plethysmography as well as ventilation and perfusion lung scans. Thrombosis limited to the veins in the calf of the leg (unilater...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moser KM,LeMoine JR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for and determinants of transmission of tuberculosis in hospitals caring for moderate numbers of patients with tuberculosis remain uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of tuberculin conversion among health care workers with ventilation of patient care areas. DESIGN:Cross-sectional observa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Menzies D,Fanning A,Yuan L,FitzGerald JM

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To re-evaluate the relationship between Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis, we compared the numbers and types of cells recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage from normal volunteers and patients with Crohn's disease, with other forms of inflammatory bowel disease, and with sarcoidosis. Patients with Crohn's disease, but not ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Smiéjan JM,Cosnes J,Chollet-Martin S,Soler P,Basset FM,Le Quintrec Y,Hance AJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 4 days, two oncology patients in the Clinical Research Unit had bacteremia causes by group Y Neisseria meningitidis. Three additional patients, identified by prevalence survey, were found to have nasopharyngeal colonization with that serogroup, compared with only one employee (not associated with patients) and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cohen MS,Steere AC,Baltimore R,von Graevenitz A,Pantelick E,Camp B,Root RK

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual cluster of 11 patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia occurred in a 3-month period at Memorial Hospital, New York. Ten of the 11 patients had lymphoma or leukemia. In 7 patients, corticosteroid therapy was decreased or stopped shortly before pneumocystis pneumonia was diagnosed. The pediatric patients ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Singer C,Armstrong D,Rosen PP,Schottenfeld D

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is part 1 of a 2-part series on interpretation of 12-lead resting electrocardiograms (ECGs). Part 1 is a position paper that presents recommendations for initial competency, competency assessment, and maintenance of competency on ECG interpretation, as well as recommendations for the role of computer-assist...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Salerno SM,Alguire PC,Waxman HS,American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2003-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are associated with procedure-related complications, yet little is known about variation in complication rates among institutions that may suggest disparities in care quality. Objective:To assess institutional variation in risk-standardized complication ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ranasinghe I,Labrosciano C,Horton D,Ganesan A,Curtis JP,Krumholz HM,McGavigan A,Hossain S,Air T,Hariharaputhiran S

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bayesian inference is usually presented as a method for determining how scientific belief should be modified by data. Although Bayesian methodology has been one of the most active areas of statistical development in the past 20 years, medical researchers have been reluctant to embrace what they perceive as a subjectiv...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Goodman SN

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the cause of a hypersensitivity pneumonitis and to determine its pathogenesis. DESIGN:Case study. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a referral hospital. PATIENT:A 51-year-old man with chronic bronchitis who developed a hypersensitivity pneumonitis within 1 month after exposure to minocycline, amox...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Guillon JM,Joly P,Autran B,Denis M,Akoun G,Debré P,Mayaud C

更新日期：1992-09-15 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：:Recent data indicate that the lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) is morphologically similar to animal lentiviruses, such as equine infectious anemia and visna viruses. This finding, together with the cross-reactivity of the core proteins of LAV with those of the equine infectious anemia virus and a similarity in g...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Montagnier L

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaire II of the National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower was directed to all of the 1502 subspecialty training programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The overall response rate was 86%. For the years 1972-1973 through 1976-1977 the number of fellows in subspecialty training grew at an average rate o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tarlov AR,Weil PA,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate deficiency is a frequent cause of anemia in alcoholics, but little attention has been paid to its prevention. Folic acid was readily soluble in wines of high ethanol content at concentrations of 10 microgram/ml. Lactobacillus casei folate activity of folic acid added to wines was well maintained during a month'...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kaunitz JD,Lindenbaum J

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate prospectively the use of an artificial neural network to identify myocardial infarction in patients presenting to an emergency department with anterior chest pain. DESIGN:Prospective, blinded testing. SETTING:Tertiary university teaching center. PATIENTS:A total of 331 consecutive adult patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baxt WG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the patient's major reasons for seeking care is of critical importance in a successful medical encounter. To study the physician's role in soliciting and developing the patient's concerns at the outset of a clinical encounter, 74 office visits were recorded. In only 17 (23%) of the visits was the patient p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Beckman HB,Frankel RM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of the continuous intravenous dexamethasone suppression test in the differential diagnosis of patients with the Cushing syndrome. DESIGN:Comparison of the results of this test with those of other tests in the study population and with data from the literature. SETTING:Refer...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Biemond P,de Jong FH,Lamberts SW

更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Liu J, Li L, Li S, et al. Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2020;22:1619-27. 32364674. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Griffin TP,Dinneen SF

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of stroke in young patients frequently cannot be established. Eleven consecutive patients, age 50 and younger, had clinical evidence of cerebral embolization. Results of physical, radiographic, electrocardiographic, and two-dimensional echocardiographic examinations were normal in all patients. During normal...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Harvey JR,Teague SM,Anderson JL,Voyles WF,Thadani U

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00