Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a 67-year-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying potential mechanisms that link depressed mood with worse health behaviors is important given the prevalence of depressed mood in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and its relationship with subsequent mortality. Perceived health competence is an individual's confidence in his/her ability ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Yeh VM,Mayberry LS,Bachmann JM,Wallston KA,Roumie C,Muñoz D,Kripalani S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of electronic health record (EHR) prediction models to improve palliative care delivery is on the rise, yet the clinical impact of such models has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical impact of triggering palliative care using an EHR prediction model. DESIGN:Pilot prospective be...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Courtright KR,Chivers C,Becker M,Regli SH,Pepper LC,Draugelis ME,O'Connor NR

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care providers (PCPs) have few tools for enhancing patient self-efficacy, a key mediator of myriad health-influencing behaviors. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether brief standardized patient instructor (SPI)-delivered training increases PCPs' use of self-efficacy-enhancing interviewing techniques (SEE IT)...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Jerant A,Kravitz RL,Tancredi D,Paterniti DA,White L,Baker-Nauman L,Evans-Dean D,Villarreal C,Ried L,Hudnut A,Franks P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology. Renal manifestation is rare and usually caused by hypercalcemia and nephrocalcinosis. Moreover, renal disease can occur as granulomatous interstitial nephritis (GIN), which is a histological diagnosis. We describe a case of sarcoidosis first presenting with mul...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Mayer C,Müller A,Halbritter J,Wirtz H,Stumvoll M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To decrease unnecessary antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in adults in a point-of-service health care setting. DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized controlled trial. SETTING:An urban urgent care clinic associated with the major indigent care hospital in Denver, Colorado between October 2000...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Harris RH,MacKenzie TD,Leeman-Castillo B,Corbett KK,Batal HA,Maselli JH,Gonzales R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the quality of the patient-physician relationship for terminally ill African Americans. OBJECTIVE:To compare the quality of the patient-physician relationship between African-American and white patients and examine the extent to which relationship quality contributes to differences in ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Smith AK,Davis RB,Krakauer EL

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study assesses the rate and predictors of treatment retention for primary care patients with opioid dependence-prescribed buprenorphine, a long-acting partial opioid agonist. METHODS:Observational cohort study of patients prescribed buprenorphine/naloxone and followed for 6 months in the period after t...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Stein MD,Cioe P,Friedmann PD

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The care of patients with complex illnesses requires careful management, but systems of care management (CM) vary in their structure and effectiveness. OBJECTIVE:To create a framework identifying components of broad-based CM interventions and validate the framework, including using this framework to evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Dorr DA,Wilcox A,Jones S,Burns L,Donnelly SM,Brunker CP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between gender, background, and brief training and physicians' detection of and treatment for woman abuse. DESIGN:Quasi-experimental and correlational designs, plus control for background factors. SETTING:Two residency training programs: general internal medicine and family practi...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Saunders DG,Kindy P Jr

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether students who take ambulatory rotations in internal medicine are more likely to choose internal medicine careers. DESIGN:National survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:The intended sample was 1,650 senior U.S. medical students from 16 medical schools, of whom 1,244 (76%) responded. Representa...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Schwartz MD,Linzer M,Babbott D,Divine GW,Broadhead WE

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether two different educational interventions would reduce polypharmacy in outpatients receiving ten (10) or more active medications at the Denver Veterans Affairs Center. DESIGN:292 patients were randomized into three (3) groups: Control (n = 88); simple notification of primary care provider ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Meyer TJ,Van Kooten D,Marsh S,Prochazka AV

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess attitudes toward educational programs about AIDS, 540 patients and 36 of their medical providers in primary care clinics were systematically sampled to ascertain what age groups should be exposed to a pamphlet entitled "Am I at Risk for AIDS?", as well as what was acceptable content for posters and pamphlets...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Mathews WC,Linn LS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most research on transitions of care has focused on the transition from acute to outpatient care. Little is known about the transition from outpatient to acute care. We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the transition from outpatient to acute care, focusing on provider-to-provider communicat...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Luu NP,Pitts S,Petty B,Sawyer MD,Dennison-Himmelfarb C,Boonyasai RT,Maruthur NM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no life-tables quantifying the average life-spans of post-hospitalized heart failure populations across various strata of risk. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the life-expectancies (i.e., average life-spans) of heart failure patients at the time of hospital discharge according to age, gender, predictive 30...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Alter DA,Ko DT,Tu JV,Stukel TA,Lee DS,Laupacis A,Chong A,Austin PC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2005 the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes scale (SKILLD) was introduced as a diabetes knowledge test. The SKILLD has not been validated since its introduction. OBJECTIVE:To perform a validation analysis on the SKILLD. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Cross-sectional observational study of 240 patient...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Jeppesen KM,Hull BP,Raines M,Miser WF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multi-faceted depression care programs based within the healthcare system have been found to be effective, but may not fully address the needs of African American Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) survivors, many of whom are not seeking depression care in healthcare settings. OBJECTIVES:To develop and evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Nicolaidis C,Wahab S,Trimble J,Mejia A,Mitchell SR,Raymaker D,Thomas MJ,Timmons V,Waters AS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) have little or no demonstrable disease explanation for the symptoms, and comorbid psychiatric disorders are frequent. Although common, costly, distressed, and often receiving ill-advised testing and treatments, most MUS patients go unrecognized, which precludes effect...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Smith RC,Dwamena FC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The call for value-based medicine has augmented the role of primary care physicians, potentially exacerbating the already-acknowledged shortage of primary care physicians in the current delivery landscape. Lifetime earnings for primary care physicians are millions lower than those for other specialties, and the burden...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Driessen J,Zaloom C,Shrank WH

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess a new technique for the detection of free pleural fluid. DESIGN:118 consecutive inpatients with radiologic evidence of free pleural fluid and a control group of 175 randomly selected inpatients were examined over a three-year period in a prospective blind study by auscultatory percussion (AP) for e...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Guarino JR,Guarino JC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Among patients unlikely to attend a scheduled colonoscopy, we examined the impact of peer coach versus educational brochure support and compared these with concurrent patients who did not receive support. METHODS:From health system data, we identified 275 consecutive patients aged >50 who kept <75% of visit...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Turner BJ,Weiner M,Berry SD,Lillie K,Fosnocht K,Hollenbeak CS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most residents have limited education or exposure to health policy during residency. AIMS:We developed a course to (1) educate residents on health policy topics applicable to daily physician practice; (2) expose residents to health policy careers through visits with policy makers and analysts; (3) promote...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Greysen SR,Wassermann T,Payne P,Mullan F

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many have called for ambulatory training redesign in internal medicine (IM) residencies to increase primary care career outcomes. Many believe dysfunctional, clinic environments are a key barrier to meaningful ambulatory education, but little is actually known about the educational milieu of continuity clini...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Nadkarni M,Reddy S,Bates CK,Fosburgh B,Babbott S,Holmboe E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) remains a controversial issue, with concerns that it leads to unnecessary and inappropriate prescribing. Whether DTCA shifts prescribing from first-line (guideline-recommended) therapy to second-line drugs has not been studied. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Skeldon SC,Kozhimannil KB,Majumdar SR,Law MR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With positive results from diabetes prevention studies, there is interest in convenient ways to incorporate screening for glucose intolerance into routine care and to limit the need for fasting diagnostic tests. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to determine whether random plasma glucose (RPG) could be use...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Ziemer DC,Kolm P,Foster JK,Weintraub WS,Vaccarino V,Rhee MK,Varughese RM,Tsui CW,Koch DD,Twombly JG,Narayan KM,Phillips LS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare specialist and primary care physician participation in California's Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care programs. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS:A probability sample stratified by county and by race of 962 specialist physicians and 713 primary care physicians practicing in the ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Backus L,Osmond D,Grumbach K,Vranizan K,Phuong L,Bindman AB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts to explain the high cost of care in teaching hospitals have yielded conflicting results. This study was conducted to compare hospital charges and lengths of stay for two groups of patients: one cared for by a resident team and the other cared for by attending physicians. The study was conducted at a universit...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Dunn PM,Parker DF,Levinson W,Mullooly JP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resident duty hour restrictions have resulted in more frequent patient care handoffs, increasing the need for improved quality of residents' sign-out process. OBJECTIVE:To characterize resident sign-out process and identify effective strategies for quality improvement. DESIGN:Mixed methods analysis of resi...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Helms AS,Perez TE,Baltz J,Donowitz G,Hoke G,Bass EJ,Plews-Ogan ML

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicate that medical trainees frequently experience discrimination by patients. Little is known about effective strategies to teach trainees to respond to this discrimination. AIM:To create a workshop for first-year residents utilizing standardized patients to improve skills in responding ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Eisenberg EH,Kieffer KA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:National guidelines make recommendations regarding the initial opioid prescriptions, but most of the supporting evidence is from the initial episode of care, not the first prescription. OBJECTIVE:To examine associations between features of the first opioid prescription and high-risk opioid use in the 18 mon...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Johnson P,Jeng PJ,Reid MC,Witkin LR,Schackman BR,Ancker JS,Bao Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe how medical residents discuss do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders with patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Inpatient medical wards of one university tertiary care center, one urban city public hospital, and one Veterans Affairs medical center. PARTICIPANTS:Thirty-one medical r...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Tulsky JA,Chesney MA,Lo B

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00