Screening for testicular cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement.

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：:Ten patients with lupus nephritis and marked proteinuria (3.9 g or more/d) that did not respond adequately to treatment with prednisone alone or prednisone in combination with azathioprine were treated with total lymphoid irradiation in an uncontrolled feasibility study. Within 6 weeks after the start of total lymphoi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Strober S,Field E,Hoppe RT,Kotzin BL,Shemesh O,Engleman E,Ross JC,Myers BD

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of carbamazepine-induced granulomatous hepatitis are reported. Each patient had ingested carbamazepine for less than 1 month before presenting with a febrile illness suggestive of biliary tract infection. After withdrawal of carbamazepine, symptoms disappeared rapidly. Histologically, all patients had gran...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Levy M,Goodman MW,Van Dyne BJ,Sumner HW

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To increase the utility of administrative databases, it has been recommended that they include disease-specific, patient-centered outcome measures. This paper reviews practical and theoretical considerations and the critical evidence to support this recommendation. The strengths and weaknesses of the recommended appro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Liang MH,Shadick N

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently develop exacerbations, leading to major clinical and health resource use ramifications. OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a long-acting inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator, tiotropium, in reducing COPD exacerbati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Niewoehner DE,Rice K,Cote C,Paulson D,Cooper JA Jr,Korducki L,Cassino C,Kesten S

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of the Epstein-Barr virus and two human malignancies, Burkitt's lumphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, is reviewed. Seroepidemiologic, virologic, and immunologic evidence is summarized, and several hypotheses regarding a possible etiologic role for the Epstein-Barr virus in these tumors are presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ziegler JL,Magrath IT,Gerber P,Levine PH

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old woman developed goitrous hypothyroidism while receiving ethionamide for treatment of an atypical mycobacterial infection. Five weeks after discontinuation of ethionamide therapy, thyroid function had returned to normal. The goitrogenic effect was studied in vitro by incubating ethionamide in various conc...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Drucker D,Eggo MC,Salit IE,Burrow GN

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is hypothesized that peritoneal fluid might be used as an alternative vehicle for monitoring the clinical chemistry of patients on peritoneal dialyses and save these patients the venesection and resultant blood loss. Peritoneal fluid was obtained before 47.2% of 106 dialysis treatments and compared with simultaneou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kelton JG,Ulan R,Stiller C,Holmes E

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：:Studies of circulating T- and B-lymphocyte rosettes were done in 20 healthy controls and 29 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, including 18 receiving rifampin chemotherapy. Eight of the 18 patients in the rifampin group (44%) had significant suppression of their T-cell rosettes as compared with patients with tuberc...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gupta S,Grieco MH,Siegel I

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medically unexplained functional or somatization symptoms are somatic disorders that are not adequately explained by physical disease processes. The way in which these disorders have been understood and managed has varied over the history of medicine. However, only in the past 100 years has the "mental" explanation pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sharpe M,Carson A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the possibility that fibrinogen represents a cardiovascular risk factor. DATA IDENTIFICATION:A computerized literature search (1980 to 1992) identified all published epidemiologic studies on fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease. Clinical and basic research data were found by separate searches. Ref...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ernst E,Resch KL

更新日期：1993-06-15 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：:We surveyed the faculty, fellows, and residents of a department of medicine to determine the relative importance of each of eight personal characteristics evaluated during the interview of house staff candidates. A booklet containing all possible pairings of the eight characteristics was distributed to 219 participant...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Greganti MA,McGaghie WC,Finn WF

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early defibrillation is the most important determinant of survival for victims of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation. The automated external defibrillator (AED) was developed as the result of the American Heart Association's Public Access Defibrillation initiative. The goal of this initiative is to place A...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Takata TS,Page RL,Joglar JA

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous meta-analyses demonstrated that high-dose glucocorticoids were not beneficial in sepsis. Recently, lower-dose glucocorticoids have been studied. PURPOSE:To compare recent trials of glucocorticoids for sepsis with previous glucocorticoid trials. DATA SOURCES:Systematic MEDLINE search for studies pu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Minneci PC,Deans KJ,Banks SM,Eichacker PQ,Natanson C

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few treatments exist for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness and harms of remdesivir for COVID-19. DATA SOURCES:Several databases, tables of contents of journals, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration and company websites were searched from 1 January through 31 August...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wilt TJ,Kaka AS,MacDonald R,Greer N,Obley A,Duan-Porter W

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracts of the medicinal plant Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) have been used in China for centuries to treat a spectrum of inflammatory diseases. OBJECTIVE:To compare the benefits and side effects of TwHF extract with those of sulfasalazine for the treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN:Ra...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Goldbach-Mansky R,Wilson M,Fleischmann R,Olsen N,Silverfield J,Kempf P,Kivitz A,Sherrer Y,Pucino F,Csako G,Costello R,Pham TH,Snyder C,van der Heijde D,Tao X,Wesley R,Lipsky PE

更新日期：2009-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the incidence of and possible risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults. DESIGN:Prospective, population-based surveillance of hospital and referral bacteriology laboratories. SETTING:Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia community. PATIENTS:All patients with H. influenzae isolate...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Farley MM,Stephens DS,Brachman PS Jr,Harvey RC,Smith JD,Wenger JD

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even with optimal pharmacotherapy, symptomatic heart failure is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. PURPOSE:To determine the efficacy and safety of cardiac resynchronization therapy in adults with advanced systolic heart failure. DATA SOURCES:The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Tri...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： McAlister FA,Ezekowitz JA,Wiebe N,Rowe B,Spooner C,Crumley E,Hartling L,Klassen T,Abraham W

更新日期：2004-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the diagnostic difficulties, response to therapy, and clinical features of lymphomatoid papulosis and the cumulative frequency of transformation to lymphoma. DESIGN:Case series. SETTING:University hospitals. METHODS:The records of 21 patients with lymphomatoid papulosis who were seen from 1986 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cabanillas F,Armitage J,Pugh WC,Weisenburger D,Duvic M

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:It is well recognized that physicians' relationships with their patients can have healing effects, but the skills in this area of medical practice are understudied. This article reports on research designed to identify a core set of healing skills. The authors interviewed 50 practitioners, who were identified by their...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Churchill LR,Schenck D

更新日期：2008-11-18 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：:During a 21/2-year period, studies were done on 14 patients with chronic renal failure to evaluate pleural effusions which we believe were secondary to the uremic process. The patients with uremic pleural effusions closely resembled those in the group with chronic renal failure as a whole with respect to diagnosis and...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berger HW,Rammohan G,Neff MS,Buhain WJ

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many states have laws requiring mammography facilities to tell women with dense breasts and negative results on screening mammography to discuss supplemental screening tests with their providers. The most readily available supplemental screening method is ultrasonography, but little is known about its effect...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sprague BL,Stout NK,Schechter C,van Ravesteyn NT,Cevik M,Alagoz O,Lee CI,van den Broek JJ,Miglioretti DL,Mandelblatt JS,de Koning HJ,Kerlikowske K,Lehman CD,Tosteson AN

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction was diagnosed in 431 (30%) of 1460 patients with acute chest pain who had serial enzyme testing after admission to intensive or intermediate care units at three teaching and three community hospitals. The diagnosis was made within 12 hours of admission in 331 (77%) patients and within 24 hours in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lee TH,Rouan GW,Weisberg MC,Brand DA,Cook EF,Acampora D,Goldman L

更新日期：1987-02-01 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：:Coronary artery spasm is an important pathogenetic mechanism in some forms of myocardial ischemic disease. Factors that may be important in the genesis of spasm include the autonomic nervous system, prostaglandins, endoperoxides, thromboxanes, and the calcium availability to the contractile apparatus. Spasm results in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Luchi RJ,Chahine RA,Raizner AE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable change in the practice of internal medicine in the past quarter century, including the rise of specialization, increasing time pressure, the hospitalist movement, and the rapidly changing responsibilities of internists in inpatient and outpatient settings. Training programs have not adequat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.,Fitzgibbons JP,Bordley DR,Berkowitz LR,Miller BW,Henderson MC

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00