Can the course of high dose cotrimoxazole for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS be shorter? A possible solution to the problem of cotrimoxazole toxicity.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cigarette smoking has been identified as a major modifiable risk factor for coronary heart disease and mortality. However, findings on the relationship between smoking and atrial fibrillation (AF) have been inconsistent. Furthermore, findings from previous studies were based on self-reported smoking. OBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Zuo H,Nygård O,Vollset SE,Ueland PM,Ulvik A,Midttun Ø,Meyer K,Igland J,Sulo G,Tell GS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate (i) the demineralizing effect of L-thyroxine (LT4) therapy at doses mildly inhibiting serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in patients with benign nodular goitre; (ii) the efficacy of treatment on nodule size. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study comparing euthyroid women with nodular goitre treated ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Baldini M,Gallazzi M,Orsatti A,Fossati S,Leonardi P,Cantalamessa L

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of delay in emergency department (ED) on outcome of critically ill patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU). Outcome was defined as hospital mortality and as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 6 months after intensive care assessed by the 15D measure. The 15D is ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Saukkonen KA,Varpula M,Räsänen P,Roine RP,Voipio-Pulkki LM,Pettilä V

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia exhibits a broad range of severity, from mildly symptomatic at one end to fulminant septic shock and death at the other. Although an adequate inflammatory response is necessary for the clearance of microorganisms, excessive inflammation can lead to ongoing local and systemic damage. Because of this extended ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Meijvis SC,van de Garde EM,Rijkers GT,Bos WJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old man presented with a mediastinal tumour. On histological examination, tuberculosis was evoked, but no definitive conclusion could be drawn. The patient thereafter developed throat ulcerations and rapidly progressing renal insufficiency due to necrotizing glomerulonephritis. After reviewing the histologic...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Boudes P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) has been associated with hypertension, hyperinsulinaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and hyperuricaemia. In the present study, plasma ionized calcium (Ca2+) was studied in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in 20 subjects with mild hypertension. Plasma Ca2+ was found to be negatively ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lind L,Wengle B,Lithell H,Ljunghall S

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old Japanese woman was hospitalized for susceptibility to respiratory tract infections. Clinical examinations revealed asymptomatic primary cholestasis, abnormally elevated immunoglobulin M (IgM) and antimitochondrial antibody, being consistent with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis. Three years later h...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Take H,Kubota K,Tamura K,Kurabayashi H,Tamura J,Shirakura T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renewed interest in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins as causative agents in cardiovascular disease mandates further exploration of the integrated metabolism of chylomicrons and very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL). METHODS:Novel tracer techniques and an integrated multi-compartmental model were used to determ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Björnson E,Packard CJ,Adiels M,Andersson L,Matikainen N,Söderlund S,Kahri J,Hakkarainen A,Lundbom N,Lundbom J,Sihlbom C,Thorsell A,Zhou H,Taskinen MR,Borén J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes encoding inflammatory molecules may determine genetic profiles associated with increased risk of development and progression of cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we evaluated distribution and reciprocal interaction of a set of functionally important polymorphism...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Flex A,Gaetani E,Angelini F,Sabusco A,Chillà C,Straface G,Biscetti F,Pola P,Castellot JJ Jr,Pola R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the prognostic value of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in chronic heart failure (HF) of ischaemic aetiology. BACKGROUND:Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is a marker of kidney injury as well as matrix degradation and inflammation and has previously been shown to be increa...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nymo SH,Ueland T,Askevold ET,Flo TH,Kjekshus J,Hulthe J,Wikstrand J,McMurray J,Van Veldhuisen DJ,Gullestad L,Aukrust P,Yndestad A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To ascertain whether patients with Crohn's disease treated with azathioprine maintained bone mineral mass better than patients treated with steroids alone. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:University Hospital of Malmö, Sweden. SUBJECTS:A total of 59 patients with ileocolonic, ileocaecal or colonic Croh...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Florén CH,Ahrén B,Bengtsson M,Bartosik J,Obrant K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that asymptomatic visual field defects can be found in patients with carotid transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) or minor strokes was tested. Twenty-two consecutive male patients with TIA and 18 patients with minor strokes from the carotid artery territory were examined by perimetry, cerebral computerised...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Falke P,Abela BM Jr,Krakau CE,Lilja B,Lindgärde F,Maly P,Stavenow L

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 48-year-old woman with recurrent severe hypoglycaemia apparently caused by a paraprotein with insulin-binding capacity. Very high fasting values were found for serum insulin (170 and > 250 mU l-1) as well as for proinsulin 125 pmol l-1 and an insulinoma was suspected. Hypoglycaemia developed after an ora...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Arnqvist HJ,Halban PA,Mathiesen UL,Zahnd G,von Schenck H

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory processes in brain tissue have been described in human epilepsy of various aetiologies and in experimental models of seizures. This, together with the anticonvulsant properties of anti-inflammatory therapies both in clinical and in experimental settings, highlights the important role of brain inflammation...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Maroso M,Balosso S,Ravizza T,Liu J,Bianchi ME,Vezzani A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old white male subject with typical clinical and laboratory findings of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia is described. Two paraprotein peaks of IgM lambda class, with different physical and chemical properties and different amino acid compositions, in both heavy and light chains, were found in the patient's ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ruiz-Palomo F,Revilla Y,Gonzales Porque P,Serrano Rios M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The X-linked Fabry disease (FD) is a multiorgan disorder due to alpha-galactosidase A (α-GAL) deficiency with consequent lysosomal accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3). We established the immunocytochemical detection of Gb3 in blood cells of FD patients as a new method for FD diagnostics, follow-up an...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Üçeyler N,Böttger J,Henkel L,Langjahr M,Mayer C,Nordbeck P,Wanner C,Sommer C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the mortality and mode of death over 5 years, and factors associated with death amongst patients with acute chest pain. PATIENTS:All patients who came to the emergency department at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Göteborg with acute chest pain or other symptoms raising suspicion of acute myocardial infarction...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Herlitz J,Karlson BW,Lindqvist J,Sjölin M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that low presenting systolic blood pressure (SBP) predicted cardioembolic stroke aetiology. DESIGN:Active and passive surveillance were used to identify all ischaemic strokes as part of the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) population-based study. Multinomial logistic regres...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Meurer WJ,Sánchez BN,Smith MA,Lisabeth LD,Majersik JJ,Brown DL,Uchino K,Bonikowski FP,Mendizabal JE,Zahuranec DB,Morgenstern LB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients undergoing bariatric surgery present long-term metabolic improvements and reduced type 2 diabetes risk, despite long-term weight regain. We hypothesized that part of these protective effects could be linked to altered gene expression in white adipose tissue (WAT). METHODS:Transcriptomic profiling by...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kerr AG,Andersson DP,Rydén M,Arner P,Dahlman I

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the determinants of maximal intima-media thickness of common carotid arteries in a population-based sample of 1224 Eastern Finnish men aged 42, 48, 54 or 60 years. A high-resolution B-mode ultrasonographic examination was performed as part of the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD)....

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Salonen R,Salonen JT

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atherosclerosis is characterized by accumulation of lipids, cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in the arterial wall. Collagen type I (COL1), a component of the arterial ECM, is cleaved by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and known to be remodelled in atherosclerosis. We explored whether the MMP-med...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Holm Nielsen S,Tengryd C,Edsfeldt A,Brix S,Genovese F,Bengtsson E,Karsdal M,Leeming DJ,Nilsson J,Goncalves I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) predisposes to a 10- to 20-fold increased cardiovascular risk. Patients undergo accelerated atherogenesis and vascular ageing. We investigated whether telomere attrition, a marker of cell senescence, contributes to this increased mortality risk. METHODS:This is a cross-section...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Carrero JJ,Stenvinkel P,Fellström B,Qureshi AR,Lamb K,Heimbürger O,Bárány P,Radhakrishnan K,Lindholm B,Soveri I,Nordfors L,Shiels PG

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient developed warfarin resistance after 2 years of satisfactory therapy. Only a third of orally administered warfarin was absorbed, the clearance of warfarin was normal. The patient was also resistant for dicoumarol, while phenandione had satisfactory effect on the prothrombin time (PT). ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Talstad I,Gamst ON

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with psoriasis are prone to premature atherosclerosis and increased risk of cardiovascular disease events. However, the prevalence and extent of atherosclerosis in patients with psoriasis are unknown. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING AND SUBJECTS:The prevalence and extent of coronary and car...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Yiu KH,Yeung CK,Zhao CT,Chan JC,Siu CW,Tam S,Wong CS,Yan GH,Yue WS,Khong PL,Chan HH,Tse HF

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the interplay between multimorbidity (i.e. co-occurrence of more than one chronic health condition in an individual) and functional impairment (i.e. limitations in mobility, strength or cognition that may eventually hamper a person's ability to perform everyday tasks). On the one hand, diseases b...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Calderón-Larrañaga A,Vetrano DL,Ferrucci L,Mercer SW,Marengoni A,Onder G,Eriksdotter M,Fratiglioni L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Addition of assessment of comorbid diseases ('D') and oxygen saturation ('S') to the CRB-65 score has been recommended to improve its accuracy for risk stratification in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The aim of this study was to validate the resulting DS-CRB-65 score in a large cohort of patients with ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kolditz M,Ewig S,Schütte H,Suttorp N,Welte T,Rohde G,CAPNETZ study group.

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In the past two decades, an increasing number of nationwide, Swedish Healthcare Quality Registries (QRs) focusing on specific disorders have been initiated, mostly by physicians. Here, we describe the purpose, organization, variables, coverage and completeness of 103 Swedish QRs. METHODS:From...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Emilsson L,Lindahl B,Köster M,Lambe M,Ludvigsson JF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and all causes in relation to use of any hormone therapy (HT) and HT with oestradiol and norethisterone or levonorgestrel. DESIGN:Population-based cohort study. SETTING AND SUBJECTS:Women in three Norwegian counties were...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Graff-Iversen S,Hammar N,Thelle DS,Tonstad S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to evaluate thyroid and adrenal function in patients with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Twenty-four patients without any clinical overt endocrinological dysfunction were studied. None of the patients showed laboratory evidences of hypo- or hyperthyroidism. A short ACTH-stimulation test ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Olofsson BO,Grankvist K,Boman K,Forsberg K,Lafvas I,Lithner F

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observed changes in Earth's climate, to which humans have contributed substantially, are affecting various health outcomes. These include altered distributions of some infectious disease vectors (ticks at high latitudes, malaria mosquitoes at high altitudes), and an uptrend in extreme weather events and associa...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： McMichael AJ,Lindgren E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00