Red blood cell distribution width is associated with incidence of atrial fibrillation.

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：:Clonal haematopoiesis results from acquired mutations in haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). These mutations can confer the HSPC with a competitive advantage, leading to their clonal expansion within the limiting bone marrow niche. This process is often insufficient to produce a haematologic malignancy; ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Min KD,Kour A,Sano S,Walsh K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene mutations at the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor locus were screened in 210 alleles of Japanese patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). In the present study, two types of novel mutation were identified by genomic Southern blotting using human LDL receptor cDNA probes. An approximately 12 kb dele...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kajinami K,Mabuchi H,Inazu A,Fujita H,Koizumi J,Takeda R,Matsue T,Kibata M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effect of an elemental diet (Pepti 2000) and blended normal diet (placebo) was investigated in 43 out-patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); 24 with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 19 with Crohn's disease (CD), in a mild to moderate state of disease activity. A pilot study on healthy volun...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Munkholm Larsen P,Rasmussen D,Rønn B,Munck O,Elmgreen J,Binder V

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin receptors are expressed on the majority of neuroendocrine tumours. The presence of these receptors is clinically useful. First, long-term treatment with somatostatin analogues controls hormonal hypersecretion, which controls flushing attacks, watery diarrhoea, hypoglycaemia and electrolyte disorders in pa...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lamberts SW,Hofland LJ,Lely AJ,de Herder WW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We estimated the prevalence, incidence and risk factors of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in a prospective cohort study of 26 489 participants. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The LVH was defined as Minnesota Code 310 on electrocardiogram (ECG). Everyone with this code at first visit was defined as a prevalence cas...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Thrainsdottir IS,Hardarson T,Thorgeirsson G,Sigvaldason H,Sigfusson N

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is an under-recognized hereditary disorder associated with the premature onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver cirrhosis in children and adults, and less frequently, relapsing panniculitis, systemic vasculitis and other inflammatory, autoimmune and neoplastic diseas...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： de Serres F,Blanco I

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although numerous multicentre studies have estimated the association between ozone exposure and mortality, there are currently no nationally representative multicentre studies of the ozone-mortality relationship in China. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect on total (nonaccidental) and cause-specific mortal...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Sun Q,Wang W,Chen C,Ban J,Xu D,Zhu P,He MZ,Li T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prophylactic efficacy of aspirin and a high-dose antioxidant vitamin combination in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in terms of reduction of the risk of a first vascular event (myocardial infarction, stroke, vascular death) and critical limb ischaemia. DESIGN:Randomized, placebo...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Critical Leg Ischaemia Prevention Study (CLIPS) Group.,Catalano M,Born G,Peto R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the relationship between physical activity and physical fitness, and the relationship between these variables and the primordial risk factor blood pressure (BP). DESIGN:A cross-sectional study of all Danish pupils in the same grade at 'gymnasium' (the Danish upper secondary school). SETTING:Tests an...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Andersen LB

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present three patients with variant angina pectoris and episodes of cardiac arrest. All of them had typical clinical symptoms, ST-segment changes in electrocardiogram, and coronary artery spasm confirmed by arteriography. They were treated with high doses of calcium antagonists and nitrates. An automatic cardiovert...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Seniuk W,Mularek-Kubzdela T,Grygier M,Grajek S,Cieśliński A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) secondary to transient risk factors may develop VTE recurrences after discontinuing anticoagulation. Identifying at-risk patients could help to guide the duration of therapy. METHODS:We used the RIETE database to assess the prognostic value of d-dimer testing after...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Avnery O,Martin M,Bura-Riviere A,Barillari G,Mazzolai L,Mahé I,Marchena PJ,Verhamme P,Monreal M,Ellis MH,RIETE Investigators.

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of biologic therapies heralded a new era in the treatment for chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases of which rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most prevalent. From a scientific point of view, these therapies demonstrated that the targeting of individual cytokines or cell-surface markers is a very ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Chatzidionysiou K,van Vollenhoven RF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a silent chronic vascular pathology that is the cause of the majority of cardiovascular ischaemic events. The evolution of vascular disease involves a combination of endothelial dysfunction, extensive lipid deposition in the intima, exacerbated innate and adaptive immune responses, proliferation of ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Badimon L,Vilahur G

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study the association between postural hypotension and (i) electrolyte levels and (ii) neurohumoral factors in elderly hypertensive patients using diuretics. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of patients and controls. SETTING:The subjects were gathered from senior citizen clubs or they were referred to the st...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Luutonen S,Neuvonen P,Ruskoaho H,Räihä I,Rajala T,Antila K,Sourander L

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine tumour of the small intestine (SI-NET), formerly known as midgut carcinoid tumour, is the most common small intestinal malignancy. The incidence is rising, with recent reports of 0.67 per 100 000 in the USA and 1.12 per 100 000 in Sweden. SI-NETs often present a challenge in terms of diagnosis and treat...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Stålberg P,Westin G,Thirlwell C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A description of the clinical presentation, diagnostic procedure and mode of therapy in three patients suffering from chronic mesenteric ischaemia. DESIGN AND INTERVENTIONS:In all cases, the diagnosis was made on the basis of abdominal complaints in combination with angiographic findings. The primary treatm...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hoogenberg K,Van Essen LH,Van den Dungen JJ,Limburg AJ,Boeve WJ,Kleibeuker JH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the hypothesis that higher levels of total daily physical activity can eliminate the increased mortality rate associated with overweight and obesity. DESIGN:Population-based prospective cohort study. SETTING:Central Sweden. SUBJECTS:A total of 37,633 men at baseline 45-79 years of age and free...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Orsini N,Bellocco R,Bottai M,Pagano M,Michaelsson K,Wolk A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction the pathophysiologic and prognostic value of serum C-reactive protein is not well defined. This study assessed the association between serum C-reactive protein levels on admission and mortality in patients admitted because of acute myocardial infarction....

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nikfardjam M,Müllner M,Schreiber W,Oschatz E,Exner M,Domanovits H,Laggner AN,Huber K

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Rare cases of hepatotoxicity have been attributed to the antiarrhythmic agent procainamide. We here describe the case of a patient who had a hypersensitivity reaction to procainamide with fever, chills, arthralgia, abdominal pain and acute elevations of serum aminotransferase activities and bilirubin concentration. Th...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Worman HJ,Ip JH,Winters SL,Tepper DC,Gomes AJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether furosemide treatment in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients is associated with thiamine deficiency. DESIGN:Patients without heart failure and without diuretic treatment were included to compare with patients with CHF belonging to New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Yue QY,Beermann B,Lindström B,Nyquist O

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum creatine kinase (CK) is an important adjunct in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction or in monitoring for the side-effects of drugs. We report elevation of CK in patients with untreated heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) with no evidence of myocardial infarction. Of a group of 30 patients, 60% ha...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bhatnagar D,Durrington PN,Neary R,Miller JP

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prognostic value of exercise testing performed soon after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients treated with thrombolytic therapy. DESIGN:A 1-year prospective follow-up of 185 subjects treated with thrombolytic therapy who survived AMI, and who performed exercise testing 3 weeks afte...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Abboud L,Hir J,Eisen I,Markiewicz W

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Swedish Twin Registry (STR), which today has developed into a unique resource, was first established in the late 1950s to study the importance of smoking and alcohol consumption on cancer and cardiovascular diseases whilst controlling for genetic propensity to disease. Since that time, the Registry has been expand...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lichtenstein P,De Faire U,Floderus B,Svartengren M,Svedberg P,Pedersen NL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac pheochromocytoma is a rare tumour and may be difficult to localize. We present a 32-year-old male with a cardiac pheochromocytoma that was successfully resected. An initial unenhanced CT did not reveal the tumour. MIBG-scintigraphy indicated the location, but to get full information, a dynamic contrast-enhance...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jönsson A,Hallengren B,Manhem P,Lilja B,Stavenow L,Ståhl E,Törnquist C

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:The association between dental infections and cerebral infarction was investigated in a case-control study involving 40 patients with ischaemic cerebral infarction under the age of 50, and 40 randomly selected community controls matched for sex and age. Poor oral health, as assessed by two indices measuring the severi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Syrjänen J,Peltola J,Valtonen V,Iivanainen M,Kaste M,Huttunen JK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the adjusted relative risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in offspring of parents with cardiovascular mortality before 75 years. SETTING:The city of Malmö, Sweden. DESIGN:A follow-up study based on register linkage analyses. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:In the Malmö Preventive Project (MPP),...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nilsson PM,Nilsson JA,Berglund G

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00