Colony-stimulating factors and host defense.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether laboratory findings showing antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients with autoimmune hepatitis represent false-positive results and to identify possible explanations for true-positive results in these patients. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:University-based hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nishiguchi S,Kuroki T,Ueda T,Fukuda K,Takeda T,Nakajima S,Shiomi S,Kobayashi K,Otani S,Hayashi N

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technically demanding procedure that can cause substantial complications. Competence in performing ERCP and the learning curve for achieving competence are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the number of supervised ERCPs that physicians must ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jowell PS,Baillie J,Branch MS,Affronti J,Browning CL,Bute BP

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied D-penicillamine toxicity in 259 patients with systemic sclerosis treated since 1972. The average daily dose of 635 mg was given for a mean of 1.8 years. Of patients with systemic sclerosis, 47% has side effects from D-penicillamine treatment, similar to the 56% of 807 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Steen VD,Blair S,Medsger TA Jr

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous epidemiologic studies of staphylococcal infections in newborn infants and surgical patients provide clues to the method of infection in toxic shock syndrome. In newborn infants, staphylococci were shown to be transmitted most often by the hands of nursery personnel to the umbilical stump, which afforded a war...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mortimer EA

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of what is formally taught in medicine is about the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required of a physician, including how to express compassion and respect for patients at the bedside. What is learned, however, includes not only admirable qualities but also behaviors and qualities that are inconsistent with eth...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lehmann LS,Sulmasy LS,Desai S,ACP Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee.

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, acupuncture is embedded in naturalistic theories that are compatible with Confucianism and Taoism. Such ideas as yin-yang, qi, dampness, and wind represent East Asian conceptual frameworks that emphasize the reliability of ordinary, human sensory awareness. Many physicians who practice acupuncture rejec...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kaptchuk TJ

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential trace elements such as zinc, iron, and copper participate in various enzyme reactions directly related to the regulation of blood pressure and indirectly related to generation of oxidative metabolic energy, alterations in blood lipid levels, and alterations in taste acuity. The toxicological action of severa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Saltman P

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five of 70 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus seen over a 5-year period had peripheral blood films suggestive of hyposplenism. Technetium-99m-sulfur colloid scans showed no splenic activity in three patients. One of these three patients, who had a spontaneous remission of persistent thrombocytopenia concurrent...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dillon AM,Stein HB,English RA

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial findings from the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)-Sodium Trial demonstrated that reduction of sodium intake in two different diets decreased blood pressure in participants with and without hypertension. OBJECTIVE:To determine effects on blood pressure of reduced sodium intake and the ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vollmer WM,Sacks FM,Ard J,Appel LJ,Bray GA,Simons-Morton DG,Conlin PR,Svetkey LP,Erlinger TP,Moore TJ,Karanja N,DASH-Sodium Trial Collaborative Research Group.

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the incidence of reversible renal insufficiency in patients with hypertensive nephrosclerosis undergoing antihypertensive therapy. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of 73 patients in a long-term blood pressure control study that compared the effects of an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Toto RD,Mitchell HC,Lee HC,Milam C,Pettinger WA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening mammography is recommended for women 50 to 69 years of age because of its proven efficacy and reasonable cost-effectiveness. Extending screening recommendations to include women 40 to 49 years of age remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of screening mammography in wom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Salzmann P,Kerlikowske K,Phillips K

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:The study of events in time is fundamental to biomedical research and public health surveillance. Clinicians have an intuitive appreciation for the relevance of time to health and disease, and patients invariably ask questions relating to time for which clinicians need answers. An appreciation of the picture of health...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Samet JM

更新日期：2000-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 5379 patients who had received radiation treatment at our institution for benign conditions of the head and neck, 318 developed thyroid cancer 3 to 42 years later. We report follow-up observations (median interval from diagnosis to recurrence or last contact, 10 years; longest interval, 31) for 296 of these patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schneider AB,Recant W,Pinsky SM,Ryo UY,Bekerman C,Shore-Freedman E

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary prevention of Alzheimer disease and other types of dementia (all-cause dementia) is an important public health goal. Evidence to date is insufficient to recommend any lifestyle change to prevent or delay the onset of dementia. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between objectively measured midlife ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Defina LF,Willis BL,Radford NB,Gao A,Leonard D,Haskell WL,Weiner MF,Berry JD

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite some impressive recent gains, improving the glaring deficiencies in health care quality is proving to be very hard. Improvement is local, rather than system-wide, and is sustained with difficulty, rather than becoming an intrinsic feature of care. My right knee will probably need to be replaced soon. This has ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berwick DM

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pandemic potential of influenza A (H5N1) virus is a prominent public health concern of the 21st century. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative pandemic (H5N1) mitigation and response strategies. DESIGN:Compartmental epidemic model in conjunction with a Markov mod...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Khazeni N,Hutton DW,Garber AM,Owens DK

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a resistance-training program on walking endurance in a healthy, community-dwelling elderly population. DESIGN:12- week randomized, controlled trial comparing a resistance- training group with a nonexercising control group. SETTING:Hospital-affiliated outpatient exercise facility....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ades PA,Ballor DL,Ashikaga T,Utton JL,Nair KS

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Incidence and severity are increased among populations with some chronic diseases. The currently available polyvalent polysaccharide vaccine induces antibody production among immunologically competent recipients against the 14 serotypes responsible f...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schwartz JS

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety commonly accompanies serious illness. However, in some patients anxiety is the primary manifestation of illness. Diagnostic criteria for these "primary" anxiety disorders have been redefined in the most recent revision of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. We discuss thes...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brown JT,Mulrow CD,Stoudemire GA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid antibodies were found significantly more often in insulin-dependent diabetics than in their spouses or in non-insulin-dependent diabetics. The poor correlation between presence of thyroid autoimmunity and duration of disease and the significantly increased prevalence of thyroid antibodies in first-degree relat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fialkow PJ,Zavala C,Nielsen R

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian germ-cell tumors. DESIGN:Nonrandom prospective trial with endpoints of tumor response, results of repeat surgical exploration, progression-free interval, and survival. SETTING:Cooperative university-...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams SD,Blessing JA,Moore DH,Homesley HD,Adcock L

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently developed radioligand binding techniques permit direct investigation of the alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors for catecholamines in a wide variety of tissues. These techniques allow the receptors to be quantitated, characterized, and studied under varying conditions of physiologic and pathophysiologic inte...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lefkowitz RJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary embolism is a common clinical disorder that is associated with high morbidity and mortality if untreated. It is important to confirm or rule out the diagnosis in patients with clinical suspicion of the disease. PURPOSE:To evaluate various diagnostic strategies for excluding pulmonary embolism. DA...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kruip MJ,Leclercq MG,van der Heul C,Prins MH,Büller HR

更新日期：2003-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:HemoQuant, an assay based on heme-derived porphyrin, quantifies both total fecal hemoglobin ant that fraction already converted to porphyrin by gut flora (the intestinal converted fraction). Recovery by HemoQuant of blood added to stools exceeded 99% and was not affected by ascorbic acid, iron, or other additives. Hem...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ahlquist DA,McGill DB,Schwartz S,Taylor WF,Ellefson M,Owen RA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional care has been defined as a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care in the same location. Transitional care, which primarily concerns the relatively brief time interval that begins with pre...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Coleman EA,Berenson RA

更新日期：2004-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:These supplemental recommendations provide guidelines for a monovalent influenza A(H1N1) vaccine for protection against a newly emerged variant of influenza that has recently caused outbreaks among children and young adults in Asia. Guidance is provided for the use of this monovalent vaccine, which contains 15 microgr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes, therapy for, and consequences of hypernatremia in elderly patients are not well understood. We found that in 15,187 consecutive hospital admissions, 162 (1.1%) patients who were at least 60 years of age had serum sodium levels that measured greater than 148 meq/L. Of that 162, 57% had become hypernatremic ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Snyder NA,Feigal DW,Arieff AI

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Description:Recommendation on screening for urinary incontinence in women by the Women's Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI), a national coalition of women's health professional organizations and patient representatives. The WPSI's recommendations are intended to guide clinical practice and coverage of services for t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： O'Reilly N,Nelson HD,Conry JM,Frost J,Gregory KD,Kendig SM,Phipps M,Salganicoff A,Ramos D,Zahn C,Qaseem A,Women's Preventive Services Initiative.

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To define the clinical and hematologic effects of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) on patients with chronic severe neutropenia. DESIGN:Open-label, phase II study of rhGM-CSF. SETTING:Inpatient hematology and surgery clinic at a university medical center. P...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ganser A,Ottmann OG,Erdmann H,Schulz G,Hoelzer D

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00