Characteristics of High Cardiovascular Risk in 1.7 Million Chinese Adults.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 25% of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) are readmitted within 30 days. PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmission and mortality rates for adults hospitalized with HF. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, Cochrane Librar...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Feltner C,Jones CD,Cené CW,Zheng ZJ,Sueta CA,Coker-Schwimmer EJ,Arvanitis M,Lohr KN,Middleton JC,Jonas DE

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence shows that arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) offers no benefit over conservative treatment of patients with a degenerative meniscus tear. However, patients who report mechanical symptoms (sensations of knee catching or locking) may benefit from APM. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether APM impr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sihvonen R,Englund M,Turkiewicz A,Järvinen TL,Finnish Degenerative Meniscal Lesion Study Group.

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We diagnosed Waldenström's macroglobulinemia in a father and three offspring. Clinical and subclinical autoimmune disorders occurred excessively in the family. The HLA haplotype A2, B8, DRw3 was detected in all patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia and all but one family member with autoimmune manifestations. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Blattner WA,Garber JE,Mann DL,McKeen EA,Henson R,McGuire DB,Fisher WB,Bauman AW,Goldin LR,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine has been associated with severe and fatal cutaneous reactions as well as transient liver damage. We report the case of a patient who died of progressive hepatic failure caused by pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine administration. In addition, we summarize reports made to the Food and Drug Administrati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zitelli BJ,Alexander J,Taylor S,Miller KD,Howrie DL,Kuritsky JN,Perez TH,Van Thiel DH

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeless persons have high mortality rates. OBJECTIVE:To ascertain causes of death in a group of homeless persons. DESIGN:Cohort study. PATIENTS:17,292 adults seen by the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program from 1988 to 1993. MEASUREMENTS:Cause-specific mortality rates adjusted for race and rate ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hwang SW,Orav EJ,O'Connell JJ,Lebow JM,Brennan TA

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary trans fat increases risk for coronary heart disease. In 2006, New York City (NYC) passed the first regulation in the United States restricting trans fat use in restaurants. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of the NYC regulation on the trans and saturated fat content of fast-food purchases. DESIGN:Cro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Angell SY,Cobb LK,Curtis CJ,Konty KJ,Silver LD

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for mediastinal staging in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and to determine whether test results are conditionally dependent (the sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gould MK,Kuschner WG,Rydzak CE,Maclean CC,Demas AN,Shigemitsu H,Chan JK,Owens DK

更新日期：2003-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently implemented a full-featured electronic health record in our independent, 4-internist, community-based practice of general internal medicine. We encountered various challenges, some unexpected, in moving from paper to computer. This article describes the effects that use of electronic health records has had...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baron RJ,Fabens EL,Schiffman M,Wolf E

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:FLU-v is a broad-spectrum influenza vaccine that induces antibodies and cell-mediated immunity. Objective:To compare the safety, immunogenicity, and exploratory efficacy of different formulations and dosing regimens of FLU-v versus placebo. Design:Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-center...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pleguezuelos O,Dille J,de Groen S,Oftung F,Niesters HGM,Islam MA,Næss LM,Hungnes O,Aldarij N,Idema DL,Perez AF,James E,Frijlink HW,Stoloff G,Groeneveld P,Hak E

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent national recommendations have proposed that physicians should titrate lipid therapy to achieve low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels less than 1.81 mmol/L (<70 mg/dL) for patients at very high cardiovascular risk and less than 2.59 mmol/L (<100 mg/dL) for patients at high cardiovascular risk. To exam...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hayward RA,Hofer TP,Vijan S

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experts consider health information technology key to improving efficiency and quality of health care. PURPOSE:To systematically review evidence on the effect of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of health care. DATA SOURCES:The authors systematically searched the English-lang...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chaudhry B,Wang J,Wu S,Maglione M,Mojica W,Roth E,Morton SC,Shekelle PG

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:During the National Cooperative Gallstone Study, therapy with chenodiol, 750 or 375 mg/d, for 2 years resulted in confirmed, complete gallstone dissolution in 14% and 5% of patients, respectively, and partial dissolution (greater than 50%) in 27% and 18%. The present study was done to determine the frequency with whic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Marks JW,Baum RA,Hanson RF,Hersh T,Hightower NC Jr,Mekhjian H,Schaefer RA,Soloway RD,Thistle JL,Thomas FB

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preeclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. PURPOSE:To systematically review benefits and harms of low-dose aspirin for preventing morbidity and mortality from preeclampsia. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, PubMed, and Cochrane Centra...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Henderson JT,Whitlock EP,O'Connor E,Senger CA,Thompson JH,Rowland MG

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Little is known about whether insurance expansion affects the location and type of emergency department (ED) use. Understanding these changes can inform state-level decisions about the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Objective:To investigate the effect of the 2...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Garthwaite C,Gross T,Notowidigdo M,Graves JA

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether echocardiographic and electrocardiographic detection of left ventricular hypertrophy could predict cardiovascular morbid events in patients with uncomplicated essential hypertension, we followed 140 men for a mean of 4.8 years. Initial echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular mass were norm...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Casale PN,Devereux RB,Milner M,Zullo G,Harshfield GA,Pickering TG,Laragh JH

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physician performance failures are not rare and pose substantial threats to patient welfare and safety. Few hospitals respond to such failures promptly or effectively. Failure to ensure the quality and safety of the performance of colleagues is a breach of medicine's fiduciary responsibility to the public. A major rea...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Leape LL,Fromson JA

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A national registry was begun in 1981 to collect data from 32 centers on patients diagnosed by uniform criteria as having primary pulmonary hypertension. Entered into the registry were 187 patients with a mean age (+/- SD) of 36 +/- 15 years (range, 1 to 81), and a female-to-male ratio of 1.7:1 overall. The mean inter...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rich S,Dantzker DR,Ayres SM,Bergofsky EH,Brundage BH,Detre KM,Fishman AP,Goldring RM,Groves BM,Koerner SK

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during tuberculosis (TB) treatment remains challenging. PURPOSE:To assess evidence from randomized, controlled trials of the timing of ART initiation in HIV-infected adults with newly diagnosed pulmonary TB. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Uthman OA,Okwundu C,Gbenga K,Volmink J,Dowdy D,Zumla A,Nachega JB

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin with standard heparin for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis after total hip arthroplasty. DATA IDENTIFICATION:Studies were identified by MEDLINE search and review of bibliographies of retrieved articles. Hospital resou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson DR,O'Brien BJ,Levine MN,Roberts R,Wells PS,Hirsh J

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care workers are at occupational risk for a vast array of infections that cause substantial illness and occasional deaths. Despite this, few studies have examined the incidence, prevalence, or exposure-associated rates of infection or have considered infection-specific interventions recommended to mai...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sepkowitz KA

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels after bilateral adrenalectomy could be secondary to a pituitary tumor, under replacement with cortisol, or an abnormality in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal feedback loop. To distinguish between these possibilities, ACTH levels were measured before and after corti...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Koletsky RJ,Dluhy RG,Crantz FR,Williams GH

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sideroblastic anemia after treatment for Hogdkin's disease was seen in two patients 3 years after completion of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. This was followed in both by the development of myelomonoblastic leukemia. No evidence of recurrent Hodgkin's disease was present in either patient. Our observation sugges...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kitahara M,Cosgriff TM,Eyre HJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension often persists after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. OBJECTIVE:To determine factors associated with resolution of hypertension after adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Tertiary care referral center in Rochester, Minnesota. PATIENTS:Al...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sawka AM,Young WF,Thompson GB,Grant CS,Farley DR,Leibson C,van Heerden JA

更新日期：2001-08-21 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:A 2007 American College of Physicians guideline addressed pharmacologic options for low back pain. New evidence and medications have now become available. Purpose:To review the current evidence on systemic pharmacologic therapies for acute or chronic nonradicular or radicular low back pain. Data Sources:Ov...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chou R,Deyo R,Friedly J,Skelly A,Weimer M,Fu R,Dana T,Kraegel P,Griffin J,Grusing S

更新日期：2017-04-04 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

abstract：:The indications for treating patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (normal serum thyroxine and free thyroxine levels, but elevated serum thyrotrophin levels) are poorly defined. In this study, 33 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism were randomly assigned in a double-blind manner to receive placebo or L-thyroxi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cooper DS,Halpern R,Wood LC,Levin AA,Ridgway EC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 44 homosexual patients with immune thrombocytopenia and serologic evidence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was observed for a total of 844 person-months. The risk of developing the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), an actuarial incidence of 36.5% in 37 months, was no differ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Holzman RS,Walsh CM,Karpatkin S

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of chemotherapy and adjunctive surgery in managing patients with advanced seminoma. DESIGN:Nonrandomized prospective clinical trial of chemotherapy in a cohort of patients with advanced seminoma. SETTING:Referral cancer hospital. PATIENTS:Consecutive sample of 62 patien...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Motzer RJ,Bosl GJ,Geller NL,Penenberg D,Yagoda A,Golbey R,Whitmore WF Jr,Fair WR,Sogani P,Herr H

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a rational strategy for the evaluation and long-term management of epilepsy. DATA SOURCES:Articles written between 1964 and 1993, obtained from a MEDLINE search on epilepsy-related topics as well as from the author's personal files, major reference books on antiepileptic drugs, and references iden...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： French J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00