Low-dose chest CT had 95% sensitivity and 91% specificity for diagnosing COVID-19 in patients with clinical symptoms.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop criteria for interpreting results of the metyrapone test for the differential diagnosis of the adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-dependent Cushing syndrome and to compare its diagnostic accuracy with that of the high-dose dexamethasone suppression test. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Inpatie...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Avgerinos PC,Yanovski JA,Oldfield EH,Nieman LK,Cutler GB Jr

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis is a relatively frequent infection in intravenous drug users. We compared features in the cases of 102 patients with those in intravenous drug users with other causes of fever to identify risk factors predictive of endocarditis. Logistic regression analysis showed cocaine use to be strongly associated wit...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chambers HF,Morris DL,Täuber MG,Modin G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Whether statin type influences hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence or mortality in chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection is unknown. Objective:To assess the relationship between lipophilic or hydrophilic statin use and HCC incidence and mortality in a nationwide population with viral hepatitis. Des...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simon TG,Duberg AS,Aleman S,Hagstrom H,Nguyen LH,Khalili H,Chung RT,Ludvigsson JF

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) remain a leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States. Primary seat belt laws allow vehicle occupants to be ticketed solely for not wearing seat belts, and secondary laws allow ticketing only for failure to wear seat belts in the setting of other violations. OBJEC...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lee LK,Monuteaux MC,Burghardt LC,Fleegler EW,Nigrovic LE,Meehan WP,Schutzman SA,Mannix R

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 4 days, two oncology patients in the Clinical Research Unit had bacteremia causes by group Y Neisseria meningitidis. Three additional patients, identified by prevalence survey, were found to have nasopharyngeal colonization with that serogroup, compared with only one employee (not associated with patients) and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cohen MS,Steere AC,Baltimore R,von Graevenitz A,Pantelick E,Camp B,Root RK

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the 6-month change in cardiovascular (coronary heart disease) risk as a function of diet and drug therapy for mild hypertension. DESIGN:Collaborative randomized, controlled clinical trial to assess the efficacy of alternative regimens in treating mild hypertension. SETTING:Three university-based...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Oberman A,Wassertheil-Smoller S,Langford HG,Blaufox MD,Davis BR,Blaszkowski T,Zimbaldi N,Hawkins CM

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the efficacy of hepatitis vaccine is well documented, the duration of immunity of healthy adults after vaccination is unknown. We studied 245 hospital employees 3 years after primary vaccination with hepatitis B vaccine to determine the prevalence of immunity indicated by levels of antibody to hepatitis B sur...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Horowitz MM,Ershler WB,McKinney WP,Battiola RJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The 2013 cholesterol management guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) recommend lipid screening in all adults older than 20 years to identify those at increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Statins may be considered for patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patel KK,Taksler GB,Hu B,Rothberg MB

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man had polar extremes of B cell dysfunction: systemic lupus erythematosus evolving into common variable hypogammaglobulinemia. He presented in 1974 with seizures and six other criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus; his antinuclear antibody titer was 1:1024 and IgG level, 2870 mg/dL. After 5 months o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sussman GL,Rivera VJ,Kohler PF

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether obesity preceded knee osteoarthritis and was thus a possible cause. DESIGN:Cohort study with weight and other important variables measured in 1948 to 1951 (mean age of subjects, 37 years) and knee arthritis evaluated in 1983 to 1985 (mean age of subjects, 73 years). SETTING:Popula...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Felson DT,Anderson JJ,Naimark A,Walker AM,Meenan RF

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With suspected deep venous thrombosis and normal results on proximal vein ultrasonography, a negative d-dimer result may exclude thrombosis and a positive D-dimer result may be an indication for venography. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and compare the safety of 2 diagnostic strategies for deep venous thrombosis. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kearon C,Ginsberg JS,Douketis J,Crowther MA,Turpie AG,Bates SM,Lee A,Brill-Edwards P,Finch T,Gent M

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective data at Framingham and elsewhere have shown conclusively that risk of coronary heart disease in persons younger than age 50 is strikingly related to the serum total cholesterol level. Within so-called normal limits risk has been found to mount over a five-fold range. The impact has been found to be augment...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kannel WB,Castelli WP,Gordon T

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore how frequently physicians lose medical malpractice cases despite providing standard care and to assess whether severity of patient injury influences the frequency of plaintiff payment. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Physicians from the state of New Jersey insured by one insurance comp...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Taragin MI,Willett LR,Wilczek AP,Trout R,Carson JL

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a patient with metastatic cancer raises the issues of patient refusal of treatment, euthanasia, and unintended side effects of therapy. For each management dilemma, there are relevant ethical and legal considerations, justifications, and conclusions. In addition, psychological and social influences on the de...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lo B,Jonsen AR

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma lipid and lipoprotein-cholesterol levels were measured in 10 insulin-dependent (Type I) diabetics taking their usual dose of conventionally administered insulin during 6 months of a continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion delivered with a small, portable, battery-powered pump. With this insulin delivery system...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dunn FL,Pietri A,Raskin P

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gentamicin and tobramycin were compared for cost effectiveness in the treatment of adult patients with serious infections in a general medical service. We used data from a randomized double-blind trial in which the only observed difference between the clinical effects of these aminoglycosides was the incidence of neph...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Holloway JJ,Smith CR,Moore RD,Feroli ER Jr,Lietman PS

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if polyvalent IgG is promising therapy for severe IgG nephropathy. DESIGN:Open prospective cohort study. SETTING:Referral nephrology unit. PATIENTS:11 adult patients with severe IgA nephropathy (9 who had idiopathic disease and 2 who had Henoch-Schönlein purpura) and indicators of poor prognos...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rostoker G,Desvaux-Belghiti D,Pilatte Y,Petit-Phar M,Philippon C,Deforges L,Terzidis H,Intrator L,André C,Adnot S,Bonin P,Bierling P,Remy P,Lagrue G,Lang P,Weil B

更新日期：1994-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia describes a group of inherited autosomal recessive disorders characterized by an enzymatic defect in cortisol biosynthesis, compensatory increases in corticotropin secretion, and adrenocortical hyperplasia. 21-Hydroxylase deficiency is responsible for more than 95% of cases and is one of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Merke DP,Bornstein SR,Avila NA,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review prospective epidemiologic studies and randomized trials regarding the role of antioxidant vitamins (vitamins E and C and beta-carotene) in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on differences in results obtained by these two types of studies. DATA SOURCES:Computerized and manual sea...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jha P,Flather M,Lonn E,Farkouh M,Yusuf S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bhutan implemented a national program for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in 2010 involving girls aged 12 to 18 years and achieving nearly 90% coverage. OBJECTIVE:To estimate HPV vaccine effectiveness in a city in Bhutan. DESIGN:2 cross-sectional surveys, 2011-2012 and 2018. SETTING:2 hospitals in ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baussano I,Tshomo U,Tenet V,Heideman DAM,Wangden T,Franceschi S,Clifford GM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of confidence in postpolypectomy surveillance guidelines may be a factor in the observed low adherence rates among providers. OBJECTIVE:To assess the 2006 postpolypectomy colonoscopy surveillance guidelines, which recommend 3-year follow-up colonoscopy for individuals with high-risk adenomas (defined a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Laiyemo AO,Murphy G,Albert PS,Sansbury LB,Wang Z,Cross AJ,Marcus PM,Caan B,Marshall JR,Lance P,Paskett ED,Weissfeld J,Slattery ML,Burt R,Iber F,Shike M,Kikendall JW,Lanza E,Schatzkin A

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was studied in a group of patients with cancer who received transfusion of blood components harvested from a single, asymptomatic, seropositive donor. Of ten living recipients, nine had antibodies to the virus in fresh or cryopreserved sera at a median of 384 days...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson KC,Gorgone BC,Marlink RG,Ferriani R,Essex ME,Benz PM,Groopman JE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral sildenafil and intravenous epoprostenol have independently been shown to be effective in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of adding oral sildenafil to long-term intravenous epoprostenol in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. DESIGN:A 16-week...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simonneau G,Rubin LJ,Galiè N,Barst RJ,Fleming TR,Frost AE,Engel PJ,Kramer MR,Burgess G,Collings L,Cossons N,Sitbon O,Badesch DB,PACES Study Group.

更新日期：2008-10-21 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：:The classification of acute leukemia has almost invariably been based on the morphologic diagnosis into two broad categories: acute lymphocytic and acute myeloid leukemia. Despite the wide range of morphologic variation in both groups, strict criteria to define the subgroups have only recently been proposed. The conve...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of B19 parvovirus in red cell aplasia of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). DESIGN:Uncontrolled clinical trial, with assay of serum, peripheral blood cells, and bone marrow for virus using DNA hybridization and immunocytochemistry techniques; these assay...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Frickhofen N,Abkowitz JL,Safford M,Berry JM,Antunez-de-Mayolo J,Astrow A,Cohen R,Halperin I,King L,Mintzer D

更新日期：1990-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of menopause to cardiovascular disease incidence was examined in women less than 55 years old from the cohort of 2873 women in the initial Framingham examination. Although the number of person-years of experience during the 20 years of observation was nearly the same for premenopausal and postmenopausal s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kannel WB,Hjortland MC,McNamara PM,Gordon T

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether patients understand that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces only chronic stable angina and not myocardial infarction (MI) or associated mortality. OBJECTIVE:To compare cardiologists' and patients' beliefs about PCI. DESIGN:Survey. SETTING:Academic center. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rothberg MB,Sivalingam SK,Ashraf J,Visintainer P,Joelson J,Kleppel R,Vallurupalli N,Schweiger MJ

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

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：:The data from population-based, randomized trials of the mammographic screening of women aged 40 to 49 years are limited by retrospective subgroup analysis, low statistical power, and the use of older mammographic techniques. Nonetheless, meta-analysis involving the most recently reported data from all similarly desig...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sickles EA,Kopans DB

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00