Primary pulmonary hypertension. A national prospective study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many nonpharmacologic therapies are available for treatment of low back pain. PURPOSE:To assess benefits and harms of acupuncture, back schools, psychological therapies, exercise therapy, functional restoration, interdisciplinary therapy, massage, physical therapies (interferential therapy, low-level laser ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chou R,Huffman LH,American Pain Society.,American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2007-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine in female tennis and squash players the effect of biological age (that is, the starting age of playing relative to the age at menarche) at which tennis or squash playing was started on the difference in bone mineral content between the playing and non-playing arms. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kannus P,Haapasalo H,Sankelo M,Sievänen H,Pasanen M,Heinonen A,Oja P,Vuori I

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening programs using conventional cytology have successfully reduced cervical cancer, but newer tests might enhance screening. PURPOSE:To systematically review the evidence on liquid-based cytology (LBC) and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) screening for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force use in up...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Whitlock EP,Vesco KK,Eder M,Lin JS,Senger CA,Burda BU

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed immunohistopathologic studies on biopsied lung tissue obtained from two patients with lupus pneumonitis using immunofluorescence, immunoperoxidase, electron microscopy, and acid-microelution. In both patients, immunofluorescence showed granular deposits of IgG, the third component of complement (C3), and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Inoue T,Kanayama Y,Ohe A,Kato N,Horiguchi T,Ishii M,Shiota K

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：:We ascertained the incidence of hypercalcemia in 79 consecutive patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and a control group of 79 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Twenty-two patients developed hypercalcemia (serum calcium greater than 10.5 mg/dl) within 4 to 16 weeks after initiation of chemoth...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Abbasi AA,Chemplavil JK,Farah S,Muller BF,Arnstein AR

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Baldetti L, Melillo F, Moroni F, et al. Meta-analysis comparing P2Y12 inhibitors in acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2020;125;1815-22. 32305225. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elgendy IY

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Kidney Foundation has advocated the use of the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from serum creatinine measurements in clinical laboratories. However, healthy persons were not included in the development of the MDRD equ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rule AD,Larson TS,Bergstralh EJ,Slezak JM,Jacobsen SJ,Cosio FG

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable evidence links elevated blood cholesterol levels to the development of atherosclerosis. The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has recently published revised guidelines for detecting and treating hypercholesterolemia in adults. Included in these guidelines is the recommendation that all adults ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： LaRosa JC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for and determinants of transmission of tuberculosis in hospitals caring for moderate numbers of patients with tuberculosis remain uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of tuberculin conversion among health care workers with ventilation of patient care areas. DESIGN:Cross-sectional observa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Menzies D,Fanning A,Yuan L,FitzGerald JM

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the data that support the use of coronary angiography and angioplasty after acute myocardial infarction, that identify the risks of these procedures, and that analyze their use and costs. DATA SOURCES:English-language articles published between 1970 and June 1995 identified through a search of the ME...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bates DW,Miller E,Bernstein SJ,Hauptman PJ,Leape LL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with bladder carcinoma metastatic to lung and brain died of pneumonia. Autopsy examination showed a confluent bronchopneumonia with several small abscesses and acute pyelonephritis with abscess formation. Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 4, was isolated in pure culture from lung tissue postmortem and was al...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dorman SA,Hardin NJ,Winn WC Jr

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent guidelines for adult prevention do not recommend a comprehensive annual physical examination, but current public expectations in light of this change are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine public belief in the need for and content of an annual physical examination and to examine the effect of financial ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Oboler SK,Prochazka AV,Gonzales R,Xu S,Anderson RJ

更新日期：2002-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of active tuberculosis and positive tuberculin skin tests was assessed in 132 corticosteroid-treated asthmatics for an evaluation period that represented 620 corticosteroid-years of therapy. There was no evidence of active tuberculosis in any of these patients. Positive intermediate-strength tuberculin ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schatz M,Patterson R,Kloner R,Falk J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a low anion gap in patients with multiple myeloma has recently been emphasized. This has been related to the retention of chloride and bicarbonate anions to offset the cationic charge of the monoclonal immunoglobulins. We now report the presence of a low anion gap in 50 patients with asymptomatic plasm...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schnur MJ,Appel GB,Karp G,Osserman EP

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of orally administered ampicillin, 2 g/d, with that of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 320 mg/d-1600 mg/d, given for 2 or 6 weeks for outpatient management of acute uncomplicated renal infection in women. Of 98 women participating in the trial, 60 had renal infections with susceptible strains, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stamm WE,McKevitt M,Counts GW

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibromyalgia is a common chronic pain condition for which patients frequently use acupuncture. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether acupuncture relieves pain in fibromyalgia. DESIGN:Randomized, sham-controlled trial in which participants, data collection staff, and data analysts were blinded to treatment group. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Assefi NP,Sherman KJ,Jacobsen C,Goldberg J,Smith WR,Buchwald D

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The 2013 pooled cohort equations (PCEs) are central in prevention guidelines for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but can misestimate CVD risk. Objective:To improve the clinical accuracy of CVD risk prediction by revising the 2013 PCEs using newer data and statistical methods. Design:Derivation and validation ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Yadlowsky S,Hayward RA,Sussman JB,McClelland RL,Min YI,Basu S

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To reduce health care costs, some third-party payers have enlisted primary care physicians as gatekeepers to medical care. In gatekeeper systems, primary care physicians must approve all care provided to their patients. This approval is a condition of payment for the service, with the usual exception of true emergenci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Eisenberg JM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediately after the liberation of Kuwait by a coalition of allied forces in March 1991, representatives of Physicians for Human Rights traveled to Kuwait and conducted an inquiry into human rights violations allegedly perpetrated by Iraqi forces. The inquiry focused on the abuses that were said to have occurred in h...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brennan TA,Kirschner R

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) in bronchial aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens is useful for the rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients suspected of having the disease. SETTING:A pulmonary clinic in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty pati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pang JA,Chan HS,Chan CY,Cheung SW,French GL

更新日期：1989-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This statement summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for family and intimate partner violence, based on the USPSTF's examination of evidence specific to family and intimate partner violence, and updates the 1996 recommendations on this topic. In 1996, the USPSTF found...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： U. S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated serum digoxin concentrations and clinical toxicity have been reported in patients receiving quinidine. The present study was undertaken to ascertain whether a similar interaction occurs between quinidine and another cardiac glycoside, digitoxin, and if so to evaluate the pharmacokinetic basis in five healthy ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Garty M,Sood P,Rollins DE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndromes--unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death--are caused by acute disruption of an unstable coronary atheroma. Unstable plaques have three histologic characteristics: a large lipid core, many inflammatory cells, and a thin fibrous cap. Because the unstable plaque is not ne...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Forrester JS

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare generalists' and cardiologists' estimates of baseline cardiovascular risk and the outcomes of preventive therapy. DESIGN:Cross-sectional mail survey using written case simulations of typical patients from primary prevention trials for hypercholesterolemia and isolated systolic hypertension, and te...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Friedmann PD,Brett AS,Mayo-Smith MF

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the factors that distinguish terminally ill, incompetent patients who are given do-not-resuscitate status by physicians against the wishes of the patient's family, I reviewed the charts of 20 such patients (cases) seen in consultation by the ethics committee at the Massachusetts General Hospital over 10 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brennan TA

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1978 and 1985, the number of active internists in the United States increased from 64,000 to 91,000, and by 1998 the number will have increased to 141,000. This growth represents an increase of 121% for a 20-year period, during which time the population of the United States is expected to increase only 19%. Th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kletke PR,Schleiter MK,Tarlov AR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:This guideline is an official statement of the American College of Physicians (ACP), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and European Respiratory Society (ERS). It represents an update of the 2007 ACP clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and management of stable...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Qaseem A,Wilt TJ,Weinberger SE,Hanania NA,Criner G,van der Molen T,Marciniuk DD,Denberg T,Schünemann H,Wedzicha W,MacDonald R,Shekelle P,American College of Physicians.,American College of Chest Physicians.,American Thoracic

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of sleep apnea was studied in 46 middle- and older-aged men with "essential hypertension." Thirty-four age- and weight-similar normotensive men were also studied. Fourteen hypertensive men and three controls had sleep apnea syndrome, as defined as greater than ten apneas per hour of sleep. Hypertensive ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fletcher EC,DeBehnke RD,Lovoi MS,Gorin AB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical devices have become an integral part of hospital-based care but also predispose patients to more than 850 000 device-related infections annually. Devices predispose to infection by damaging or invading epithelial and mucosal barriers to infection, by supporting growth of microorganisms and thus serving as rese...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stamm WE

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00