Coronary artery spasm.

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

abstract：:Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) formulas are the major components of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) interventions. The general reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CHM formulas is disappointing, although CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement extensions for herbal medic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cheng CW,Wu TX,Shang HC,Li YP,Altman DG,Moher D,Bian ZX,CONSORT-CHM Formulas 2017 Group.

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The youthful habits and family attitudes of medical students who later developed or died from one of five disease states were different from those of healthy classmate controls to begin with. In medical school, the total disorder group had significantly more nervous tension, anxiety, and anger under stress, had more i...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Thomas CB

更新日期：1976-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Resistance to activated protein C due to the factor V R506Q (Leiden) mutation is the most common clotting abnormality in patients with venous thromboembolism. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the risk for venous thromboembolism associated with the factor V Leiden mutation or with resistance to activated protein C in t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rodeghiero F,Tosetto A

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the use of L-tryptophan by patients with eosinophilic fasciitis and compare this with its use by patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). DESIGN:Retrospective and prospective analysis. Six patients with eosinophilic fasciitis were identified retrospectively and two prospectively....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Freundlich B,Werth VP,Rook AH,O'Connor CR,Schumacher HR,Leyden JJ,Stolley PD

更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to short-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may predict long-term use. Unfortunately, initial CPAP intolerance may lead to poor adherence or abandonment of therapy. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a short course of eszopiclone at the onset of therapy improves long-term CPAP adherence m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lettieri CJ,Shah AA,Holley AB,Kelly WF,Chang AS,Roop SA,CPAP Promotion and Prognosis-The Army Sleep Apnea Program Trial.

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult salicylate intoxication has been considered to be easily recognized and assciated with low morbidity and mortality. In the present study of 73 consecutive adults hospitalized with salicylate intoxication, 27% of patients were undiagnosed for as long as 72 h after admission. The initial physical findings and labo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson RJ,Potts DE,Gabow PA,Rumack BH,Schrier RW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oral contraceptives and death from thromboembolism shown by studies of vital statistics, and the contribution of cigarette smoking to these deaths are reviewed. In 1968 a British study showed that a slight increase in deaths from thromboembolism had occurred in young women, proportional to th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Masi AT

更新日期：1970-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two recent double-blind, randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) showed that oral steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have similar analgesic effectiveness for management of gout, but the trials had small sample sizes and other methodological limitations. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness and...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rainer TH,Cheng CH,Janssens HJ,Man CY,Tam LS,Choi YF,Yau WH,Lee KH,Graham CA

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. PURPOSE:To review the effectiveness and safety of pharmacotherapy and behavioral interventions for tobacco cessation. DATA SOURCES:5 databases and 8 organizational Web sites were searched through 1 August 2014 for systematic review...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patnode CD,Henderson JT,Thompson JH,Senger CA,Fortmann SP,Whitlock EP

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis was diagnosed after age 13 in 25 patients. All had an elevated sweat chloride and either a sibling with cystic fibrosis or typical pulmonary infection or digestive symptoms caused by exocrine pancreatic deficiency. Fourteen had long-standing pulmonary or digestive symptoms. In contrast, four of eight p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stern RC,Boat TF,Doershuk CF,Tucker AS,Miller RB,Matthews LW

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three consecutive patients with inferior myocardial infarction were evaluated prospectively, by physical examination and right heart catheterization within 36 hours of the onset of symptoms, to determine whether physical findings can separate such patients into those with and without associated right ventricular...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dell'Italia LJ,Starling MR,O'Rourke RA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in blood levels of thyroid hormones have been reported when patients taking synthetic L-thyroxine were shifted from one manufactured form of the hormone to another. Because recent formulation changes have rendered these earlier data obsolete, we did a crossover study to determine differences in bioavailabi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hennessey JV,Burman KD,Wartofsky L

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder of copper accumulation that is fatal if untreated. Because penicillamine, the established treatment, is toxic in a substantial number of patients, we studied the efficacy of zinc treatment. We induced a negative or neutral copper balance in five out of five patients with Wilso...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brewer GJ,Hill GM,Prasad AS,Cossack ZT,Rabbani P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite convincing evidence that lowering blood pressure decreases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, the hypertension burden remains high and control rates are poor in developing countries. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of 2 community-based interventions on blood pressure in hypertensive adult...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jafar TH,Hatcher J,Poulter N,Islam M,Hashmi S,Qadri Z,Bux R,Khan A,Jafary FH,Hameed A,Khan A,Badruddin SH,Chaturvedi N,Hypertension Research Group.

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term risk for fatal pulmonary embolism (PE) after treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) may be an important factor in the decision to discontinue this treatment. OBJECTIVE:To provide reliable and precise estimates of the annual risk for fatal PE and the case-fatality rate of disease recurrence ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Douketis JD,Gu CS,Schulman S,Ghirarduzzi A,Pengo V,Prandoni P

更新日期：2007-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:After decades of silence, the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) has made considerable efforts to come to terms with its role and actions during the Nazi era (1933 to 1945). This is particularly important because, with more than 27 000 members, the DGIM is the largest medical society in present-day Germany. S...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hofer HG,Forsbach R,Fölsch UR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl) guanine (ganciclovir) was used to treat 41 patients (median age, 37 years) with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus gastrointestinal infection. Sites of infection were the colon in 31, the esophagus in 5, the rectum in 4, and the small bowel in 1. Patients recei...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chachoua A,Dieterich D,Krasinski K,Greene J,Laubenstein L,Wernz J,Buhles W,Koretz S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathologic and neurochemical studies of older adults with Down's syndrome and those with Alzheimer's disease reveal striking similarities. Genetic studies indicate that near relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and the risk appears to be age speci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cutler NR,Heston LL,Davies P,Haxby JV,Schapiro MB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As cardiovascular risk increases in China, interest in strategies to mitigate it is growing. However, national information about the prevalence and treatment of high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is limited. Objective:To assess the prevalence and treatment of high CVD risk as well as variations in risk ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lu J,Lu Y,Yang H,Bilige W,Li Y,Schulz W,Masoudi FA,Krumholz HM

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the major cancer killer of women in the United States. Recent advances in therapy promise more effective control of this illness. The development of hormone receptor analysis permits us to better understand the mechanisms of action of steroid and peptide hormones and increases the likelihood of using ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma raises a number of puzzling questions about the production of immunoglobulins and the malignant transformation of lymphoid cells. Some of these questions can be approached by studying mouse plasmacytomas and by genetic and biochemical studies of mouse myeloma cells in culture. The synthesis, assembly,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weitzman S,Margulies DH,Scharff MD

更新日期：1976-07-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the use of thyroid function tests to monitor therapy in patients taking levothyroxine. DATA IDENTIFICATION:Studies published between 1966 and January 1990 were identified through computer searches and references of identified studies. STUDY SELECTION:Studies that included a careful description of ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Helfand M,Crapo LM

更新日期：1990-09-15 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：:Poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis is prototypic of the immunologic glomerulonephritides. It most commonly follows streptococcal infection of the pharynx or skin. The diagnosis is usually not difficult when a nephritic clinical presentation (with such manifestations as hematuria, edema, and hypertension) is as...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nissenson AR,Baraff LJ,Fine RN,Knutson DW

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening can detect prostate cancer at earlier, asymptomatic stages, when treatments might be more effective. PURPOSE:To update the 2002 and 2008 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evidence reviews on screening and treatments for prostate cancer. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE (2002 to July 2011) and the Cochrane ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chou R,Croswell JM,Dana T,Bougatsos C,Blazina I,Fu R,Gleitsmann K,Koenig HC,Lam C,Maltz A,Rugge JB,Lin K

更新日期：2011-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The comparative effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis therapies is uncertain. PURPOSE:To compare the benefits and harms of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for adults with rheumatoid arthritis. DATA SOURCES:Records limited to the English language and studies of adults were identified by using...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Donahue KE,Gartlehner G,Jonas DE,Lux LJ,Thieda P,Jonas BL,Hansen RA,Morgan LC,Lohr KN

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past quarter century, general internal medicine has emerged as a vital discipline. In the realm of patient care, it is the integrating discipline par excellence. Ironically, as general internists face the challenge of integrating advances of dizzying speed and complexity, and as their clinical practice beco...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Larson EB

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00