Treatment of intractable lupus nephritis with total lymphoid irradiation.

abstract：:Tax incentives can provide a large financial impetus to change behavior. Current U.S. law establishes a substantial discontinuity in the amount of estate tax that many patients will have to pay in 2010: During this year only, the tax rate drops to zero. This article discusses concerns regarding the sharp change in tax...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mendenhall GS

更新日期：2008-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is an indolent but ultimately fatal disease. Because the natural history of CML varies and quality of life with CML may be excellent until shortly before death, deciding whether and when to pursue unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation is often difficult. OBJECTIVE:To...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lee SJ,Kuntz KM,Horowitz MM,McGlave PB,Goldman JM,Sobocinski KA,Hegland J,Kollman C,Parsons SK,Weinstein MC,Weeks JC,Antin JH

更新日期：1997-12-15 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of housestaff physician reporting as a method for identifying adverse events on a medical service and to compare the physician reporting mechanism with a retrospective record review mechanism. SETTING:Medical service of an urban, university-affiliated teaching hospital. DESIGN:Co...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： O'Neil AC,Petersen LA,Cook EF,Bates DW,Lee TH,Brennan TA

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Neurologic complications of endocarditis can influence diagnosis, therapeutic plans, and prognosis. OBJECTIVE:To describe how early cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) affects the diagnosis and management of endocarditis in hospitalized adults. DESIGN:Single-center prospective study between June 2005...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Duval X,Iung B,Klein I,Brochet E,Thabut G,Arnoult F,Lepage L,Laissy JP,Wolff M,Leport C,IMAGE (Resonance Magnetic Imaging at the Acute Phase of Endocarditis) Study Group.

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Triplex vaccine was developed to enhance cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T cells and prevent CMV reactivation early after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT). Objective:To determine the safety and efficacy of Triplex. Design:First-in-patient, phase 2 trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02506933). Setting:3...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aldoss I,La Rosa C,Baden LR,Longmate J,Ariza-Heredia EJ,Rida WN,Lingaraju CR,Zhou Q,Martinez J,Kaltcheva T,Dagis A,Hardwick N,Issa NC,Farol L,Nademanee A,Al Malki MM,Forman S,Nakamura R,Diamond DJ,TRIPLEX VACCINE St

更新日期：2020-03-03 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：:We retrospectively reviewed the therapeutic efficacy of antithyroid drugs for Graves disease. Sixty-nine patients were divided into three categories according to their response: 28 (40.6%) were unable to achieve a remission; 6 (8.7%) achieved a remission and subsequently had a relapse; and 35 (50.7%) were able to sust...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Solomon BL,Evaul JE,Burman KD,Wartofsky L

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1980 and September 1981 we evaluated 24 cases of endocarditis from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. All of the cases occurred in drug addicts and all were community-acquired. The patients ranged in age from 21 to 59 years and represented an older population than that generally reported for bac...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Levine DP,Cushing RD,Jui J,Brown WJ

更新日期：1982-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study the relation between housestaff coverage schedules and the occurrence of preventable adverse events. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:Urban teaching hospital. PATIENTS:All 3146 patients admitted to the medical service during a 4-month period. MEASUREMENTS:A previously tested confidential self-r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Petersen LA,Brennan TA,O'Neil AC,Cook EF,Lee TH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the available data on the treatment of chronic stable angina and formulate a rational approach to the use of pharmacologic therapy, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). DATA SOURCES:A MEDLINE search of English-language literature publ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Solomon AJ,Gersh BJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act of 2007 mandated that the FDA develop a system for using automated health care data to identify risks of marketed drugs and other medical products. The Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership is a public-private partnership among the FDA, academia, data own...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stang PE,Ryan PB,Racoosin JA,Overhage JM,Hartzema AG,Reich C,Welebob E,Scarnecchia T,Woodcock J

更新日期：2010-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retail clinics are an increasingly popular source for medical care. Concerns have been raised about the effect of these clinics on the cost, quality, and delivery of preventive care. OBJECTIVE:To compare the care received at retail clinics for 3 acute conditions with that received at other care settings. D...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mehrotra A,Liu H,Adams JL,Wang MC,Lave JR,Thygeson NM,Solberg LI,McGlynn EA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen episodes of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia were diagnosed in 13 patients among 336 with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cared for at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1979. Bacterial pathogens isolated in 16 of 18 episodes were Haemophilus influenzae in 8, Streptococcus pneumo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Polsky B,Gold JW,Whimbey E,Dryjanski J,Brown AE,Schiffman G,Armstrong D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and toxicity of moricizine in treating patients with serious ventricular arrhythmias and inducible sustained ventricular tachycardia. DESIGN:Uncontrolled clinical trial. SETTING:The intensive care and telemetry units of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and Medical ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Damle R,Levine J,Matos J,Greenberg S,Brooks R,Frumkin W,Goldberger J,Kadish AH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid growth in the use and complexity of Holter monitoring technologies has resulted in the diverse recorders and analysis devices that are compared in this review. Holter recording modes include continuous recording, which makes all electrocardiographic (ECG) data available for analysis; patient-activated recording,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Morganroth J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental findings in animals and epidemiologic studies in humans provide strong evidence that hypertension promotes the onset and progression of atherosclerosis. However, effective antihypertensive therapy has not consistently reduced the incidence of cardiac events in the major trials of treatment for mild hypert...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： O'Kelly BF,Massie BM,Tubau JF,Szlachcic J

更新日期：1989-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous drug users are the second largest risk group for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a bridge to two other groups: children and heterosexual partners. In the absence of effective treatment or vaccines, control of the epidemic among drug users will rely on efforts to reduce needle sharing. How...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Des Jarlais DC,Friedman SR,Hopkins W

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population screening for hemochromatosis done by using the transferrin saturation test has been advocated by experts to permit the initiation of therapeutic phlebotomy before the onset of clinical disease. The discovery of a gene associated with hemochromatosis has made DNA testing another option for screening and dia...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cogswell ME,McDonnell SM,Khoury MJ,Franks AL,Burke W,Brittenham G

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV-1 genotypic and phenotypic susceptibility testing (GPT) optimizes antiretroviral selection, but its effect on survival is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between GPT and survival. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:10 U.S. HIV clinics. PATIENTS:2699 HIV-infected patients eligible for GPT (pl...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Palella FJ Jr,Armon C,Buchacz K,Cole SR,Chmiel JS,Novak RM,Wood K,Moorman AC,Brooks JT,HOPS (HIV Outpatient Study) Investigators.

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe more explicitly the components of competence required of the internist, The American Board of Internal Medicine has analyzed the medical encounter and defined the major variables involved: the abilities required of the internist, the tasks that must be performed to solve a medical problem, the medical illn...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas and has been imported into many nonendemic countries by travelers. Objective:To describe clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus disease in travelers exposed in the Americas. Design:Descriptive, using GeoSentinel records. Setting:63 travel and t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hamer DH,Barbre KA,Chen LH,Grobusch MP,Schlagenhauf P,Goorhuis A,van Genderen PJ,Molina I,Asgeirsson H,Kozarsky PE,Caumes E,Hagmann SH,Mockenhaupt FP,Eperon G,Barnett ED,Bottieau E,Boggild AK,Gautret P,Hynes NA,Kuhn

更新日期：2017-01-17 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：BACKGROUND:Because psychological approaches are likely to produce sustained benefits without the risk for tolerance or adverse effects associated with pharmacologic approaches, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-i) is now commonly recommended as first-line treatment for chronic insomnia. PURPOSE:To determi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Trauer JM,Qian MY,Doyle JS,Rajaratnam SM,Cunnington D

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney transplantation is safe, cost-effective, and beneficial for patients with end-stage renal disease. The number of patients who can receive transplants is severely limited by the availability of donor organs. Because most patients do not have a suitable living, related donor, transplant programs now rely on the u...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Waltzer WC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have a role in preventing cardiac arrest in patients at risk for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Purpose:To compare ICD therapy with conventional care for the primary prevention of death of various causes in adults with ischemic or nonischemic cardiom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kolodziejczak M,Andreotti F,Kowalewski M,Buffon A,Ciccone MM,Parati G,Scicchitano P,Uminska JM,De Servi S,Bliden KP,Kubica J,Bortone A,Crea F,Gurbel P,Navarese EP

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In alternative medicine, the main question regarding placebo has been whether a given therapy has more than a placebo effect. Just as mainstream medicine ignores the clinical significance of its own placebo effect, the placebo effect of unconventional medicine is disregarded except for polemics. This essay looks at th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kaptchuk TJ

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00