Sarcoid-like lymphocytosis of the lower respiratory tract in patients with active Crohn's disease.

abstract：:The availability of vidarabine for the therapy of suspected herpes simplex encephalitis presents a difficult decision for a physician as to whether to do brain biopsy, to treat blindly, or to withhold specific therapy in a patient. The choice is made more difficult because the physician must weigh four likelihoods sim...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Barza M,Pauker SG

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate relative risk of mortality and median life expectancy for patients with classic hemophilia by a life-table analysis, taking into account deaths that may have occurred in infancy or childhood before the onset of symptoms. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of clinical series. SETTING:Referral-base...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jones PK,Ratnoff OD

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Delirium is common in hospitalized patients and is associated with worse outcomes. Antipsychotics are commonly used; however, the associated benefits and harms are unclear. Purpose:To conduct a systematic review evaluating the benefits and harms of antipsychotics to treat delirium in adults. Data Sources:P...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nikooie R,Neufeld KJ,Oh ES,Wilson LM,Zhang A,Robinson KA,Needham DM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technically demanding procedure that can cause substantial complications. Competence in performing ERCP and the learning curve for achieving competence are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the number of supervised ERCPs that physicians must ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jowell PS,Baillie J,Branch MS,Affronti J,Browning CL,Bute BP

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential trace elements such as zinc, iron, and copper participate in various enzyme reactions directly related to the regulation of blood pressure and indirectly related to generation of oxidative metabolic energy, alterations in blood lipid levels, and alterations in taste acuity. The toxicological action of severa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Saltman P

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with reduced left ventricular function and ventricular enlargement after myocardial infarction are at significantly greater risk for congestive heart failure and death. Nevertheless, recovery of ventricular function occurs in a significant proportion of patients after myocardial infarction, and mode...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Solomon SD,Glynn RJ,Greaves S,Ajani U,Rouleau JL,Menapace F,Arnold JM,Hennekens C,Pfeffer MA

更新日期：2001-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin exerts antiplatelet effects through irreversible inhibition of cyclooxygenase-1, whereas its anticancer effects may be due to inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and other pathways. In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force endorsed aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, aspirin's...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Burns RB,Graham K,Sawhney MS,Reynolds EE

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of levothyroxine and potassium iodide in treating patients with benign solitary cold thyroid nodules. DESIGN:Randomized controlled study. SETTING:Outpatient clinic at a university hospital. PATIENTS:80 patients with solitary solid cold thyroid nodules found to be benign at cy...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： La Rosa GL,Lupo L,Giuffrida D,Gullo D,Vigneri R,Belfiore A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical and epidemiologic features of Vibrio vulnificus infections. DESIGN:Case series based on notifiable disease report forms and patient medical records. SETTING:Cases reported to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services from 1981 to 1987. PATIENTS:Sixty-two pa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Klontz KC,Lieb S,Schreiber M,Janowski HT,Baldy LM,Gunn RA

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (statin) therapy has proven efficacy in reducing the rate of coronary and cerebrovascular events in patients 75 years of age or younger with a history of myocardial infarction. However, in patients older than 75 years of age, the efficacy and potentia...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ganz DA,Kuntz KM,Jacobson GA,Avorn J

更新日期：2000-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:More than half of enrollees in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are also covered by Medicare and can choose to receive their prescriptions from VA or from Medicare-participating providers. Such dual-system care may lead to unsafe opioid use if providers in these 2 systems do not coordinate care o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moyo P,Zhao X,Thorpe CT,Thorpe JM,Sileanu FE,Cashy JP,Hale JA,Mor MK,Radomski TR,Donohue JM,Hausmann LRM,Hanlon JT,Good CB,Fine MJ,Gellad WF

更新日期：2019-04-02 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relations among esophageal dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux, and lung involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis. DESIGN:Retrospective review of esophageal motility, esophageal pH, and pulmonary function data. SETTING:University hospital outpatient clinic and community. PATIENTS:3...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Troshinsky MB,Kane GC,Varga J,Cater JR,Fish JE,Jimenez SA,Castell DO

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early defibrillation is the most important determinant of survival for victims of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation. The automated external defibrillator (AED) was developed as the result of the American Heart Association's Public Access Defibrillation initiative. The goal of this initiative is to place A...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Takata TS,Page RL,Joglar JA

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, medical therapy for AIDS has become more effective but also prohibitively expensive. A medical tragedy has been transformed into a financial crisis, and society has responded by establishing special programs and sources of funding for AIDS. These maneuvers parallel earlier approaches to HIV tes...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Casarett DJ,Lantos JD

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lateral epicondylitis is a common condition for which botulinum toxin has been reported to have a therapeutic role in uncontrolled studies. OBJECTIVE:To determine if an injection of botulinum toxin is more effective than placebo for reducing pain in adults with lateral epicondylitis. DESIGN:Randomized, dou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wong SM,Hui AC,Tong PY,Poon DW,Yu E,Wong LK

更新日期：2005-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing population of older persons in our society will require increased attention. It is contended that the current pattern of third-party reimbursement for hospitalization and technical procedures focuses upon acute care and cure. The philosophy underlying medical education and practice is a barrier to the prov...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Eisdorfer C

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of the presence of a patent foramen ovale on the right-to-left shunt in patients with respiratory failure who receive positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). DESIGN:Convenience sample with randomized application of PEEP. SETTING:General intensive care unit of a university teaching h...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cujec B,Polasek P,Mayers I,Johnson D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the effects of treatment with famciclovir on the acute signs and symptoms of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. DESIGN:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. SETTING:36 centers in the United States, Canada, and Australia. PATIENTS:419 immunocompetent adults wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tyring S,Barbarash RA,Nahlik JE,Cunningham A,Marley J,Heng M,Jones T,Rea T,Boon R,Saltzman R

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the clinical use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, including its efficacy with acute and chronic forms of respiratory failure, its mechanism of action, and its implementation. DATA SOURCES:Studies were identified through a MEDLINE search using the key words respiratory failure and mechani...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meyer TJ,Hill NS

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical trial registries are in widespread use to promote transparency around trials and their results. OBJECTIVE:To describe characteristics of drug trials listed in ClinicalTrials.gov and examine whether the funding source of these trials is associated with favorable published outcomes. DESIGN:An observ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bourgeois FT,Murthy S,Mandl KD

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether self-assessment of purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) skin test reactions, done using a simple two-choice approach, is an effective screening method for tuberculosis. DESIGN:Double-blind comparison between self-assessments and trained professional readings of PPD skin test r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Prezant DJ,Kelly KJ,Karwa ML,Kavanagh K

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 4.4-year period, nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis was seen in 41 of 110 (38%) patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and accounted for 32% (48/152) of all episodes of clinical pneumonitis. Diffuse alveolar damage was typically a feature of nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis, but neither lu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Suffredini AF,Ognibene FP,Lack EE,Simmons JT,Brenner M,Gill VJ,Lane HC,Fauci AS,Parrillo JE,Masur H

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether initial treatment is necessary in relatively asymptomatic patients with stage III and IV non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of favorable histologic types was studied by retrospective analysis. Two groups of patients were studied: [1] 44 nonprotocol patients, followed since 1963, in whom initial treatment ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Portlock CS,Rosenberg SA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is avoided in most patients with implanted cardiac devices because of safety concerns. OBJECTIVE:To define the safety of a protocol for MRI at the commonly used magnetic strength of 1.5 T in patients with implanted cardiac devices. DESIGN:Prospective nonrandomized trial. (C...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nazarian S,Hansford R,Roguin A,Goldsher D,Zviman MM,Lardo AC,Caffo BS,Frick KD,Kraut MA,Kamel IR,Calkins H,Berger RD,Bluemke DA,Halperin HR

更新日期：2011-10-04 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 incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is increasing rapidly. Gastroesophageal reflux is a strong risk factor for this disease. The increase in incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma coincided with the introduction of medications that promote reflux by relaxing the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), such ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lagergren J,Bergström R,Adami HO,Nyrén O

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the third decade since AIDS was first recognized comes to an end, extraordinary advances have occurred in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection and AIDS. As a result of these successes, it is now time to focus on future challenges. Paramount among these is reaching the goal of truly controll...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dieffenbach CW,Fauci AS

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review available information on the epidemiology, cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period and to develop guidelines for the management of this condition. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE and Index Medicus searches and a manual search o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Roth A,Elkayam U

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the incidence of and possible risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults. DESIGN:Prospective, population-based surveillance of hospital and referral bacteriology laboratories. SETTING:Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia community. PATIENTS:All patients with H. influenzae isolate...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Farley MM,Stephens DS,Brachman PS Jr,Harvey RC,Smith JD,Wenger JD

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00