Overweight and cancer.

abstract：DESCRIPTION:The Women's Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI), a national coalition of women's health professional organizations and patient representatives, developed a recommendation on screening for anxiety in adolescent and adult women to improve detection; achieve earlier diagnosis and treatment; and improve healt...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gregory KD,Chelmow D,Nelson HD,Van Niel MS,Conry JA,Garcia F,Kendig SM,O'Reilly N,Qaseem A,Ramos D,Salganicoff A,Son S,Wood JK,Zahn C,Women’s Preventive Services Initiative.

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the use of non-potassium-sparing diuretics and beta-blockers is associated with an excess risk for sudden cardiac death in hypertensive patients. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:Rotterdam, the Netherlands. PATIENTS:257 case-patients who had died suddenly while receiving drug therapy...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hoes AW,Grobbee DE,Lubsen J,Man in 't Veld AJ,van der Does E,Hofman A

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visits to physicians for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection continue to increase. Most patients with symptomatic infections have recurrences, but no studies of the long-term clinical course of genital herpes are available. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the frequency of HSV recurrences decreases o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Benedetti JK,Zeh J,Corey L

更新日期：1999-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation holds promise as a treatment for familial amyloid polyneuropathy. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether peripheral nerves regenerate in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:University hospital in Matsumoto, Japan. PATIENT:A ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ikeda S,Takei Y,Yanagisawa N,Matsunami H,Hashikura Y,Ikegami T,Kawasaki S

更新日期：1997-10-15 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the amount of variation in in-hospital mortality and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay that can be accounted for by clinical data available at ICU admission. DESIGN:Inception cohort study. SETTING:Forty-two ICUs in 40 hospitals, including 26 hospitals that were randomly selected and 14 la...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Knaus WA,Wagner DP,Zimmerman JE,Draper EA

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The training of physicians for the delivery of primary care is becoming a national priority. The period of residency training is viewed by many as the focal point for educational change to meet this demand. The Residency Program in Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center was begun in 1970 and offers ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Boufford JI

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of intravenous adenosine in terminating acute episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. DESIGN:Two prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials to evaluate dose response in patients receiving adenosine and to compare the effects of adenosine wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： DiMarco JP,Miles W,Akhtar M,Milstein S,Sharma AD,Platia E,McGovern B,Scheinman MM,Govier WC

更新日期：1990-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the relative efficacy of bronchodilators delivered in aerosol and in oral form in 17 patients with asthma in a double-blind randomized sequence. Treatment consisted of a 20-mg tablet of metaproterenol sulfate, five puffs of metaproterenol aerosol (0.65 mg in each puff for a total of 3.25 mg) administered 20 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shim C,Williams MH Jr

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A platelet transfusion from a blood group O donor, immunized 1 month before with Pneumovax, caused a hemolytic reaction in a blood group A recipient. Forty-five of 59 group O donors (76%) and all of nine group B donors immunized with Pneumovax had a fourfold or higher anti-A response. Half of the anti-A antibody in hi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Siber GR,Ambrosino DM,Gorgone BC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smokers with medical illnesses are at particular risk for complications caused by tobacco. Clinical trial data on the effectiveness of triple-combination pharmacotherapy for tobacco dependence treatment in these high-risk smokers are not available. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate extended duration of a triple-medicat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Steinberg MB,Greenhaus S,Schmelzer AC,Bover MT,Foulds J,Hoover DR,Carson JL

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 476 patients with multiple myeloma treated during a 9-year period, 11 developed acute myelogenous leukemia or sideroblastic anemia. In all, the myeloma was in remission from chemotherapy with melphalan-prednisone combinations that had been continued for a median duration of 3 years. The incidence of acute leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gonzalez F,Trujillo JM,Alexanian R

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ClinicalTrials.gov requires reporting of result summaries for many drug and device trials. PURPOSE:To evaluate the consistency of reporting of trials that are registered in the ClinicalTrials.gov results database and published in the literature. DATA SOURCES:ClinicalTrials.gov results database and matched ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hartung DM,Zarin DA,Guise JM,McDonagh M,Paynter R,Helfand M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010 caused an estimated 230,000 deaths and injured approximately 250,000 people. The Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps Field Hospital was fully operational on site only 89 hours after the earthquake struck and was capable of providing sophisticated medical care. During th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kreiss Y,Merin O,Peleg K,Levy G,Vinker S,Sagi R,Abargel A,Bartal C,Lin G,Bar A,Bar-On E,Schwaber MJ,Ash N

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No regulations govern placebo composition. The composition of placebos can influence trial outcomes and merits reporting. PURPOSE:To assess how often investigators specify the composition of placebos in randomized, placebo-controlled trials. DATA SOURCES:4 English-language general and internal medicine jou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Golomb BA,Erickson LC,Koperski S,Sack D,Enkin M,Howick J

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a cytogenetic response after interferon-alpha therapy in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia is independently associated with improved survival. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. PATIENTS:274 patients with a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kantarjian HM,Smith TL,O'Brien S,Beran M,Pierce S,Talpaz M

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:High-sensitivity assays for cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) are sometimes used to rapidly rule out acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Purpose:To estimate the ability of a single hs-cTnT concentration below the limit of detection (<0.005 µg/L) and a nonischemic electrocardiogram (ECG) to rule out AMI in adults ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pickering JW,Than MP,Cullen L,Aldous S,Ter Avest E,Body R,Carlton EW,Collinson P,Dupuy AM,Ekelund U,Eggers KM,Florkowski CM,Freund Y,George P,Goodacre S,Greenslade JH,Jaffe AS,Lord SJ,Mokhtari A,Mueller C,Munro A

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine which procedures nephrologists do in practice, where they learned the procedures, and how much training they recommend to achieve and maintain clinical competence in each. DESIGN:Mailed survey. PARTICIPANTS:A random sample of 700 members of the American College of Physicians who were identified...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tape TG,Wigton RS,Blank LL,Nicolas JA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels after bilateral adrenalectomy could be secondary to a pituitary tumor, under replacement with cortisol, or an abnormality in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal feedback loop. To distinguish between these possibilities, ACTH levels were measured before and after corti...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Koletsky RJ,Dluhy RG,Crantz FR,Williams GH

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. PURPOSE:To update a systematic review about the benefits of aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in adults aged 40 years or older and to evaluate effect modification in subpopulations. DATA SOURCES:MEDLI...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Guirguis-Blake JM,Evans CV,Senger CA,O'Connor EA,Whitlock EP

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Questions remain about the importance of smoking and smoking cessation after incident myocardial infarction. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between smoking status and risk for recurrent coronary events. DESIGN:Retrospective, population-based, inception cohort study. SETTING:Health maintenance organiz...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rea TD,Heckbert SR,Kaplan RC,Smith NL,Lemaitre RN,Psaty BM

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although antiviral therapy is cost-effective in adults, its cost-effectiveness in older adults has not been studied. OBJECTIVE:To determine the cost-effectiveness of influenza testing and treatment strategies for older adults. DESIGN:Cost-utility decision model. DATA SOURCES:Clinical trials of antiviral d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rothberg MB,Bellantonio S,Rose DN

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The hospital-based generalist physician is a recent organizational innovation in health care in the United States. Does the hospitalist model provide improved health care? The answer to this question lies in a rigorous evaluation of the hospitalist system in the clinical setting. This paper describes key outcomes that...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Showstack J,Katz PP,Weber E

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) seeks to provide reliable and accurate evidence-based recommendations to primary care clinicians. However, clinicians indicate frustration with the lack of guidance provided by the USPSTF when the evidence is insufficient to make a recommendation. This article describes...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Petitti DB,Teutsch SM,Barton MB,Sawaya GF,Ockene JK,DeWitt T,U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2009-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether diabetic patients, when compared with nondiabetic patients, have a higher incidence of restenosis after coronary stenting, and, if so, whether restenosis is attributable to lesion or procedural differences or to a greater biologic tendency for late loss of minimum diameter in diabetic pat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Carrozza JP Jr,Kuntz RE,Fishman RF,Baim DS

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Bed alarm systems intended to prevent hospital falls have not been formally evaluated. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether an intervention aimed at increasing bed alarm use decreases hospital falls and related events. DESIGN:Pair-matched, cluster randomized trial over 18 months. Nursing units were allocated b...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shorr RI,Chandler AM,Mion LC,Waters TM,Liu M,Daniels MJ,Kessler LA,Miller ST

更新日期：2012-11-20 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：:Severe pulmonary hypertension without pulmonary fibrosis occurred in 10 patients with the CREST syndrome (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia), reputedly a benign variant of progressive systemic sclerosis. Time from the initial symptom, Raynaud's phenomenon, to the r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Salerni R,Rodnan GP,Leon DF,Shaver JA

更新日期：1977-04-01 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