Sporadic cases of Legionnaires' disease in the Netherlands.

abstract：:In addition to gonorrhea and syphilis, both of which may develop primarily at anorectal or pharyngeal sites, a number of conditions, including Neisseria meningitidis urethritis, nonspecific urethritis, anorectal herpes, condyloma acuminatum, amebiasis, giardiasis, shigellosis, typhoid fever, enterobiasis, and hepatiti...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Owen WF Jr

更新日期：1980-06-01 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：:A controlled clinical trial compared three-drug and four-drug combination chemotherapy in 109 patients with advanced small-cell anaplastic carcinoma of the lung. The combination of vincristine, 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU), cyclophosphamide, and methotrexate was significantly superior to the com...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hansen HH,Dombernowsky P,Hansen M,Hirsch F

更新日期：1978-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms may cause enlargement or rupture of aneurysms. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety of treadmill exercise stress testing in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. DESIGN:Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING:Tertiary care center. PATIE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Best PJ,Tajik AJ,Gibbons RJ,Pellikka PA

更新日期：1998-10-15 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：BACKGROUND:Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, experienced an epidemic of hepatitis A in 1994 and 1995. More than 1700 cases were reported. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the clinical features of patients hospitalized during a large urban epidemic of hepatitis A. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:15 acute care...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Willner IR,Uhl MD,Howard SC,Williams EQ,Riely CA,Waters B

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Five of 70 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus seen over a 5-year period had peripheral blood films suggestive of hyposplenism. Technetium-99m-sulfur colloid scans showed no splenic activity in three patients. One of these three patients, who had a spontaneous remission of persistent thrombocytopenia concurrent...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Dillon AM,Stein HB,English RA

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：DESCRIPTION:New recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on the use of nontraditional, or novel, risk factors in assessing the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of asymptomatic persons. METHODS:Systematic reviews were conducted of literature since 1996 on 9 proposed nontraditional markers o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The pursuit of the ideal tumor marker has generated many tests for use in the diagnosis and management of cancer, several of which are now widely available. Tumor markers have five potential uses in patient care: They can be used for screening, for diagnosis, for establishing prognosis, for monitoring treatment, and f...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bates SE

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely diagnosis of influenza can help clinical management. PURPOSE:To examine the accuracy of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) in adults and children with influenza-like illness and evaluate factors associated with higher accuracy. DATA SOURCES:PubMed and EMBASE through December 2011; BIOSIS and W...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chartrand C,Leeflang MM,Minion J,Brewer T,Pai M

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with advanced Graves' ophthalmopathy were treated with cyclophosphamide. All had proptosis and diplopia. One patient had disabling iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome from steroid treatment of the ophthalmopathy and had undergone bilateral orbital decompression before cyclophosphamide therapy; steroids could ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bigos ST,Nisula BC,Daniels GH,Eastman RC,Johnston HH,Kohler PO

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 4 days, two oncology patients in the Clinical Research Unit had bacteremia causes by group Y Neisseria meningitidis. Three additional patients, identified by prevalence survey, were found to have nasopharyngeal colonization with that serogroup, compared with only one employee (not associated with patients) and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cohen MS,Steere AC,Baltimore R,von Graevenitz A,Pantelick E,Camp B,Root RK

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell tumor of bone is a rare, but well-recognized complication of Paget's disease of bone. In contrast, giant cell reparative granuloma (a benign tumor of the jaws occurring primarily in young adults) has never been described in association with Paget's disease. Five patients had giant cell lesions complicating ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Upchurch KS,Simon LS,Schiller AL,Rosenthal DI,Campion EW,Krane SM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antioxidant vitamins are thought to play a role in atherosclerosis. Supplementation of these nutrients has been explored as a means of reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. PURPOSE:To assess the evidence of the effectiveness of vitamin supplementation, specifically vitamins A, C, and E; beta-caro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Morris CD,Carson S

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：: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：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：:Conventional interpretation of clinical trials relies heavily on the classic p value. The p value, however, represents only a false-positive rate, and does not tell the probability that the investigator's hypothesis is correct, given his observations. This more relevant posterior probability can be quantified by an ex...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Diamond GA,Forrester JS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospice providers contend that enrollment reduces the cost of the Medicare programs, but estimates of effects are dated, methodologically limited, and focused on persons with cancer. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effects of hospice care on Medicare program payments during the last year of life from 1996 to 1999...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Campbell DE,Lynn J,Louis TA,Shugarman LR

更新日期：2004-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:All practicing physicians should be prepared to respond to requests from patients for advice about participating in clinical trials research. Even physicians who choose not to conduct clinical trials but rather devote their practice to clinical care may have patients who consider volunteering for research. In advising...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chen DT,Miller FG,Rosenstein DL

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the status of emergency, urgent, routine, and selective angiography after intravenous thrombolytic therapy. DATA SOURCES:Relevant English-language articles published from January 1985 to July 1990 were identified through MEDLINE. STUDY SELECTION:For emergency angiography, four major randomized studi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Topol EJ,Holmes DR,Rogers WJ

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valid measurement of physician performance requires accurate identification of patients for whom a physician is responsible. Among all patients seen by a physician, some will be more strongly connected to their physician than others, but the effect of connectedness on measures of physician performance is not...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Atlas SJ,Grant RW,Ferris TG,Chang Y,Barry MJ

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Home-based primary care for homebound seniors is complex, and practice constraints are unique. No quality-of-care standards exist. OBJECTIVE:To identify process quality indicators that are essential to high-quality, home-based primary care. DESIGN:An expert development panel reviewed established and new qu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Smith KL,Soriano TA,Boal J

更新日期：2007-02-06 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：:Many investigations consider the presence of e antigen (HBeAg) valuable in predicting which patients with acute hepatitis B are at risk of remaining infected and developing chronic liver disease. We tested this hypothesis in a retrospective study of serial samples from patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. We fo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Werner BG,Blumberg BS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of using inhaled beclomethasone dipropionate for the treatment of severe asthma during pregnancy was evaluated during 45 pregnancies in 40 women. Despite chronic administration of theophylline and, in some women, ephedrine, the asthma was so severe that corticosteroids were essential to prevent emergency ro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Greenberger PA,Patterson R

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chronic liver disease developed elevated serum aluminum concentrations and biopsy-proven osteodystrophy. Neither patient had chronic renal failure but both had received aluminum-containing antacids for long periods. We measured biliary and urinary aluminum excretion during antacid loading in patients...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams JW,Vera SR,Peters TG,Luther RW,Bhattacharya S,Spears H,Graham A,Pitcock JA,Crawford AJ,Palmieri GM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical ecologists propose the existence of a unique illness in which multiple environmental chemicals, foods, drugs, and endogenous C. albicans have a toxic effect on the immune system, thereby adversely affecting other bodily functions. The proposal uses some concepts that superficially resemble those that apply to...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

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更新日期：1989-07-15 00:00:00