Management of gout.

abstract：:Although thyroid nodules are common, few are malignant and require surgical treatment. A systematic approach to their evaluation is important to avoid unnecessary surgery. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy has resulted in substantial improvements in diagnostic accuracy, cost reductions, and higher malignancy yield at time...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Castro MR,Gharib H

更新日期：2005-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes (RCVS) comprise a group of diverse conditions, all characterized by reversible multifocal narrowing of the cerebral arteries heralded by sudden (thunderclap), severe headaches with or without associated neurologic deficits. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Calabrese LH,Dodick DW,Schwedt TJ,Singhal AB

更新日期：2007-01-02 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 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：SOURCE CITATION:Schulze-Hagen M, Hübel C, Meier-Schroers M, et al. Low-dose chest CT for the diagnosis of COVID-19. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020;117:389-95. 32762834. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Long B

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In observational studies or nonrandomized experiments, treated and control groups may differ in their outcomes even if the treatment has no effect; this may happen if the groups were not comparable before the start of treatment. The groups may fail to be comparable in either of two ways: They may differ with respect t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rosenbaum PR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are associated with procedure-related complications, yet little is known about variation in complication rates among institutions that may suggest disparities in care quality. Objective:To assess institutional variation in risk-standardized complication ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ranasinghe I,Labrosciano C,Horton D,Ganesan A,Curtis JP,Krumholz HM,McGavigan A,Hossain S,Air T,Hariharaputhiran S

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety of withholding anticoagulant therapy in pregnant patients with clinically suspected deep-vein thrombosis who have negative results by serial impedance plethysmography. DESIGN:Prospective study evaluating prognosis by long-term follow-up to 3 months postpartum in all patients. S...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hull RD,Raskob GE,Carter CJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few treatments for back pain are supported by strong scientific evidence. Conventional treatments, although widely used, have had limited success. Dissatisfied patients have, therefore, turned to complementary and alternative medical therapies and providers for care for back pain. PURPOSE:To provide a rigor...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cherkin DC,Sherman KJ,Deyo RA,Shekelle PG

更新日期：2003-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the course and prognosis of salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, we reviewed the records of 36 consecutive patients admitted with serum salicylate levels greater than 30 mg/dL. Pulmonary edema developed in eight patients, and pulmonary infiltrates were never seen in 28 patients. Several features distinguished...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Heffner JE,Sahn SA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with variant angina refractory to medical therapy pose a difficult management problem. We report two patients with variant angina who had focal spasm in coronary arteries with fixed obstructions of less than 20% of the luminal diameter. Ischemic episodes were accompanied by malignant ventricular arrhythmias a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sussman EJ,Goldberg S,Poll DS,MacVaugh H 3rd,Simson MB,Silber SA,Kastor JA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on body weight and weight change collected from nationally representative samples of U.S. adults are reviewed. The body mass index (weight [kg]/height [m2]) has a low correlation with height and is used to compare body weights between persons of differing heights. The BMI varies to a greater degree in women than ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williamson DF

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that walnuts reduce serum cholesterol levels in normal young men. OBJECTIVE:To assess the acceptability of walnuts and their effects on serum lipid levels and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidizability in free-living hypercholesterolemic persons. DESIGN:Randomized, crossover feeding t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zambón D,Sabaté J,Muñoz S,Campero B,Casals E,Merlos M,Laguna JC,Ros E

更新日期：2000-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The competition for funds to conduct clinical research is intense, and only a minority of grant proposals receive funding. In particular, funding for patient-oriented research lags behind that allocated for basic science research. Grant writing is a skill of fundamental importance to the clinical researcher, and condu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Inouye SK,Fiellin DA

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral sildenafil and intravenous epoprostenol have independently been shown to be effective in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of adding oral sildenafil to long-term intravenous epoprostenol in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. DESIGN:A 16-week...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simonneau G,Rubin LJ,Galiè N,Barst RJ,Fleming TR,Frost AE,Engel PJ,Kramer MR,Burgess G,Collings L,Cossons N,Sitbon O,Badesch DB,PACES Study Group.

更新日期：2008-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of solid tumors was evaluated in 628 consecutive patients with multiple myeloma who had been treated with various melphalan-prednisone combinations. Among those patients who lived at least 2 months, the incidence and diversity of second tumors were similar to those in normal persons of the same age and d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stegman R,Alexanian R

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaire II of the National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower was directed to all of the 1502 subspecialty training programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The overall response rate was 86%. For the years 1972-1973 through 1976-1977 the number of fellows in subspecialty training grew at an average rate o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tarlov AR,Weil PA,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review prospective epidemiologic studies and randomized trials regarding the role of antioxidant vitamins (vitamins E and C and beta-carotene) in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on differences in results obtained by these two types of studies. DATA SOURCES:Computerized and manual sea...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jha P,Flather M,Lonn E,Farkouh M,Yusuf S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several adverse outcomes attributed to atypical antipsychotic drugs, specifically quetiapine, risperidone, and olanzapine, are known to cause acute kidney injury (AKI). Such outcomes include hypotension, acute urinary retention, and the neuroleptic malignant syndrome or rhabdomyolysis. OBJECTIVE:To investig...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hwang YJ,Dixon SN,Reiss JP,Wald R,Parikh CR,Gandhi S,Shariff SZ,Pannu N,Nash DM,Rehman F,Garg AX

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Kidney Foundation has advocated the use of the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from serum creatinine measurements in clinical laboratories. However, healthy persons were not included in the development of the MDRD equ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rule AD,Larson TS,Bergstralh EJ,Slezak JM,Jacobsen SJ,Cosio FG

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:Update of the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for breast cancer. METHODS:The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the following: effectiveness of breast cancer screening in reducing breast cancer-specific and all-cause mortality, as well as the incidence of advanced...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Siu AL,U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A lack of national health goals has allowed physician manpower policy to be dominated by an expansionist philosophy. Scarce resources have been channeled into the production of specialist physicians trained to provide complex and expensive care for uncommon diseases, using other scare and expensive resources and addin...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bloom BS,Peterson OL

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Medicare uses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Category (CMS-HCC) model to predict patients' annualized Medicare costs in value-based payment programs. The CMS-HCC model does not include measures of frailty, and prior research shows that it systematically underpredicts cost...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Johnston KJ,Wen H,Joynt Maddox KE

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old girl with a clinical diagnosis of adult-type juvenile rheumatoid arthritis developed a severe hepatotoxic reaction to 3.6 g of aspirin per day. This was associated with a microangiopathic anemia and transient congestive cardiac failure. She responded well to steroids, and when all laboratory test finding...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sbarbaro JA,Bennett RM

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine has been associated with severe and fatal cutaneous reactions as well as transient liver damage. We report the case of a patient who died of progressive hepatic failure caused by pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine administration. In addition, we summarize reports made to the Food and Drug Administrati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zitelli BJ,Alexander J,Taylor S,Miller KD,Howrie DL,Kuritsky JN,Perez TH,Van Thiel DH

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Sixty-eight patients clinically suspected of having (33), or at high risk for (35), deep venous thrombosis were studied with contrast venography, radiofibrinogen leg scanning, and impedance plethysmography as well as ventilation and perfusion lung scans. Thrombosis limited to the veins in the calf of the leg (unilater...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moser KM,LeMoine JR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe aplastic anemia is a life-threatening bone marrow failure disorder. High-dose cyclophosphamide therapy followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation cures the disease. However, it requires a suitable donor and carries the risk for graft-versus-host disease. A small pilot study demonstrated that h...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brodsky RA,Sensenbrenner LL,Smith BD,Dorr D,Seaman PJ,Lee SM,Karp JE,Brodsky I,Jones RJ

更新日期：2001-10-02 00:00:00