Procurement of cadaveric kidneys for transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ulcerative colitis is predominantly a disease of nonsmokers. Transdermal nicotine may help control clinical manifestations of this condition. OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of transdermal nicotine for controlling clinical disease activity in active ulcerative colitis. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sandborn WJ,Tremaine WJ,Offord KP,Lawson GM,Petersen BT,Batts KP,Croghan IT,Dale LC,Schroeder DR,Hurt RD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed the course of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in 21 eyes of 14 immunosuppressed patients. In two patients, other organisms, specifically Toxoplasma and Candida, also appeared to be causing retinal disease simultaneously. Post-mortem examination was done on 10 eyes from seven patients. At initial presentati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Egbert PR,Pollard RB,Gallagher JG,Merigan TC

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease are thought to have painless myocardial ischemia more often than patients without diabetes. We studied 50 consecutive patients with diabetes and 50 consecutive patients without diabetes, all with ischemia, on exercise thallium scintigraphy to show the reliabi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nesto RW,Phillips RT,Kett KG,Hill T,Perper E,Young E,Leland OS Jr

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The paucity of public health messages that directly address communities of color might contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in knowledge and behavior related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). OBJECTIVE:To determine whether physician-delivered prevention messages affect knowledge and information...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Alsan M,Stanford FC,Banerjee A,Breza E,Chandrasekhar AG,Eichmeyer S,Goldsmith-Pinkham P,Ogbu-Nwobodo L,Olken BA,Torres C,Sankar A,Vautrey PL,Duflo E

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two studies (2889 subjects) that investigated the prevalence of the causes of dementia were critically reviewed. Particular attention was paid to potential and actual reversibility. Although dementia manifests itself primarily in old age (particularly age 75 and older), the mean age of patients for the studies ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Clarfield AM

更新日期：1988-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual loss from the complications of advanced diabetic retinopathy now can be managed more effectively by surgical vitrectomy with a significant reduction in operative and postoperative ocular morbidity. Ocular structures are now maintained in a more normal physiologic state, leaving the patient's lens in place, help...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aaberg TM

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Timing of initiation of screening for breast cancer is controversial in the United States. OBJECTIVE:To determine the threshold relative risk (RR) at which the harm-benefit ratio of screening women aged 40 to 49 years equals that of biennial screening for women aged 50 to 74 years. DESIGN:Comparative model...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： van Ravesteyn NT,Miglioretti DL,Stout NK,Lee SJ,Schechter CB,Buist DS,Huang H,Heijnsdijk EA,Trentham-Dietz A,Alagoz O,Near AM,Kerlikowske K,Nelson HD,Mandelblatt JS,de Koning HJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary trans fat increases risk for coronary heart disease. In 2006, New York City (NYC) passed the first regulation in the United States restricting trans fat use in restaurants. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of the NYC regulation on the trans and saturated fat content of fast-food purchases. DESIGN:Cro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Angell SY,Cobb LK,Curtis CJ,Konty KJ,Silver LD

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pandemic potential of influenza A (H5N1) virus is a prominent public health concern of the 21st century. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative pandemic (H5N1) mitigation and response strategies. DESIGN:Compartmental epidemic model in conjunction with a Markov mod...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Khazeni N,Hutton DW,Garber AM,Owens DK

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of anatomic substage was assessed in 130 patients with Hodgkin's disease in pathologic stage III-A: stage III1-A includes involvement of spleen, or splenic, celiac, or portal nodes, or any combination of these; stage III2-A includes involvement of para-aortic, iliac, or mesenteric nodes, with...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stein RS,Golomb HM,Diggs CH,Mauch P,Hellman S,Wiernik PH,Ultmann JE,Rosenthal DS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The presence of extracranial carotid disease (ECD) is associated with less favorable clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by intracranial proximal occlusion. Acute intra-arterial treatment (IAT) in the setting of extracranial and intracranial lesions is considered challenging, and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berkhemer OA,Borst J,Kappelhof M,Yoo AJ,van den Berg LA,Fransen PSS,Beumer D,Schonewille WJ,Nederkoorn PJ,Wermer MJH,Marquering HA,Lingsma HF,Roos YBWEM,van Oostenbrugge RJ,Dippel DWJ,van Zwam WH,Majoie CBLM,Emmer BJ,

更新日期：2017-06-20 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：BACKGROUND:Telaprevir (TVR) plus peginterferon-α2a (PEG-IFN-α2a) and ribavirin substantially increases treatment efficacy for genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection versus PEG-IFN-α2a-ribavirin alone. Its safety and efficacy in patients with HCV and HIV-1 are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and e...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sulkowski MS,Sherman KE,Dieterich DT,Bsharat M,Mahnke L,Rockstroh JK,Gharakhanian S,McCallister S,Henshaw J,Girard PM,Adiwijaya B,Garg V,Rubin RA,Adda N,Soriano V

更新日期：2013-07-16 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 new knowledge of the regulation of cell growth and the genetic and biochemical changes that lead to malignancy have created many new opportunities for cancer drug discovery. These new targets include oncogenes, growth factors and their receptors, signal transduction pathways, and cell differentiation signals. Atte...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chabner BA

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Position statements opposing legalization of physician-assisted suicide by organizations such as the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine rightly emphasize that palliative care should be the standard of care for the dying, and that the inadequacies that exist in its delivery should be r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quill TE,Cassel CK

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corticosteroid injections (CSIs) and physical therapy are used to treat patients with the shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) but have never been directly compared. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of 2 common nonsurgical treatments for SIS. DESIGN:Randomized, single-blind, comparative-effectiveness,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rhon DI,Boyles RB,Cleland JA

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous meta-analyses demonstrated that high-dose glucocorticoids were not beneficial in sepsis. Recently, lower-dose glucocorticoids have been studied. PURPOSE:To compare recent trials of glucocorticoids for sepsis with previous glucocorticoid trials. DATA SOURCES:Systematic MEDLINE search for studies pu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Minneci PC,Deans KJ,Banks SM,Eichacker PQ,Natanson C

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, through structured methodologic review of published articles, the effectiveness of short-course (< or = 2 weeks) antibiotic therapy for catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. DATA SOURCES:English-language publications on catheter-related S. aureus bacteremia identified using MEDLINE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jernigan JA,Farr BM

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The coverage, cost, and quality problems of the U.S. health care system are evident. Sustainable health care reform must go beyond financing expanded access to care to substantially changing the organization and delivery of care. The FRESH-Thinking Project (www.fresh-thinking.org) held a series of workshops during whi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Arrow K,Auerbach A,Bertko J,Brownlee S,Casalino LP,Cooper J,Crosson FJ,Enthoven A,Falcone E,Feldman RC,Fuchs VR,Garber AM,Gold MR,Goldman D,Hadfield GK,Hall MA,Horwitz RI,Hooven M,Jacobson PD,Jost TS,Kotlikoff LJ

更新日期：2009-04-07 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：:In a double-blind study of four patients with hereditary angioedema, the efficacy of methyltestosterone (taken daily in 10-mg linguet form) in preventing attacks was shown. There were 19 episodes during 11.8 months of placebo administration, compared with only four attacks during the 46 months of cumulative methyltest...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sheffer AL,Fearon DT,Austen KF

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In deciding whether to undertake a dietary program to reduce serum cholesterol levels, a person must consider how much benefit to expect. We developed a model that assumes cholesterol reduction is effective and safe in reducing the risk for death from ischemic heart disease. In the model, we considered asymptomatic ad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Taylor WC,Pass TM,Shepard DS,Komaroff AL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to short-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may predict long-term use. Unfortunately, initial CPAP intolerance may lead to poor adherence or abandonment of therapy. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a short course of eszopiclone at the onset of therapy improves long-term CPAP adherence m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lettieri CJ,Shah AA,Holley AB,Kelly WF,Chang AS,Roop SA,CPAP Promotion and Prognosis-The Army Sleep Apnea Program Trial.

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Baldetti L, Melillo F, Moroni F, et al. Meta-analysis comparing P2Y12 inhibitors in acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2020;125;1815-22. 32305225. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elgendy IY

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soon, half of all physicians may be married to other physicians (that is, in dual-doctor families). Little is known about how marriage to another physician affects physicians themselves. OBJECTIVE:To learn how physicians in dual-doctor families differ from other physicians in their professional and family l...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sobecks NW,Justice AC,Hinze S,Chirayath HT,Lasek RJ,Chren MM,Aucott J,Juknialis B,Fortinsky R,Youngner S,Landefeld CS

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Concierge medical practices, which advertise expanded access to care and individualized attention, collect charges both from insurance companies and directly from their patients. Some bill hundreds of dollars for one-time "executive" physicals, whereas others have patients pay annual retainer fees. Yet, virtually no d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stillman M

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, acupuncture is embedded in naturalistic theories that are compatible with Confucianism and Taoism. Such ideas as yin-yang, qi, dampness, and wind represent East Asian conceptual frameworks that emphasize the reliability of ordinary, human sensory awareness. Many physicians who practice acupuncture rejec...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kaptchuk TJ

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although viral rebound follows cessation of suppressive antiretroviral therapy in chronic HIV infection, a viremic clinical syndrome has not been described. OBJECTIVE:To describe a retroviral syndrome associated with cessation of effective antiretroviral therapy in chronic HIV infection. DESIGN:Case report...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Colven R,Harrington RD,Spach DH,Cohen CJ,Hooton TM

更新日期：2000-09-19 00:00:00