Respiratory tract symptoms as a clue to giant cell arteritis.

abstract：:Much time and effort are spent on designing primary research studies. Similar care must be given to planning systematic reviews. The review should be based on an important, well-focused question that is relevant to patient care. By formulating the question properly, the criteria that primary studies must meet to be in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Counsell C

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of use of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in high-risk hospital patients. DESIGN:A retrospective medical record review. SETTING:A community-wide study in 16 short-stay hospitals in central Massachusetts. PATIENTS:A total of 2017 patients with multiple risk factors for venous th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson FA Jr,Wheeler HB,Goldberg RJ,Hosmer DW,Forcier A,Patwardhan NA

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated bone disease in eight white men between the ages of 49 and 61 years who had been abusing alcohol for at least 10 years. The mean density of vertebral cancellous bone was 58% of normal, whereas the mean density of appendicular cortical bone was 90% of normal. Marked reduction in active bone resorption and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bikle DD,Genant HK,Cann C,Recker RR,Halloran BP,Strewler GJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To critically assess original studies evaluating the role of preoperative pulmonary function testing in predicting postoperative outcomes. DESIGN:MEDLINE search of English-language articles from 1966 to 1987 using the following medical subjects headings respiratory function tests, lung, lung diseases, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zibrak JD,O'Donnell CR,Marton K

更新日期：1990-05-15 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：BACKGROUND:The vast scientific literature on smoking and health contains few large studies with direct estimates of long-term mortality by smoking habits. Data have been lacking, particularly for women. OBJECTIVE:To study smoking and deaths and causes of death in women and men of middle age (40 to 70 years of age). D...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vollset SE,Tverdal A,Gjessing HK

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:These supplemental recommendations provide guidelines for a monovalent influenza A(H1N1) vaccine for protection against a newly emerged variant of influenza that has recently caused outbreaks among children and young adults in Asia. Guidance is provided for the use of this monovalent vaccine, which contains 15 microgr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical, laboratory, and echocardiographic findings in a large group of patients with right-sided endocarditis and to determine whether any of these findings is predictive of prognosis. DESIGN:Retrospective survey of medical records to evaluate the course of hospitalization with follow-up on...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hecht SR,Berger M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deaths and injuries related to firearms constitute a major public health problem in the United States. In response to firearm violence and other firearm-related injuries and deaths, an interdisciplinary, interprofessional group of leaders of 8 national health professional organizations and the American Bar Association...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weinberger SE,Hoyt DB,Lawrence HC 3rd,Levin S,Henley DE,Alden ER,Wilkerson D,Benjamin GC,Hubbard WC

更新日期：2015-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular-fixed antibody was eluted from the kidney of a 17-year-old patient who died 2 weeks after the onset of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Elevated titers of antibodies to streptococcal enzymes were found in the serum but not in the glomerular eluate. Streptococcal M protein and anti-M protein react...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rodríguez-Iturbe B,Rabideau D,García R,Rubio L,McIntosh RM

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1969, medications have been provided to patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital using a computer system that controls the entire medication process from entry of physician's order to hourly drug distribution. Special envelopes containing patient and dosage information are computer generated for each dose to be ad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simborg DW,Derewicz HJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 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：:Several trends in medical education affect our supply of future physicians. The number of new physicians has increased so that each year there is an excess of about 6000 over the number of physicians produced per year a decade ago. Increasing numbers of women and members of minority groups are entering the profession ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cooper JA

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We ascertained the incidence of hypercalcemia in 79 consecutive patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and a control group of 79 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Twenty-two patients developed hypercalcemia (serum calcium greater than 10.5 mg/dl) within 4 to 16 weeks after initiation of chemoth...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Abbasi AA,Chemplavil JK,Farah S,Muller BF,Arnstein AR

更新日期：1979-03-01 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：: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：:To standardize the cutoff points of serum cortisol values in the evaluation of Cushing's syndrome during a low- and high-dose dexamethasone suppression test, daily serum cortisol measurements (0800 hours and 1600 hours) and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids were compared (Study A). Forty-seven subjects were studied (1...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ashcraft MW,Van Herle AJ,Vener SL,Geffner DL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pemphigus is an autoimmune intraepidermal bullous disease involving the skin and mucous membranes. There are four clinically recognized variants of this disease. The histopathologic hallmark is acantholysis, which is disruption of normal cell-to-cell adhesion. Patients produce an IgG antibody directed against an antig...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1980-03-01 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:Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements in public health. Prevalence and clinical significance of emerging postapproval, vaccine-related safety issues have not been systematically studied. OBJECTIVE:To explore postmarketing safety modifications in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved vacci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tau N,Yahav D,Shepshelovich D

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether laboratory findings showing antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients with autoimmune hepatitis represent false-positive results and to identify possible explanations for true-positive results in these patients. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:University-based hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nishiguchi S,Kuroki T,Ueda T,Fukuda K,Takeda T,Nakajima S,Shiomi S,Kobayashi K,Otani S,Hayashi N

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To review current management of intractable constipation. DATA SOURCES:Original articles and reviews published in the English-language literature between 1965 and 1993 identified by MEDLINE search. Verbal feedback from attendees after presentation of the document as a clinical symposium at the 14th Internation...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Camilleri M,Thompson WG,Fleshman JW,Pemberton JH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis is a relatively frequent infection in intravenous drug users. We compared features in the cases of 102 patients with those in intravenous drug users with other causes of fever to identify risk factors predictive of endocarditis. Logistic regression analysis showed cocaine use to be strongly associated wit...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chambers HF,Morris DL,Täuber MG,Modin G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence, severity, type and pathogenesis of osteopenia in idiopathic hemochromatosis. DESIGN:Prospective study conducted over 18 months. SETTING:Tertiary care center. SUBJECTS:Twenty-two men with idiopathic hemochromatosis and 20 age-matched controls. There were 5 hypogonadal patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Diamond T,Stiel D,Posen S

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High intake of folate may reduce risk for colon cancer, but the dosage and duration relations and the impact of dietary compared with supplementary sources are not well understood. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relation between folate intake and incidence of colon cancer. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETT...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Giovannucci E,Stampfer MJ,Colditz GA,Hunter DJ,Fuchs C,Rosner BA,Speizer FE,Willett WC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urine tests for Chlamydia trachomatis permit expansion of screening beyond traditional clinic environments. Prevention of infection in teenagers is a high priority. OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence of C. trachomatis among teenagers by using the ligase chain reaction assay on urine specimens and to evaluat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Marrazzo JM,White CL,Krekeler B,Celum CL,Lafferty WE,Stamm WE,Handsfield HH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1978 the Institute of Medicine issued "A Manpower Policy for Health Care," the report of a study of major issues bearing on the availability of an adequate number of physicians for provision of primary care and on potential strategies for an appropriate manpower policy. The report was analyzed by committees of the ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Peterson ML

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two recent double-blind, randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) showed that oral steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have similar analgesic effectiveness for management of gout, but the trials had small sample sizes and other methodological limitations. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness and...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rainer TH,Cheng CH,Janssens HJ,Man CY,Tam LS,Choi YF,Yau WH,Lee KH,Graham CA

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00