Infections with Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter-like organisms in homosexual men.

abstract：:The mechanisms of flushing reactions are pharmacologically and physiologically heterogeneous. Flushing may result from agents acting directly on the vascular smooth muscle or may be mediated by vasomotor nerves. Vasomotor nerves may lead to flushing as a result of events at both peripheral and central sites. In suscep...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wilkin JK

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：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：:From 1969 to 1974, 19 cases of Serratia marcescens endocarditis were observed in the San Francisco Bay Area. Seventeen patients were intravenous drug users, and Serratia caused 14% of all addict-associated endocarditis in San Francisco. Serratia strains were nonpigmented and had typical antibiotic sensitivities, excep...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mills J,Drew D

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal medicine residencies risk becoming obsolete if they are not adjusted to changing patterns of medical practice. Declining length of hospital stay, increased intensity of hospital care, movement of critical management decisions to outpatient settings, increased proportions of admissions for specific diagnostic ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schroeder SA,Showstack JA,Gerbert B

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We provide a new perspective with which to understand what for a half century has been known as the "placebo effect." We argue that, as currently used, the concept includes much that has nothing to do with placebos, confusing the most interesting and important aspects of the phenomenon. We propose a new way to underst...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moerman DE,Jonas WB

更新日期：2002-03-19 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：:We examined the survival time and costs of therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. A computer simulation model of the current system was constructed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of home and center hemodialysis and live related as well as cadaver donor renal transplantation. Analysis of the simulation ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Roberts SD,Maxwell DR,Gross TL

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oral contraceptives and death from thromboembolism shown by studies of vital statistics, and the contribution of cigarette smoking to these deaths are reviewed. In 1968 a British study showed that a slight increase in deaths from thromboembolism had occurred in young women, proportional to th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Masi AT

更新日期：1970-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate prospectively the use of an artificial neural network to identify myocardial infarction in patients presenting to an emergency department with anterior chest pain. DESIGN:Prospective, blinded testing. SETTING:Tertiary university teaching center. PATIENTS:A total of 331 consecutive adult patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baxt WG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with end-stage renal disease, nervous system dysfunction remains a major cause of disability. Patients with chronic renal failure who have not yet received dialysis may have symptoms ranging from mild sensorial clouding to delirium and coma. Dialysis itself is associated with at least three distinct disord...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fraser CL,Arieff AI

更新日期：1988-07-15 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:The comparative effectiveness of rheumatoid arthritis therapies is uncertain. PURPOSE:To compare the benefits and harms of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for adults with rheumatoid arthritis. DATA SOURCES:Records limited to the English language and studies of adults were identified by using...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Donahue KE,Gartlehner G,Jonas DE,Lux LJ,Thieda P,Jonas BL,Hansen RA,Morgan LC,Lohr KN

更新日期：2008-01-15 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:Some health plans profile physicians on the basis of their relative costs and use these profiles to assign physicians to cost categories. Physician organizations have questioned whether the rules used to attribute costs to a physician affect the cost category to which that physician is assigned. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mehrotra A,Adams JL,Thomas JW,McGlynn EA

更新日期：2010-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of herpes simplex virus isolates to acyclovir and the importance of resistant isolates in hospitalized patients. DESIGN:Retrospective incidence cohort study. SETTING:All herpes simplex virus isolates cultured over 1 year from patients followed at a tertiary care center. P...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Englund JA,Zimmerman ME,Swierkosz EM,Goodman JL,Scholl DR,Balfour HH Jr

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Expert groups, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), recommend a range of clinical preventive services for persons at average risk for disease. Use of these services often is substantially lower among racial and ethnic minority groups, rural residents, and persons of lower socioeconomic status. O...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Carey TS,Bekemeier B,Campos-Outcalt D,Koch-Weser S,Millon-Underwood S,Teutsch S

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Markers are needed for assessing response to antiretroviral therapy over time. The CD4+ lymphocyte count is one such surrogate, but it is relatively weak. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of changes in plasma human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA level and CD4+ lymphocyte count with progression to the a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： O'Brien WA,Hartigan PM,Daar ES,Simberkoff MS,Hamilton JD

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Delirium is common in hospitalized patients and is associated with worse outcomes. Antipsychotics are commonly used; however, the associated benefits and harms are unclear. Purpose:To conduct a systematic review evaluating the benefits and harms of antipsychotics to treat delirium in adults. Data Sources:P...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nikooie R,Neufeld KJ,Oh ES,Wilson LM,Zhang A,Robinson KA,Needham DM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amantadine HCl administration has resulted in accelerated resolution of influenza A illness. Prolonged abnormalities in pulmonary function have been described in uncomplicated influenza A. To study the effect of amantadine on these changes, we evaluated young adults with documented natural influenza A with clear chest...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Little JW,Hall WJ,Douglas RG Jr,Hyde RW,Speers DM

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A common criticism of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) is that the enrollment process may be highly selective and those who enroll may not represent persons in the general population. The recruitment process reported in published RCTs has not been systematically evaluated. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gross CP,Mallory R,Heiat A,Krumholz HM

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the factors that distinguish terminally ill, incompetent patients who are given do-not-resuscitate status by physicians against the wishes of the patient's family, I reviewed the charts of 20 such patients (cases) seen in consultation by the ethics committee at the Massachusetts General Hospital over 10 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brennan TA

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess internists' familiarity with, confidence in, and attitudes about practice guidelines issued by various organizations. DESIGN:Cross-sectional, self-administered survey. PARTICIPANTS:Questionnaires were mailed to a stratified random sample of 2600 members of the American College of Physicians (ACP) ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tunis SR,Hayward RS,Wilson MC,Rubin HR,Bass EB,Johnston M,Steinberg EP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the course of rheumatoid arthritis over 5 years in adults and to evaluate the effect of parenterally administered gold salts on that course. DESIGN:A prospective observational study of adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Data derived from annual interviews with patients from 1983 to 1988 and from p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Epstein WV,Henke CJ,Yelin EH,Katz PP

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders determined wholly or in part by genetic factors constitute a substantial number of human diseases. This realization has grown during the past 2 decades with the recognition of many specific heritable conditions and the identification of familial risk factors for common disorders. New technologies, such as fe...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shapiro LJ,Comings DE,Jones OW,Rimoin DL

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term functional somatic syndrome has been applied to several related syndromes characterized more by symptoms, suffering, and disability than by consistently demonstrable tissue abnormality. These syndromes include multiple chemical sensitivity, the sick building syndrome, repetition stress injury, the side effect...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Barsky AJ,Borus JF

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and describe patients with hepatotoxicity possibly caused by flutamide, an antiandrogen drug. DESIGN:Case series of reports, submitted to the Adverse Drug Event Reporting System of the Food and Drug Administration. SETTING:Outpatient clinics and physicians' offices in the United States. PATIENT...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wysowski DK,Freiman JP,Tourtelot JB,Horton ML 3rd

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the following: a reference range for serum calcitriol during hypercalcemia in a control group of patients with myeloma in whom calcitriol production is known to be appropriately suppressed; the incidence of elevated serum calcitriol levels in hypercalcemic patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma accor...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Seymour JF,Gagel RF,Hagemeister FB,Dimopoulos MA,Cabanillas F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many health care professionals have sustained an almost single-minded conviction that disparities in access to health care across socioeconomic groups are the key reason for the major discrepancies in health status between wealthy persons and poor persons. Others, however, have argued that a host of factors work to cr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Andrulis DP

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00