Advanced diabetic retinopathy: surgical treatment of complications.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although HIV infection is more prevalent in people younger than age 45 years, a substantial number of infections occur in older persons. Recent guidelines recommend HIV screening in patients age 13 to 64 years. The cost-effectiveness of HIV screening in patients age 55 to 75 years is uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sanders GD,Bayoumi AM,Holodniy M,Owens DK

更新日期：2008-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Forceful new demands for accountability in medicine are arising from many interested parties. To maintain professional standards, physicians need to establish which demands are desirable and which are not. We adopt a model of stratified accountability that includes three major components: the accountable parties, the ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Emanuel LL

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal strategy to prevent recurrent presumed paradoxical emboli in patients with patent foramen ovale is unknown. PURPOSE:To synthesize the current knowledge about and qualitatively assess the relative benefits of transcatheter closure versus medical therapy for patent foramen ovale. DATA SOURCES:Eng...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Khairy P,O'Donnell CP,Landzberg MJ

更新日期：2003-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:Reaffirmation of the 2004 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement on screening for testicular cancer. METHODS:The USPSTF performed a targeted literature search for benefits and harms of screening for testicular cancer in asymptomatic males and found no new studies. RECOMMENDA...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2011-04-05 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：:The efficacy of corticosteroid treatment in the prophylaxis of the fat embolism syndrome was evaluated in a prospective, randomized, double-blind study of high-risk patients with long-bone fractures. Using a set of objective diagnostic criteria, we saw a significant difference in the incidence of the syndrome between ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schonfeld SA,Ploysongsang Y,DiLisio R,Crissman JD,Miller E,Hammerschmidt DE,Jacob HS

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of sleep apnea was studied in 46 middle- and older-aged men with "essential hypertension." Thirty-four age- and weight-similar normotensive men were also studied. Fourteen hypertensive men and three controls had sleep apnea syndrome, as defined as greater than ten apneas per hour of sleep. Hypertensive ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fletcher EC,DeBehnke RD,Lovoi MS,Gorin AB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To appraise the measurement properties of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) classification of stable angina pectoris. DATA SOURCES:Relevant articles were identified through a MEDLINE search (1976 to November 1991). Bibliographies of retrieved articles were also reviewed. STUDY SELECTION:Studies chos...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cox J,Naylor CD

更新日期：1992-10-15 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:Resistance to activated protein C due to the factor V R506Q (Leiden) mutation is the most common clotting abnormality in patients with venous thromboembolism. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the risk for venous thromboembolism associated with the factor V Leiden mutation or with resistance to activated protein C in t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rodeghiero F,Tosetto A

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with renal failure developed N-acetylprocainamide toxicity while receiving procainamide. Treatment consisted of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration in one and hemodialysis followed by continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration in the other. The efficacy of these treatments was compared with the effica...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Domoto DT,Brown WW,Bruggensmith P

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 1973 and 1974, we looked for cases of Colorado tick fever throughout Colorado; 228 cases were identified. Although 90% of the patients reported exposure to ticks before illness, only 52% were aware of an actual tick bite. Typical symptoms of fever, myalgia, and headache were common, but gastrointestinal symptom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Goodpasture HC,Poland JD,Francy DB,Bowen GS,Horn KA

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that results from defects in both insulin secretion and insulin action. An elevated rate of basal hepatic glucose production in the presence of hyperinsulinemia is the primary cause of fasting hyperglycemia; after a meal, impaired suppression of hepatic glucose ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： DeFronzo RA

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular arrhythmias remain the leading cause of death from coronary artery disease. This review summarizes current thinking in several areas relating to the pathophysiology, prognosis, and therapy of ventricular arrhythmias associated with acute and chronic coronary artery disease syndromes. The experimental basis...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weiss JN,Nademanee K,Stevenson WG,Singh B

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T-cell leukemia associated with human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is characterized by a clonal expansion of a CD4-positive subset of T lymphocytes that constitutively express high numbers of interleukin-2 receptors and that frequently infiltrate the skin; osteolytic bone lesions, and hypercalcemia. Usi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Marcon L,Rubin LA,Kurman CC,Fritz ME,Longo DL,Uchiyama T,Edwards BK,Nelson DL

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Triplex vaccine was developed to enhance cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T cells and prevent CMV reactivation early after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT). Objective:To determine the safety and efficacy of Triplex. Design:First-in-patient, phase 2 trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02506933). Setting:3...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aldoss I,La Rosa C,Baden LR,Longmate J,Ariza-Heredia EJ,Rida WN,Lingaraju CR,Zhou Q,Martinez J,Kaltcheva T,Dagis A,Hardwick N,Issa NC,Farol L,Nademanee A,Al Malki MM,Forman S,Nakamura R,Diamond DJ,TRIPLEX VACCINE St

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relations among esophageal dysfunction, gastroesophageal reflux, and lung involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis. DESIGN:Retrospective review of esophageal motility, esophageal pH, and pulmonary function data. SETTING:University hospital outpatient clinic and community. PATIENTS:3...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Troshinsky MB,Kane GC,Varga J,Cater JR,Fish JE,Jimenez SA,Castell DO

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether prolonging the duration of tamoxifen administration beyond the cessation of a combined chemotherapy regimen benefits patients with primary breast cancer with positive findings in axillary nodes who benefit initially from the combined regimen. DESIGN:Nonrandomized, nonconcurrent cohort st...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fisher B,Brown A,Wolmark N,Redmond C,Wickerham DL,Wittliff J,Dimitrov N,Legault-Poisson S,Schipper H,Prager D

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Bone health is a significant concern in men with prostate cancer. Purpose:To evaluate the effectiveness of drug, supplement, and lifestyle interventions aimed at preventing fracture, improving bone mineral density (BMD), or preventing or delaying osteoporosis in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer. Data...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Alibhai SMH,Zukotynski K,Walker-Dilks C,Emmenegger U,Finelli A,Morgan SC,Hotte SJ,Tomlinson GA,Winquist E

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 23-year-old woman who developed severe myalgias in association with mild hepatitis B surface antigen-positive hepatitis. Muscle biopsy showed myriads of microvacuoles filled with neutral lipid. Prednisone therapy was associated with complete clearing of all clinical and laboratory abnormalities...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patten BM,Shabot JM,Alperin J,Dodson RF

更新日期：1977-10-01 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：:Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most frequent cancer worldwide, responsible for approximately 1,000,000 deaths annually, most of them in the Far East and in sub-Saharan Africa. It usually presents at an advanced stage and has a poor prognosis. There is evidence of an etiologic role for hepatitis B virus infection in t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Di Bisceglie AM,Rustgi VK,Hoofnagle JH,Dusheiko GM,Lotze MT

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) remain a leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States. Primary seat belt laws allow vehicle occupants to be ticketed solely for not wearing seat belts, and secondary laws allow ticketing only for failure to wear seat belts in the setting of other violations. OBJEC...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lee LK,Monuteaux MC,Burghardt LC,Fleegler EW,Nigrovic LE,Meehan WP,Schutzman SA,Mannix R

更新日期：2015-08-04 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：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) occur in 1 of 20 older men, remain asymptomatic for many years, and, if left untreated, cause death from rupture in about one third of patients. Ultrasonography is a suitable screening test for AAA, and elective repair can prevent rupture. Although these features suggest a promising t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lederle FA

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) formulas are the major components of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) interventions. The general reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CHM formulas is disappointing, although CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement extensions for herbal medic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cheng CW,Wu TX,Shang HC,Li YP,Altman DG,Moher D,Bian ZX,CONSORT-CHM Formulas 2017 Group.

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain death has been discussed extensively for the last 25 years. Most investigators now believe that requiring death of the entire brain as the criterion for brain death in the Uniform Determination of Death Act and the standard clinical tests of brain death outlined in the Report of the Medical Consultants to the Pr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Halevy A,Brody B

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present the available evidence on various pharmacologic treatments to prevent fractures in men and women with low bone density or osteoporosis. METHODS:Published literature on this topic was identified by using MEDLINE (1966 to December 2...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Qaseem A,Snow V,Shekelle P,Hopkins R Jr,Forciea MA,Owens DK,Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2008-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the role of venous ultrasonography in the diagnosis of suspected deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Inability to compress the common femoral or popliteal vein is usually diagnostic of a first episode of deep venous thrombosis in symptomatic patients (positive predictive value of about ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kearon C,Ginsberg JS,Hirsh J

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00