Cocaine-packet ingestion. Diagnosis, management, and natural history.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly 25% of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) are readmitted within 30 days. PURPOSE:To assess the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of transitional care interventions to reduce readmission and mortality rates for adults hospitalized with HF. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE, Cochrane Librar...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Feltner C,Jones CD,Cené CW,Zheng ZJ,Sueta CA,Coker-Schwimmer EJ,Arvanitis M,Lohr KN,Middleton JC,Jonas DE

更新日期：2014-06-03 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：BACKGROUND:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes play critical roles in lipid metabolism and are believed to influence risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). Despite many population studies, however, the impact of apoE polymorphism on risk for CHD remains uncertain. PURPOSE:To qualitatively and quantitatively assess the e...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Song Y,Stampfer MJ,Liu S

更新日期：2004-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the quality of care for common ambulatory conditions is adversely affected when physicians are provided with incentives to limit the use of health services. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study over a 2-year period. SETTING:Four group practices that cared for both fee-for-service patients ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Udvarhelyi IS,Jennison K,Phillips RS,Epstein AM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-effectiveness analysis and other forms of decision analysis are becoming more common in the medical literature and are increasingly influential in the development of health policy. Nevertheless, many clinicians find it difficult to apply policies developed from these analyses to individual encounters with patient...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Asch DA,Hershey JC

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Tsapas A, Avgerinos I, Karagiannis T, et al. Comparative effectiveness of glucose-lowering drugs for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2020;173:278-86. 32598218. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gandhi GY

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen episodes of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia were diagnosed in 13 patients among 336 with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cared for at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center since 1979. Bacterial pathogens isolated in 16 of 18 episodes were Haemophilus influenzae in 8, Streptococcus pneumo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Polsky B,Gold JW,Whimbey E,Dryjanski J,Brown AE,Schiffman G,Armstrong D

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:Although approximately 85 million units of red blood cells (RBCs) are transfused annually worldwide, transfusion practices vary widely. The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline to provide clinical recommendations about hemoglobin concentration thresholds and othe...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Carson JL,Grossman BJ,Kleinman S,Tinmouth AT,Marques MB,Fung MK,Holcomb JB,Illoh O,Kaplan LJ,Katz LM,Rao SV,Roback JD,Shander A,Tobian AA,Weinstein R,Swinton McLaughlin LG,Djulbegovic B,Clinical Transfusion Medicine Com

更新日期：2012-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for venous thromboembolism during pregnancy or postpartum is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the relative and absolute risk for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism during pregnancy and postpartum and to describe trends in incidence. DESIGN:Population-based inception cohort study using ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Heit JA,Kobbervig CE,James AH,Petterson TM,Bailey KR,Melton LJ 3rd

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with systemic lupus erythematosus randomly received inactivated bivalent (A/NJ and A/Victoria) influenza vaccine or saline in a double-blind study. During 20 weeks of follow-up, no deterioration in major organ function or increase in disease flares was observed in the immunized group as compared with th...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams GW,Steinberg AD,Reinertsen JL,Klassen LW,Decker JL,Dolin R

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of chemotherapy and adjunctive surgery in managing patients with advanced seminoma. DESIGN:Nonrandomized prospective clinical trial of chemotherapy in a cohort of patients with advanced seminoma. SETTING:Referral cancer hospital. PATIENTS:Consecutive sample of 62 patien...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Motzer RJ,Bosl GJ,Geller NL,Penenberg D,Yagoda A,Golbey R,Whitmore WF Jr,Fair WR,Sogani P,Herr H

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis were well established soon after antibiotics became available. Early work implicated Staphylococcus aureus, but in 1978 Clostridium difficile became the established pathogen in the vast majority of cases. In the first 5 years (1978 through 1983), the most common cause was cli...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bartlett JG

更新日期：2006-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of vidarabine for the therapy of suspected herpes simplex encephalitis presents a difficult decision for a physician as to whether to do brain biopsy, to treat blindly, or to withhold specific therapy in a patient. The choice is made more difficult because the physician must weigh four likelihoods sim...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Barza M,Pauker SG

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary deficiency of vitamin B-12 has been reported, yet most people ingesting vitamin-B12-deficient diets even for many years appear to achieve a balance that does not lead to overt signs and symptoms of deficiency. I present the case of a vegan of 25 years' duration who developed severe neurologic abnormalities due...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Carmel R

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although clinicians avoid giving meropenem to patients with penicillin allergy because of potential cross-reactivity, the rate of cross-reactivity between penicillins and meropenem has not been prospectively determined. OBJECTIVE:To assess the tolerability of meropenem in patients with documented penicillin...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Romano A,Viola M,Guéant-Rodriguez RM,Gaeta F,Valluzzi R,Guéant JL

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that 26% of U.S. adults, or about 34 million people aged 20 to 75 years, are overweight. The survey used a body mass index of 27.8 kg/m2 or greater for men and 27.3 or greater for women to define overweight. Prevalence of overweight increases with advan...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Van Itallie TB

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential trace elements such as zinc, iron, and copper participate in various enzyme reactions directly related to the regulation of blood pressure and indirectly related to generation of oxidative metabolic energy, alterations in blood lipid levels, and alterations in taste acuity. The toxicological action of severa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Saltman P

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chronic liver disease developed elevated serum aluminum concentrations and biopsy-proven osteodystrophy. Neither patient had chronic renal failure but both had received aluminum-containing antacids for long periods. We measured biliary and urinary aluminum excretion during antacid loading in patients...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams JW,Vera SR,Peters TG,Luther RW,Bhattacharya S,Spears H,Graham A,Pitcock JA,Crawford AJ,Palmieri GM

更新日期：1986-06-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Chemoprevention offers promise as a strategy for reducing morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in women. This review examined the evidence for the effectiveness of chemoprevention in women without a history of breast cancer. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE (1966 to December 2001). STUDY SELECTION:English-language,...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kinsinger LS,Harris R,Woolf SH,Sox HC,Lohr KN

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukotriene-receptor antagonists (LTRAs) are recommended as an alternative treatment in patients with mild asthma, but their effect compared with placebo is unclear. PURPOSE:To determine the benefits and harms of LTRAs as monotherapy or in combination with inhaled corticosteroids compared with placebo in ad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Miligkos M,Bannuru RR,Alkofide H,Kher SR,Schmid CH,Balk EM

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Low back pain is common, but a herniated intervertebral disk is the cause in only a small percentage of cases. Most symptomatic disk herniations result in clinical manifestations (pain, reflex loss, muscle weakness) that resolve with conservative therapy, and only 5% to 10% of patients require surgery. Sciatica is usu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Deyo RA,Loeser JD,Bigos SJ

更新日期：1990-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of proton-pump inhibitors in the management of peptic ulcer bleeding is controversial because discrepant results have been reported in different ethnic groups. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether intravenous esomeprazole prevents recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding better than placebo in a multiethnic patient sa...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sung JJ,Barkun A,Kuipers EJ,Mössner J,Jensen DM,Stuart R,Lau JY,Ahlbom H,Kilhamn J,Lind T,Peptic Ulcer Bleed Study Group.

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis was diagnosed after age 13 in 25 patients. All had an elevated sweat chloride and either a sibling with cystic fibrosis or typical pulmonary infection or digestive symptoms caused by exocrine pancreatic deficiency. Fourteen had long-standing pulmonary or digestive symptoms. In contrast, four of eight p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stern RC,Boat TF,Doershuk CF,Tucker AS,Miller RB,Matthews LW

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise therapy encompasses a heterogeneous group of interventions. There continues to be uncertainty about the most effective exercise approach in chronic low back pain. PURPOSE:To identify particular exercise intervention characteristics that decrease pain and improve function in adults with nonspecific ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hayden JA,van Tulder MW,Tomlinson G

更新日期：2005-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a clinical perspective on bilateral massive adrenal hemorrhage and an algorithm for its diagnosis and treatment. DATA IDENTIFICATION:Case reports were identified through a computer search using MEDLIN (1976 to 1987), and from bibliographies in review articles (up to 1978). STUDY SELECTION:Twelve re...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rao RH,Vagnucci AH,Amico JA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extended-duration low-molecular-weight heparin has been shown to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in high-risk surgical patients. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of extended-duration enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients. DESIGN:Randomized, parallel, placebo-contro...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hull RD,Schellong SM,Tapson VF,Monreal M,Samama MM,Nicol P,Vicaut E,Turpie AG,Yusen RD,EXCLAIM (Extended Prophylaxis for Venous ThromboEmbolism in Acutely Ill Medical Patients With Prolonged Immobilization) study.

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation holds promise as a treatment for familial amyloid polyneuropathy. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether peripheral nerves regenerate in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:University hospital in Matsumoto, Japan. PATIENT:A ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ikeda S,Takei Y,Yanagisawa N,Matsunami H,Hashikura Y,Ikegami T,Kawasaki S

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred sixty patients and staff from 15 U.S. dialysis centers were surveyed by the immune adherence hemagglutination technique for antibody to hepatitis A antigen (anti-HA). The age-standardized anti-HA prevalence was 42.9% in patients and 42.1% in staff. These rates are almost identical to those of socioeconomi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Szmuness W,Dienstag JL,Purcell RH,Prince AM,Stevens CE,Levine RW

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the efficacy of hepatitis vaccine is well documented, the duration of immunity of healthy adults after vaccination is unknown. We studied 245 hospital employees 3 years after primary vaccination with hepatitis B vaccine to determine the prevalence of immunity indicated by levels of antibody to hepatitis B sur...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Horowitz MM,Ershler WB,McKinney WP,Battiola RJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00