Psychological care of adults with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:It is well recognized that physicians' relationships with their patients can have healing effects, but the skills in this area of medical practice are understudied. This article reports on research designed to identify a core set of healing skills. The authors interviewed 50 practitioners, who were identified by their...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Churchill LR,Schenck D

更新日期：2008-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 476 patients with multiple myeloma treated during a 9-year period, 11 developed acute myelogenous leukemia or sideroblastic anemia. In all, the myeloma was in remission from chemotherapy with melphalan-prednisone combinations that had been continued for a median duration of 3 years. The incidence of acute leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gonzalez F,Trujillo JM,Alexanian R

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Chinese translation BACKGROUND:Black persons are more likely than white persons to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and to die from it. The extent to which genetic or biological factors versus disparities in screening rates explain this variance remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schroy PC 3rd,Coe A,Chen CA,O'Brien MJ,Heeren TC

更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicare's value-based purchasing (VBP) and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) could disproportionately affect safety-net hospitals. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether safety-net hospitals incur larger financial penalties than other hospitals under VBP and HRRP. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gilman M,Hockenberry JM,Adams EK,Milstein AS,Wilson IB,Becker ER

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Longer-term mortality benefit and cost-effectiveness for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening are uncertain. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the benefits, in terms of AAA-related and all-cause mortality, and cost-effectiveness of ultrasonography screening for AAA in a group that was invited to screening compared...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kim LG,P Scott RA,Ashton HA,Thompson SG,Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group.

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians are often asked to make prognostic assessments but often worry that their assessments will prove inaccurate. Prognostic systems were developed to enhance the accuracy of such assessments. This paper describes an approach for evaluating prognostic systems based on the accuracy (calibration and discrimination...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Justice AC,Covinsky KE,Berlin JA

更新日期：1999-03-16 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：BACKGROUND:Screening for hereditary hemochromatosis is traditionally done by using serum iron studies. However, mutation analysis of the hemochromatosis-associated HFE gene has recently become available. OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of no screening with four screening strategies that incorporate HFE gen...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： El-Serag HB,Inadomi JM,Kowdley KV

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a model to project morbidity, mortality, and costs attributable to type A influenza virus infections in nursing homes and to evaluate the relative benefits and costs of programs for prevention and control. Influenza vaccination was the most cost-effective intervention under various simulations in the mode...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Patriarca PA,Arden NH,Koplan JP,Goodman RA

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Physical activity has been related to enhanced bone mass and improved physical functioning and thus may reduce the risk for osteoporotic fracture. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether higher levels of physical activity are related to lower incidence of hip, wrist, and vertebral fractures. DESIGN:Prospective coho...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gregg EW,Cauley JA,Seeley DG,Ensrud KE,Bauer DC

更新日期：1998-07-15 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：:Since 1970, forty-two patients with pulmonary hypertension due to chronic, thromboembolic obstruction of the major pulmonary arteries have had pulmonary thromboendarterectomy at the University of California, San Diego, and the San Diego Veterans Medical Centers. Duration of symptoms before admission averaged 4.4 years...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Moser KM,Daily PO,Peterson K,Dembitsky W,Vapnek JM,Shure D,Utley J,Archibald C

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dietary protein has long been thought to play a role in the progression of chronic renal disease, but clinical trials to date have not consistently shown that dietary protein restriction is beneficial. PURPOSE:To use meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of dietary protein restriction in previously published...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pedrini MT,Levey AS,Lau J,Chalmers TC,Wang PH

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent guidelines for adult prevention do not recommend a comprehensive annual physical examination, but current public expectations in light of this change are unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine public belief in the need for and content of an annual physical examination and to examine the effect of financial ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Oboler SK,Prochazka AV,Gonzales R,Xu S,Anderson RJ

更新日期：2002-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 4 days, two oncology patients in the Clinical Research Unit had bacteremia causes by group Y Neisseria meningitidis. Three additional patients, identified by prevalence survey, were found to have nasopharyngeal colonization with that serogroup, compared with only one employee (not associated with patients) and ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cohen MS,Steere AC,Baltimore R,von Graevenitz A,Pantelick E,Camp B,Root RK

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of the continuous intravenous dexamethasone suppression test in the differential diagnosis of patients with the Cushing syndrome. DESIGN:Comparison of the results of this test with those of other tests in the study population and with data from the literature. SETTING:Refer...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Biemond P,de Jong FH,Lamberts SW

更新日期：1990-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult salicylate intoxication has been considered to be easily recognized and assciated with low morbidity and mortality. In the present study of 73 consecutive adults hospitalized with salicylate intoxication, 27% of patients were undiagnosed for as long as 72 h after admission. The initial physical findings and labo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson RJ,Potts DE,Gabow PA,Rumack BH,Schrier RW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research participants require ongoing protection of the kind already established in law and regulation. However, "special scrutiny" for certain types of research is also needed. Three criteria for special scrutiny are 1) research that involves initial experiences of translating new scientific advances into humans, esp...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Levine C,Faden R,Grady C,Hammerschmidt D,Eckenwiler L,Sugarman J,Consortium to Examine Clinical Research Ethics.

更新日期：2004-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1993, the Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee began evaluation of new topics and reevaluation of previous guidelines on common screening tests, which were published in Annals of Internal Medicine between 1988 and 1990 and republished as a collection in 1991 (Eddy DM, ed. Common Screening Tests. Philadelphia: ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Littenberg B

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Department of Health and Human Services recently called for public comment on human subjects research protections. OBJECTIVE:To assess variability in reviews across institutional review boards (IRBs) for a multisite, minimal-risk trial of financial incentives for evidence-based hypertension care and to ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Petersen LA,Simpson K,Sorelle R,Urech T,Chitwood SS

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in prolonging survival for women with breast cancer has been well documented, limited population-based information is available on the actual use of chemotherapy. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between age and chemotherapy use. DESIGN:Cohort study. SET...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Du XL,Key CR,Osborne C,Mahnken JD,Goodwin JS

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of asymptomatic hyperuricemia is controversial. Reported benefits from treatment prevention of acute gouty arthritis, chronic tophaceous gout, urolithiasis, or gouty nephropathy. A review of experimental and clinical data suggests that the risks of asymptomatic hyperuricemia are small or unknown and the...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Liang MH,Fries JF

更新日期：1978-05-01 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：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：:Because the cholesterol-rich very low density (VLD) lipoproteins of subjects with type III hyperlipoproteinemia are distinctively enriched in apolipoprotein E, a radial immunodiffusion assay for apolipoprotein E in whole plasma was developed. Its diagnostic usefulness was tested in randomly selected (n = 174) and hype...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kushwaha RS,Hazzard WR,Wahl PW,Hoover JJ

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite some impressive recent gains, improving the glaring deficiencies in health care quality is proving to be very hard. Improvement is local, rather than system-wide, and is sustained with difficulty, rather than becoming an intrinsic feature of care. My right knee will probably need to be replaced soon. This has ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berwick DM

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The sharp rise in drug abuse in the past decade has led to the development of new sources of information on drug-abuse trends. These include surveys, drug-related emergencies, drug-abuse treatment, hepatitis rates, and various types of law enforcement information. This paper summarizes data currently available for her...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Greene MH,Nightingale SL,DuPont RL

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia describes a group of inherited autosomal recessive disorders characterized by an enzymatic defect in cortisol biosynthesis, compensatory increases in corticotropin secretion, and adrenocortical hyperplasia. 21-Hydroxylase deficiency is responsible for more than 95% of cases and is one of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Merke DP,Bornstein SR,Avila NA,Chrousos GP

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Some important health policy topics, such as those related to the delivery, organization, and financing of health care, present substantial challenges to established methods for evidence synthesis. For example, such reviews may ask: What is the effect of for-profit versus not-for-profit delivery of care on patient out...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bravata DM,McDonald KM,Shojania KG,Sundaram V,Owens DK

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00