Pyrogenic reactions after inadvertent infusion of endotoxin during cardiac catheterizations.

abstract：:Barrett's esophagus denotes the presence of columnar epithelium in the esophagus instead of the usual stratified squamous epithelium. Barrett's esophagus had been thought to represent a mediastinal extension of the stomach in patients with a congenital short esophagus. Subsequent clinical and experimental data have es...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bozymski EM,Herlihy KJ,Orlando RC

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changes in federal health policy are providing more access to medical care for persons with chronic disease. Providing quality care may require a team approach, which the American College of Physicians calls the "medical home." One new model may involve nurse-managed protocols. PURPOSE:To determine whether ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shaw RJ,McDuffie JR,Hendrix CC,Edie A,Lindsey-Davis L,Nagi A,Kosinski AS,Williams JW Jr

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with polymyositis had elevated serum levels of creatine kinase MB isoenzyme. The presence of this isoenzyme is used extensively to diagnose myocardial infarction, but the isoenzyme is also found in sera of patients with primary muscular and neuromuscular disorders. We studied cardiac function in two of ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Larca LJ,Coppola JT,Honig S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas and has been imported into many nonendemic countries by travelers. Objective:To describe clinical manifestations and epidemiology of Zika virus disease in travelers exposed in the Americas. Design:Descriptive, using GeoSentinel records. Setting:63 travel and t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hamer DH,Barbre KA,Chen LH,Grobusch MP,Schlagenhauf P,Goorhuis A,van Genderen PJ,Molina I,Asgeirsson H,Kozarsky PE,Caumes E,Hagmann SH,Mockenhaupt FP,Eperon G,Barnett ED,Bottieau E,Boggild AK,Gautret P,Hynes NA,Kuhn

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pretreatment antimicrobial resistance has an important impact on the efficacy of many Helicobacter pylori treatment regimens. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of H. pylori resistance to antimicrobials in the United States, to characterize risk factors associated with H. pylori antimicrobial resistance, ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meyer JM,Silliman NP,Wang W,Siepman NY,Sugg JE,Morris D,Zhang J,Bhattacharyya H,King EC,Hopkins RJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several agents are available to treat osteoporosis, the relative efficacy and toxicity of these agents when used to prevent fractures has not been well described. PURPOSE:To compare the benefits in fracture reduction and the harms from adverse events of various therapies for osteoporosis. DATA SOU...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： MacLean C,Newberry S,Maglione M,McMahon M,Ranganath V,Suttorp M,Mojica W,Timmer M,Alexander A,McNamara M,Desai SB,Zhou A,Chen S,Carter J,Tringale C,Valentine D,Johnsen B,Grossman J

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative care prioritizes symptom management and quality of life throughout the course of serious illness. Regardless of whether care is inpatient or outpatient, primary or subspecialty, a solid understanding of the basics of effective communication, symptom management, and end-of-life care is crucial. This article ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Swetz KM,Kamal AH

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimates of risk for radiation-induced breast cancer from mammography screening have not considered variation in dose exposure or diagnostic work-up after abnormal screening results. OBJECTIVE:To estimate distributions of radiation-induced breast cancer incidence and mortality from digital mammography scre...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Miglioretti DL,Lange J,van den Broek JJ,Lee CI,van Ravesteyn NT,Ritley D,Kerlikowske K,Fenton JJ,Melnikow J,de Koning HJ,Hubbard RA

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of tests done in the year before elective surgery that might substitute for preoperative screening tests and to determine the frequency of test results that change from a normal value to a value likely to alter perioperative management. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis of compu...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Macpherson DS,Snow R,Lofgren RP

更新日期：1990-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of what is formally taught in medicine is about the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required of a physician, including how to express compassion and respect for patients at the bedside. What is learned, however, includes not only admirable qualities but also behaviors and qualities that are inconsistent with eth...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lehmann LS,Sulmasy LS,Desai S,ACP Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee.

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive care is one of the largest, most expensive, and complex components of U.S. health care. Errors and the resulting adverse events are, however, common in intensive care units (ICUs). Theories about errors in high-risk environments, developed by aviation and other industries, provide insight into why ICUs are p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pronovost PJ,Wu AW,Sexton JB

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily change of intravenous (i.v.) infusion administration sets has been recommended by the Center for Disease Control since 1973 to reduce the risk of infusion bacteremia. To evaluate this recommendation, we undertook a prospective, randomized, controlled trial that compared the rates of i.v.-associated bacteremia, i...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Buxton AE,Highsmith AK,Garner JS,West CM,Stamm WE,Dixon RE,McGowan JE Jr

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis that develops after joint arthroplasty and the value of screening tests to detect thrombi are uncertain. OBJECTIVES:To determine 1) the rate of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism occurring after hospitalization for joint ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Robinson KS,Anderson DR,Gross M,Petrie D,Leighton R,Stanish W,Alexander D,Mitchell M,Flemming B,Gent M

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of the addition of ifosfamide to cisplatin plus etoposide (VIP), or vinblastine (VeIP), in patients with recurrent germ cell tumors. DESIGN:Nonrandomized, prospective phase II trial. SETTING:Tertiary referral university hospital. PATIENTS:Fifty-six of fifty-eight entered pat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Loehrer PJ Sr,Lauer R,Roth BJ,Williams SD,Kalasinski LA,Einhorn LH

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of atenolol and nifedipine on mood and cognitive function in elderly hypertensive patients. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, crossover trial. PATIENTS:Thirty-one elderly volunteers (7 women and 4 men) 60 to 81 years of age with mild to moderate hypertension were recruited from the gen...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Skinner MH,Futterman A,Morrissette D,Thompson LW,Hoffman BB,Blaschke TF

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, experienced an epidemic of hepatitis A in 1994 and 1995. More than 1700 cases were reported. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the clinical features of patients hospitalized during a large urban epidemic of hepatitis A. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:15 acute care...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Willner IR,Uhl MD,Howard SC,Williams EQ,Riely CA,Waters B

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review epidemiologic studies on the association between homocyst(e)ine level and risk for cardiovascular disease and the potential benefits of homocysteine-decreasing therapies. DATA SOURCES:Computerized and manual searches of the literature on total homocysteine levels and cardiovascular disease. STUDY SE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Eikelboom JW,Lonn E,Genest J Jr,Hankey G,Yusuf S

更新日期：1999-09-07 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：BACKGROUND:The appropriate duration of therapy for catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is controversial. Conventional practice dictates that all patients receive prolonged courses of intravenous antibiotics. Some clinicians recommend abbreviated therapeutic courses, but an alternate approach involves p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rosen AB,Fowler VG Jr,Corey GR,Downs SM,Biddle AK,Li J,Jollis JG

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances of urinary bladder function are well-recognized problems in diabetic patients and are generally attributed to peripheral neuropathy. Because of the difficulties inherent in the histologic examination of the peripheral autonomic nerves, little is known about the pathology of these nerves. Recently, alterat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mastri AR

更新日期：1980-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether patients understand that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces only chronic stable angina and not myocardial infarction (MI) or associated mortality. OBJECTIVE:To compare cardiologists' and patients' beliefs about PCI. DESIGN:Survey. SETTING:Academic center. PARTICIPANTS:...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rothberg MB,Sivalingam SK,Ashraf J,Visintainer P,Joelson J,Kleppel R,Vallurupalli N,Schweiger MJ

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The coexistence of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and myasthenia gravis has been infrequently reported. We report another case and show the coexistence of autoantibodies to the platelet glycoprotein IIb and IIIa complex and the acetylcholine receptor. Autoantibody levels were followed during 8 weeks of tr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Anderson MJ,Woods VL Jr,Tani P,Lindstrom JM,Schmidt D,McMillan R

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy and safety of fluconazole treatment of coccidioidal meningitis. DESIGN:Uncontrolled clinical trial. SETTING:Four university-based treatment centers in California, Arizona, and Texas. Most therapy was conducted without hospitalization. PATIENTS:Fifty consecutive patients with activ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Galgiani JN,Catanzaro A,Cloud GA,Higgs J,Friedman BA,Larsen RA,Graybill JR

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Castleman disease, an unusual condition of unknown cause consisting of a massive proliferation of lymphoid tissue, remains a clinicopathologic diagnosis. Three histologic variants (hyaline vascular, plasma-cell, and mixed) and two clinical types (localized and multicentric) of Castleman disease have been des...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Herrada J,Cabanillas F,Rice L,Manning J,Pugh W

更新日期：1998-04-15 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether a brief course of treatment with gallium nitrate can reduce biochemical parameters of accelerated bone turnover in patients with advanced Paget disease. DESIGN:Unblinded trial, decreasing dose schedules of gallium nitrate. SETTING:University hospital with primary orthopedic and metabolic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Warrell RP Jr,Bosco B,Weinerman S,Levine B,Lane J,Bockman RS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many investigations consider the presence of e antigen (HBeAg) valuable in predicting which patients with acute hepatitis B are at risk of remaining infected and developing chronic liver disease. We tested this hypothesis in a retrospective study of serial samples from patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis. We fo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Werner BG,Blumberg BS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive palliative care, as exemplified by many state-of-the-art hospice programs, is the standard of care for the dying. Although palliative care is very effective, physicians, nurses, patients, families, and loved ones regularly face clinically, ethically, legally, and morally challenging decisions throughout ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quill TE,Lee BC,Nunn S

更新日期：2000-03-21 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