Critical pathways as a strategy for improving care: problems and potential.

abstract：Description:Recommendation on screening for urinary incontinence in women by the Women's Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI), a national coalition of women's health professional organizations and patient representatives. The WPSI's recommendations are intended to guide clinical practice and coverage of services for t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： O'Reilly N,Nelson HD,Conry JM,Frost J,Gregory KD,Kendig SM,Phipps M,Salganicoff A,Ramos D,Zahn C,Qaseem A,Women's Preventive Services Initiative.

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise rehabilitation programs increase treadmill walking performance in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and intermittent claudication. However, it is unknown whether patients with PAD who walk for exercise regularly have less functional decline than those with less walking activity. OBJEC...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： McDermott MM,Liu K,Ferrucci L,Criqui MH,Greenland P,Guralnik JM,Tian L,Schneider JR,Pearce WH,Tan J,Martin GJ

更新日期：2006-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The irritable bowel syndrome is a common chronic disorder having a broad clinical spectrum of severity. Although only a small proportion of those afflicted seek medical help for their symptoms, a subset have severe and intractable symptoms. A positive diagnosis should be established from the history and physical exami...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Drossman DA,Thompson WG

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare inhaled pentamidine with intravenous pentamidine for the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). DESIGN:A randomized trial. SETTING:Community teaching hospital and hospital-based outpatient treatment center. PATIENTS:Twenty-one homosexual men...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Soo Hoo GW,Mohsenifar Z,Meyer RD

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bayesian inference is usually presented as a method for determining how scientific belief should be modified by data. Although Bayesian methodology has been one of the most active areas of statistical development in the past 20 years, medical researchers have been reluctant to embrace what they perceive as a subjectiv...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Goodman SN

更新日期：1999-06-15 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 determine whether antimicrobial therapy for Helicobacter pylori infection accelerates the healing of duodenal ulcers. DESIGN:Single-blind, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Veterans Affairs hospital. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred and five patients with endoscopically verified duodenal ulcers. INTERVENTI...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Graham DY,Lew GM,Evans DG,Evans DJ Jr,Klein PD

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid antibodies were found significantly more often in insulin-dependent diabetics than in their spouses or in non-insulin-dependent diabetics. The poor correlation between presence of thyroid autoimmunity and duration of disease and the significantly increased prevalence of thyroid antibodies in first-degree relat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fialkow PJ,Zavala C,Nielsen R

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a resistance-training program on walking endurance in a healthy, community-dwelling elderly population. DESIGN:12- week randomized, controlled trial comparing a resistance- training group with a nonexercising control group. SETTING:Hospital-affiliated outpatient exercise facility....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ades PA,Ballor DL,Ashikaga T,Utton JL,Nair KS

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical school graduates are avoiding primary care. The very aspects that once attracted students have been subverted. The breadth of practice that was once appealing has become the breadth of heavy-handed scrutiny, as politicians and business leaders have demanded quality--simplistically defined as dogmatic adherence...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Norenberg DD

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Position statements opposing legalization of physician-assisted suicide by organizations such as the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine rightly emphasize that palliative care should be the standard of care for the dying, and that the inadequacies that exist in its delivery should be r...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quill TE,Cassel CK

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the use of non-potassium-sparing diuretics and beta-blockers is associated with an excess risk for sudden cardiac death in hypertensive patients. DESIGN:Case-control study. SETTING:Rotterdam, the Netherlands. PATIENTS:257 case-patients who had died suddenly while receiving drug therapy...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hoes AW,Grobbee DE,Lubsen J,Man in 't Veld AJ,van der Does E,Hofman A

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an unprecedented approach to viral discovery, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) was cloned before it was established by conventional methods of viral detection or by genomic characterization. Hepatitis C virus is a small (10-kb), single-stranded RNA virus with a genomic organization that places it in the family Flaviviri...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Alter HJ

更新日期：1991-10-15 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：BACKGROUND:Women treated with therapeutic chest radiation may develop breast cancer. PURPOSE:To summarize breast cancer risk and breast cancer surveillance in women after chest radiation for pediatric or young adult cancer. DATA SOURCES:Studies from MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and CINAHL (1966 to December ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Henderson TO,Amsterdam A,Bhatia S,Hudson MM,Meadows AT,Neglia JP,Diller LR,Constine LS,Smith RA,Mahoney MC,Morris EA,Montgomery LL,Landier W,Smith SM,Robison LL,Oeffinger KC

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of serious infection in patients infected with HIV. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate risk factors for and quantitative effect of S. aureus infection in HIV-infected patients, with special attention to nasal carriage. DESIGN:Prospective, multihospital cohort study. SETTING:Thr...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nguyen MH,Kauffman CA,Goodman RP,Squier C,Arbeit RD,Singh N,Wagener MM,Yu VL

更新日期：1999-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of a low anion gap in patients with multiple myeloma has recently been emphasized. This has been related to the retention of chloride and bicarbonate anions to offset the cationic charge of the monoclonal immunoglobulins. We now report the presence of a low anion gap in 50 patients with asymptomatic plasm...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schnur MJ,Appel GB,Karp G,Osserman EP

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The benefits of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are uncertain. Purpose:To update and expand a prior review examining the effects of P4P programs targeted at the physician, group, managerial, or institutional level on process-of-care and patient outcomes in ambulatory and inpatient settings. Data Sources...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mendelson A,Kondo K,Damberg C,Low A,Motúapuaka M,Freeman M,O'Neil M,Relevo R,Kansagara D

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the literature on prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. DATA SOURCES:The MEDLINE database, conference proceedings, and bibliographies of review articles and book chapters were searched for relevant articles. Primary authors were contacted directly if data were incomplete. STUDY SE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mermel LA

更新日期：2000-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To standardize the cutoff points of serum cortisol values in the evaluation of Cushing's syndrome during a low- and high-dose dexamethasone suppression test, daily serum cortisol measurements (0800 hours and 1600 hours) and urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroids were compared (Study A). Forty-seven subjects were studied (1...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ashcraft MW,Van Herle AJ,Vener SL,Geffner DL

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of intravenous adenosine in terminating acute episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. DESIGN:Two prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials to evaluate dose response in patients receiving adenosine and to compare the effects of adenosine wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： DiMarco JP,Miles W,Akhtar M,Milstein S,Sharma AD,Platia E,McGovern B,Scheinman MM,Govier WC

更新日期：1990-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute bronchitis is an acute cough illness in otherwise healthy adults that usually lasts 1 to 3 weeks. This review describes the pathophysiology of the condition and provides a practical approach to the evaluation and treatment of adults with uncomplicated acute bronchitis. Practical points to be made are:1. Respirat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gonzales R,Sande MA

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Stroke rates in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who are not receiving anticoagulant therapy vary widely across published studies; the resulting effect on the net clinical benefit of anticoagulation in AF is unknown. Objective:To determine the effect of variation in published AF stroke rat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shah SJ,Eckman MH,Aspberg S,Go AS,Singer DE

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms in homosexual men, Campylobacter jejuni was recovered from 10 of 158 men with, and 2 of 75 men without, intestinal symptoms. In addition, a heterogeneous group of Campylobacter-like organisms was identified in 26 symptomatic and 6 asymptomatic homosexual men, but in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Quinn TC,Goodell SE,Fennell C,Wang SP,Schuffler MD,Holmes KK,Stamm WE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because only limited evidence suggests that elastic stockings prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome in patients with symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT), these stockings are not widely used. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of compression elastic stockings for prevention of the post-thrombotic syndrom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Prandoni P,Lensing AW,Prins MH,Frulla M,Marchiori A,Bernardi E,Tormene D,Mosena L,Pagnan A,Girolami A

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with abnormalities suggestive of pituitary adenoma; one during pregnancy and one in the postpartum period. However, pathologic examination of the pituitary showed extensive destruction by a lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate; no tumor was identified. Both patients developed hypopituitarism. We know of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Asa SL,Bilbao JM,Kovacs K,Josse RG,Kreines K

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, through structured methodologic review of published articles, the effectiveness of short-course (< or = 2 weeks) antibiotic therapy for catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. DATA SOURCES:English-language publications on catheter-related S. aureus bacteremia identified using MEDLINE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jernigan JA,Farr BM

更新日期：1993-08-15 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：:Patients with serious psychiatric disorders are frequently treated by primary care physicians, who may have difficulty keeping up with recent advances in psychiatry. This paper presents an updated synopsis for three major psychiatric illnesses: major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Current definitions...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Glick ID,Suppes T,DeBattista C,Hu RJ,Marder S

更新日期：2001-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Holm NR, Mäkikallio T, Lindsay MM, et al. Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in the treatment of unprotected left main stenosis: updated 5-year outcomes from the randomised, non-inferiority NOBLE trial. Lancet. 2019;395:191-9. 31879028. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vallabhajosyula S,Bell MR

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00