Prostate cancer screening: what we know and what we need to know.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of physician diagnostic variability on accuracy at a population level depends on the prevalence of diagnoses. OBJECTIVE:To estimate how diagnostic variability affects accuracy from the perspective of a U.S. woman aged 50 to 59 years having a breast biopsy. DESIGN:Applied probability using Bayes'...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elmore JG,Nelson HD,Pepe MS,Longton GM,Tosteson AN,Geller B,Onega T,Carney PA,Jackson SL,Allison KH,Weaver DL

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bhutan implemented a national program for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in 2010 involving girls aged 12 to 18 years and achieving nearly 90% coverage. OBJECTIVE:To estimate HPV vaccine effectiveness in a city in Bhutan. DESIGN:2 cross-sectional surveys, 2011-2012 and 2018. SETTING:2 hospitals in ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baussano I,Tshomo U,Tenet V,Heideman DAM,Wangden T,Franceschi S,Clifford GM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national registry was begun in 1981 to collect data from 32 centers on patients diagnosed by uniform criteria as having primary pulmonary hypertension. Entered into the registry were 187 patients with a mean age (+/- SD) of 36 +/- 15 years (range, 1 to 81), and a female-to-male ratio of 1.7:1 overall. The mean inter...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rich S,Dantzker DR,Ayres SM,Bergofsky EH,Brundage BH,Detre KM,Fishman AP,Goldring RM,Groves BM,Koerner SK

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Incidence and severity are increased among populations with some chronic diseases. The currently available polyvalent polysaccharide vaccine induces antibody production among immunologically competent recipients against the 14 serotypes responsible f...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schwartz JS

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep-related accidents often involve healthy young persons who are driving at night. Coffee and napping restore alertness, but no study has compared their effects on real nighttime driving performances. OBJECTIVE:To test the effects of 125 mL of coffee (half a cup) containing 200 mg of caffeine, placebo (d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Philip P,Taillard J,Moore N,Delord S,Valtat C,Sagaspe P,Bioulac B

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of the presence of a patent foramen ovale on the right-to-left shunt in patients with respiratory failure who receive positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). DESIGN:Convenience sample with randomized application of PEEP. SETTING:General intensive care unit of a university teaching h...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cujec B,Polasek P,Mayers I,Johnson D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No regulations govern placebo composition. The composition of placebos can influence trial outcomes and merits reporting. PURPOSE:To assess how often investigators specify the composition of placebos in randomized, placebo-controlled trials. DATA SOURCES:4 English-language general and internal medicine jou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Golomb BA,Erickson LC,Koperski S,Sack D,Enkin M,Howick J

更新日期：2010-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of forces are converging to reduce the number of internal medicine residency positions offered in this country. This reduction, referred to as downsizing, has been proposed as the solution to several of the problems facing internal medicine. We examine the forces that underlie the current enthusiasm for down...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Asch DA,Ende J

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of circulating T- and B-lymphocyte rosettes were done in 20 healthy controls and 29 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, including 18 receiving rifampin chemotherapy. Eight of the 18 patients in the rifampin group (44%) had significant suppression of their T-cell rosettes as compared with patients with tuberc...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gupta S,Grieco MH,Siegel I

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin breaks the gastric mucosal barrier. We studied the effect of aspirin on this barrier, correlating changes in potential difference and ultrastructure. Mean control potential difference for seven subjects was -48 +/- 1.0 mV. Oral aspirin, 600 mg in 100 ml of saline, reduced potential difference to -39 +/- 1.4 mV...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Baskin WN,Ivey KJ,Krause WJ,Jeffrey GE,Gemmell RT

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of ischemic heart disease was studied in a large kindred with familial hypercholesterolemia. Tendon xanthomas, multiple generation transmission, and the appearance of bimodality in the distributions of total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were found. The segregation ratio was 0.9 in females and...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Streja D,Steiner G,Kwiterovich PO Jr

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of herpes simplex virus isolates to acyclovir and the importance of resistant isolates in hospitalized patients. DESIGN:Retrospective incidence cohort study. SETTING:All herpes simplex virus isolates cultured over 1 year from patients followed at a tertiary care center. P...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Englund JA,Zimmerman ME,Swierkosz EM,Goodman JL,Scholl DR,Balfour HH Jr

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease are thought to have painless myocardial ischemia more often than patients without diabetes. We studied 50 consecutive patients with diabetes and 50 consecutive patients without diabetes, all with ischemia, on exercise thallium scintigraphy to show the reliabi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nesto RW,Phillips RT,Kett KG,Hill T,Perper E,Young E,Leland OS Jr

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the radiofrequency ablation method, describe the technique, and discuss the indications, results, and limitations of its use in patients with cardiac tachyarrhythmias. DATA SOURCES:Peer-reviewed reports in the literature by clinical investigators who use radiofrequency catheter ablation as identified...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Manolis AS,Wang PJ,Estes NA 3rd

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a cytogenetic response after interferon-alpha therapy in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia is independently associated with improved survival. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. PATIENTS:274 patients with a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kantarjian HM,Smith TL,O'Brien S,Beran M,Pierce S,Talpaz M

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease of carbohydrate metabolism. However, it should also be considered a vascular disease because diabetic patients have a strong predilection for atherosclerosis. With the increasing prevalence and earlier age at onset of diabetes, the projected effect of diabetes on cardiov...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hurst RT,Lee RW

更新日期：2003-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review methods of preventing or minimizing the adverse effects associated with the transfusion of passenger leukocytes present in cellular blood components and to define groups of patients who are at risk for adverse effects. DATA SOURCES:English-language articles on transfusion medicine. STUDY SELECTION:O...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lane TA,Anderson KC,Goodnough LT,Kurtz S,Moroff G,Pisciotto PT,Sayers M,Silberstein LE

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of dopamine, which has an inotropic effect on the myocardium and increases renal and splanchnic blood flow, on diaphragmatic contraction. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:We studied the changes in transdiaphragmatic pressure during electrical bilateral supramaximal stimulation of the phrenic n...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Aubier M,Murciano D,Menu Y,Boczkowski J,Mal H,Pariente R

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are life-saving devices for many patients with cardiac disease. Recipients of these devices, nevertheless, often suffer from progressive comorbid and cardiac conditions. Therefore, physicians should anticipate situations in which the defibrillator is no longer desired by the pat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berger JT

更新日期：2005-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients developed grand mal seizures during intravenous theophylline therapy. None had a history of neurologic disorder, and all were acutely ill with severe pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, or both. Serum theophylline concentrations obtained within 1 hour of the seizure ranged from 25 mug/ml to 70mug/ml, w...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zwillich CW,Sutton FD,Neff TA,Cohn WM,Matthay RA,Weinberger MM

更新日期：1975-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively study the clinical features, pathophysiology, treatment and prognosis of Wegener granulomatosis. DESIGN:Of the 180 patients with Wegener granulomatosis referred to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the past 24 years, 158 have been followed for 6 months to 24 ye...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hoffman GS,Kerr GS,Leavitt RY,Hallahan CW,Lebovics RS,Travis WD,Rottem M,Fauci AS

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because psychological approaches are likely to produce sustained benefits without the risk for tolerance or adverse effects associated with pharmacologic approaches, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-i) is now commonly recommended as first-line treatment for chronic insomnia. PURPOSE:To determi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Trauer JM,Qian MY,Doyle JS,Rajaratnam SM,Cunnington D

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine cases of Legionnaires' disease in a 16-month period were identified in visitors to and residents of Bloomington, Indiana. Thirty-five patients had spent at least one night at the Indiana Memorial Union in the 2 weeks before becoming ill. Five of 32 sporadic cases nationwide between 1 January and 31 March 1...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Politi BD,Fraser DW,Mallison GF,Mohatt JV,Morris GK,Patton CM,Feeley JC,Telle RD,Bennett JV

更新日期：1979-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:HIV-1 genotypic and phenotypic susceptibility testing (GPT) optimizes antiretroviral selection, but its effect on survival is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between GPT and survival. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:10 U.S. HIV clinics. PATIENTS:2699 HIV-infected patients eligible for GPT (pl...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Palella FJ Jr,Armon C,Buchacz K,Cole SR,Chmiel JS,Novak RM,Wood K,Moorman AC,Brooks JT,HOPS (HIV Outpatient Study) Investigators.

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients referred for cancer chemotherapy were found to be chronic, asymptomatic hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers. They had normal serum aminotransferase levels, but their sera were positive for HGsAg and antibody to hepatitis B e antigen. Both patients developed acute, icteric hepatitis within 3 month...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hoofnagle JH,Dusheiko GM,Schafer DF,Jones EA,Micetich KC,Young RC,Costa J

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain if mitral valve prolapse is inherited we studied 45 probands and 179 first-degree relatives. Echocardiographic mitral prolapse was present in 54 of 179 first-degree relatives (30%); at least one first-degree relative was affected in 29 families, including members of two generations in 23 families. The num...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Devereux RB,Brown WT,Kramer-Fox R,Sachs I

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Nidorf SM, Fiolet ATL, Mosterd A, et al. Colchicine in patients with chronic coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2020;383:1838-47. 32865380. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cohn JN

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00