Amantadine effect on peripheral airways abnormalities in influenza. A study in 15 students with natural influenza A infection.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each year, millions of patients worldwide have a perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after noncardiac surgery. OBJECTIVE:To examine the characteristics and short-term outcome of perioperative MI. DESIGN:Cohort study. (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00182039) SETTING:190 centers in 23 coun...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Devereaux PJ,Xavier D,Pogue J,Guyatt G,Sigamani A,Garutti I,Leslie K,Rao-Melacini P,Chrolavicius S,Yang H,Macdonald C,Avezum A,Lanthier L,Hu W,Yusuf S,POISE (PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation) Investigators.

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether initial treatment is necessary in relatively asymptomatic patients with stage III and IV non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of favorable histologic types was studied by retrospective analysis. Two groups of patients were studied: [1] 44 nonprotocol patients, followed since 1963, in whom initial treatment ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Portlock CS,Rosenberg SA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content, role, and purpose of internal medicine, organized as an American specialty 100 years ago, have been marked by ambivalence from the beginning. Nevertheless, molded to a large extent by external events, including the strategic and symbolic importance of surgery in American medicine, the rise of university m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stevens R

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:The National Kidney Foundation has advocated the use of the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from serum creatinine measurements in clinical laboratories. However, healthy persons were not included in the development of the MDRD equ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rule AD,Larson TS,Bergstralh EJ,Slezak JM,Jacobsen SJ,Cosio FG

更新日期：2004-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Difficulties with daily functioning are common in middle-aged adults. However, little is known about the epidemiology or clinical course of these problems, including the extent to which they share common features with functional impairment in older adults. Objective:To determine the epidemiology and clinica...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Brown RT,Diaz-Ramirez LG,Boscardin WJ,Lee SJ,Steinman MA

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine in female tennis and squash players the effect of biological age (that is, the starting age of playing relative to the age at menarche) at which tennis or squash playing was started on the difference in bone mineral content between the playing and non-playing arms. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kannus P,Haapasalo H,Sankelo M,Sievänen H,Pasanen M,Heinonen A,Oja P,Vuori I

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although few retrospective studies of high altitude have reported that obesity might be associated with the development of acute mountain sickness (AMS), this association has not been studied prospectively. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether obesity is associated with the development of AMS. DESIGN:Obese and n...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ri-Li G,Chase PJ,Witkowski S,Wyrick BL,Stone JA,Levine BD,Babb TG

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman from Mendoza, Argentina, was severely bitten by a dog that died 4 days later. Before death, the dog was nervous, aggressive, and had occasional seizures. Ten days after the woman had been bitten, rabies vaccine treatment was begun: 14 daily doses of suckling mouse brain vaccine followed by 2 booste...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Porras C,Barboza JJ,Fuenzalida E,Adaros HL,Oviedo AM,Furst J

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term functional somatic syndrome has been applied to several related syndromes characterized more by symptoms, suffering, and disability than by consistently demonstrable tissue abnormality. These syndromes include multiple chemical sensitivity, the sick building syndrome, repetition stress injury, the side effect...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Barsky AJ,Borus JF

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may cause viral antigenemia, detected primarily as p24 viral core protein. Among 16 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex studied serially, 12 had or developed antigenemia ranging from 16 to 3006 pg/mL in plasma. The level ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jackson GG,Paul DA,Falk LA,Rubenis M,Despotes JC,Mack D,Knigge M,Emeson EE

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk for embolic stroke. Screening for atrial thrombi with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before cardioversion should, in many patients, safely permit cardioversion to be done earlier than would be possible ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Klein AL,Grimm RA,Black IW,Leung DY,Chung MK,Vaughn SE,Murray RD,Miller DP,Arheart KL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of bulimia is a common disorder and can be associated with serious psychological and physical morbidity. Unfortunately, many patients are reluctant to discuss their symptoms with their physicians and few clues can be found on physical examination to aid in the diagnosis. Possible physical signs include ul...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mitchell JE,Seim HC,Colon E,Pomeroy C

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：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：:This issue provides a clinical overview of sickle cell disease focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits. Only ACP members and individual subscribers can access the electronic features of In the Clinic. No...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Steinberg MH

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:During the National Cooperative Gallstone Study, therapy with chenodiol, 750 or 375 mg/d, for 2 years resulted in confirmed, complete gallstone dissolution in 14% and 5% of patients, respectively, and partial dissolution (greater than 50%) in 27% and 18%. The present study was done to determine the frequency with whic...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Marks JW,Baum RA,Hanson RF,Hersh T,Hightower NC Jr,Mekhjian H,Schaefer RA,Soloway RD,Thistle JL,Thomas FB

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening mammography is recommended for women 50 to 69 years of age because of its proven efficacy and reasonable cost-effectiveness. Extending screening recommendations to include women 40 to 49 years of age remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of screening mammography in wom...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Salzmann P,Kerlikowske K,Phillips K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colony-stimulating factors are growth factors responsible for the proliferation and the maturation of bone marrow stem cells to fully differentiated granulocytes and monocytes. In addition to their effects on hematopoiesis, some colony-stimulating factors prime mature cells for enhanced chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and k...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Weisbart RH,Gasson JC,Golde DW

更新日期：1989-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "medical necessity" is used ubiquitously in health care, but its meaning and implementation vary substantially among providers, payers, and patients. This ambiguity has led some to suggest that cost-effectiveness be used as a basis for decision rules. This paper presents an analytical framework that is famili...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Glassman PA,Model KE,Kahan JP,Jacobson PD,Peabody JW

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the risk for chronic renal disease associated with regular use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). DESIGN:Multicenter case-control study. PATIENTS:Patients were 554 North Carolina residents (age range, 30 to 79 years) hospitalized between 1980 and 1982 with a discharge d...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sandler DP,Burr FR,Weinberg CR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovery of the factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations has greatly increased the percentage of patients in whom venous thrombosis can be attributed to hereditary thrombophilia. The first step in the diagnostic approach to all patients with venous thrombosis consists of a careful history and physical examin...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bauer KA

更新日期：2001-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death remains a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 350,000 deaths each year, and the survival rate of victims remains low. Most survivors face a significant risk for recurrence. The typical substrate is chronic--abnormal myocardium with fibrosis (often from previous my...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Akhtar M,Garan H,Lehmann MH,Troup PJ

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional care has been defined as a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care in the same location. Transitional care, which primarily concerns the relatively brief time interval that begins with pre...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Coleman EA,Berenson RA

更新日期：2004-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In an era of increasing competition in medical care, critical pathway guidelines have emerged as one of the most popular new initiatives intended to reduce costs while maintaining or even improving the quality of care. Developed primarily for high-volume hospital diagnoses, critical pathways display goals for patients...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pearson SD,Goulart-Fisher D,Lee TH

更新日期：1995-12-15 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and toxicity of cyclosporin A in patients with severe, treatment-refractory rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN:Prospective randomized, double-blind 6-month trial. PATIENTS:Thirty-one patients who had classic seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with active synovitis unresponsive to conve...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Yocum DE,Klippel JH,Wilder RL,Gerber NL,Austin HA 3rd,Wahl SM,Lesko L,Minor JR,Preuss HG,Yarboro C

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All practicing physicians should be prepared to respond to requests from patients for advice about participating in clinical trials research. Even physicians who choose not to conduct clinical trials but rather devote their practice to clinical care may have patients who consider volunteering for research. In advising...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chen DT,Miller FG,Rosenstein DL

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The news media are often criticized for exaggerated coverage of weak science. Press releases, a source of information for many journalists, might be a source of those exaggerations. OBJECTIVE:To characterize research press releases from academic medical centers. DESIGN:Content analysis. SETTING:Press rele...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Woloshin S,Schwartz LM,Casella SL,Kennedy AT,Larson RJ

更新日期：2009-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Questionnaire II of the National Study of Internal Medicine Manpower was directed to all of the 1502 subspecialty training programs in the United States and Puerto Rico. The overall response rate was 86%. For the years 1972-1973 through 1976-1977 the number of fellows in subspecialty training grew at an average rate o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tarlov AR,Weil PA,Schleiter MK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00