Correctional health care: a public health opportunity.

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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the amount of variation in in-hospital mortality and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay that can be accounted for by clinical data available at ICU admission. DESIGN:Inception cohort study. SETTING:Forty-two ICUs in 40 hospitals, including 26 hospitals that were randomly selected and 14 la...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Knaus WA,Wagner DP,Zimmerman JE,Draper EA

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It is hypothesized that peritoneal fluid might be used as an alternative vehicle for monitoring the clinical chemistry of patients on peritoneal dialyses and save these patients the venesection and resultant blood loss. Peritoneal fluid was obtained before 47.2% of 106 dialysis treatments and compared with simultaneou...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kelton JG,Ulan R,Stiller C,Holmes E

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：:Individual differences in metabolism of the sulfonamides may predispose patients to idiosyncratic reactions. Sulfonamides are metabolized by N-acetylation (mediated by a genetically polymorphic enzyme) and oxidation to potentially toxic metabolites. We examined 6 patients who had severe reactions to sulfonamides and c...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shear NH,Spielberg SP,Grant DM,Tang BK,Kalow W

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presenting with nephrotic syndrome but without evidence of collagen vascular disease had organized glomerular immune deposits with a "fingerprint" pattern. This finding has been previously associated with lupus nephritis and, in our institution, has been seen in 6% of the biopsy specimens from patients wi...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Alpers CE,Hopper J Jr,Bernstein MJ,Biava CG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the following: a reference range for serum calcitriol during hypercalcemia in a control group of patients with myeloma in whom calcitriol production is known to be appropriately suppressed; the incidence of elevated serum calcitriol levels in hypercalcemic patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma accor...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Seymour JF,Gagel RF,Hagemeister FB,Dimopoulos MA,Cabanillas F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：DESCRIPTION:Update of the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for breast cancer. METHODS:The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the following: effectiveness of breast cancer screening in reducing breast cancer-specific and all-cause mortality, as well as the incidence of advanced...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Siu AL,U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive patients with progressive systemic sclerosis were prospectively evaluated for evidence of Sjögren's syndrome. Six of the 35 (17%) were judged to have the disorder. This is a higher prevalence than in most reports, but much lower than that recently reportedly by Alarcón-Segovia and associates (7...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cipoletti JF,Buckingham RB,Barnes EL,Peel RL,Mahmood K,Cignetti FE,Pierce JM,Rabin BS,Rodnan GP

更新日期：1977-11-01 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：Background:The 2013 pooled cohort equations (PCEs) are central in prevention guidelines for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but can misestimate CVD risk. Objective:To improve the clinical accuracy of CVD risk prediction by revising the 2013 PCEs using newer data and statistical methods. Design:Derivation and validation ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Yadlowsky S,Hayward RA,Sussman JB,McClelland RL,Min YI,Basu S

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite extensive literature, the diagnostic role of d-dimer for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) remains unclear, reflecting multiple d-dimer assays and concerns about differing sensitivities and variability. PURPOSE:To systematically review trials that assessed sensitivity, specific...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Stein PD,Hull RD,Patel KC,Olson RE,Ghali WA,Brant R,Biel RK,Bharadia V,Kalra NK

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past quarter century, general internal medicine has emerged as a vital discipline. In the realm of patient care, it is the integrating discipline par excellence. Ironically, as general internists face the challenge of integrating advances of dizzying speed and complexity, and as their clinical practice beco...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Larson EB

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the serologic manifestations and response to treatment of syphilis in intravenous drug users. DESIGN:Cohort study of intravenous drug users. SETTING:Medical clinic in a hospital-based methadone maintenance treatment program in New Yo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gourevitch MN,Selwyn PA,Davenny K,Buono D,Schoenbaum EE,Klein RS,Friedland GH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors slow renal disease progression and reduce cardiac morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Patients' out-of-pocket costs pose a barrier to using this effective therapy. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the cost-effectiveness to Medicare of first-dollar coverage ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rosen AB,Hamel MB,Weinstein MC,Cutler DM,Fendrick AM,Vijan S

更新日期：2005-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Tsapas A, Avgerinos I, Karagiannis T, et al. Comparative effectiveness of glucose-lowering drugs for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2020;173:278-86. 32598218. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gandhi GY

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although some studies suggest that access to cardiac procedures may differ by sex, others have found no evidence of gender bias in cardiac care. OBJECTIVE:To study rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in men and women after cardiac catheterization....

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ghali WA,Faris PD,Galbraith PD,Norris CM,Curtis MJ,Saunders LD,Dzavik V,Mitchell LB,Knudtson ML,Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) Investigators.

更新日期：2002-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether oral acyclovir reduces the incidence of recurrent herpes labialis in otherwise healthy patients with proven frequently recurrent disease. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. SETTING:Outpatient facility of the Clinical Center, National Institutes of Heal...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rooney JF,Straus SE,Mannix ML,Wohlenberg CR,Alling DW,Dumois JA,Notkins AL

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Delirium is a common and distressing symptom that constitutes a significant challenge for end-of-life care. However, reliable techniques are available for the diagnosis of delirium, and effective therapies exist as well. This consensus paper uses a case-based format that begins with an overview of the definition and p...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Casarett DJ,Inouye SK,American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine End-of-Life Care Consensus Panel.

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttransplantation acute renal failure (ARF) occurs in roughly 25% of recipients of organs from deceased donors. Inflammation in the donor organ is associated with risk for ARF. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether administering corticosteroids to deceased organ donors reduces the incidence and duration of ARF i...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kainz A,Wilflingseder J,Mitterbauer C,Haller M,Burghuber C,Perco P,Langer RM,Heinze G,Oberbauer R

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ear involvement is not unusual in autoimmune diseases, but few data on this problem in the Sjögren syndrome are available. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the incidence of hearing loss is increased in patients with the Sjögren syndrome and to determine what factors might be involved in the pathogenesis of S...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Tumiati B,Casoli P,Parmeggiani A

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille's syndrome) is presumed to be one of the familial intrahepatic cholestatic syndromes, all of which present with neonatal jaundice or failure to thrive, or both. We report the findings in five patients with this syndrome, four of whom have been followed into adulthood. In addition to ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Riely CA,Cotlier E,Jensen PS,Klatskin G

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimum duration of anticoagulant therapy after an episode of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is controversial. Contributing to the controversy is uncertainty about whether residual venous thrombosis, as assessed by repeated ultrasonography over time, increases the risk for recurrent thromboembolism. OBJEC...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

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

更新日期：2002-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) is a heterogenous immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent bacterial infections, and various immunologic abnormalities. In addition to recurrent infections, patients with this syndrome also have an increased incidence of autoimmune disease and m...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sneller MC,Strober W,Eisenstein E,Jaffe JS,Cunningham-Rundles C

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-six patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias refractory to two or more conventional agents were treated with amiodarone and followed for 6 to 40 months (mean, 15 months). Currently, 75 are alive and well. Seven patients died from nonarrhythmic and five from arrhythmic causes. Nonfatal arrhythmias ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nademanee K,Singh BN,Hendrickson J,Intarachot V,Lopez B,Feld G,Cannom DS,Weiss JL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable change in the practice of internal medicine in the past quarter century, including the rise of specialization, increasing time pressure, the hospitalist movement, and the rapidly changing responsibilities of internists in inpatient and outpatient settings. Training programs have not adequat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.,Fitzgibbons JP,Bordley DR,Berkowitz LR,Miller BW,Henderson MC

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapsing polychondritis, an uncommon, chronic, multisystem disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation of cartilaginous tissues, can be life-threatening, debilitating, and difficult to diagnose. This review is based on the authors' experience with 36 patients with relapsing polychondritis who were fo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Trentham DE,Le CH

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Certain medications are identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as class D or X because they increase the risk for birth defects if used during pregnancy. OBJECTIVE:To assess pregnancy rates and the frequency of contraceptive counseling documented with prescriptions for class D or X drugs ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Schwarz EB,Postlethwaite DA,Hung YY,Armstrong MA

更新日期：2007-09-18 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：BACKGROUND:A survey of general internist members of the American College of Physicians (ACP) in 1986 found that they did a large number and variety of procedures in their practices. Since then, changes in the practice of medicine, regulatory requirements, and availability of subspecialists may have affected the number ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wigton RS,Alguire P,American College of Physicians.

更新日期：2007-03-06 00:00:00