Vasopressin administration in refractory cardiac arrest.

abstract：:Since 1969, medications have been provided to patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital using a computer system that controls the entire medication process from entry of physician's order to hourly drug distribution. Special envelopes containing patient and dosage information are computer generated for each dose to be ad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Simborg DW,Derewicz HJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 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：:From 1969 to 1974, 19 cases of Serratia marcescens endocarditis were observed in the San Francisco Bay Area. Seventeen patients were intravenous drug users, and Serratia caused 14% of all addict-associated endocarditis in San Francisco. Serratia strains were nonpigmented and had typical antibiotic sensitivities, excep...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mills J,Drew D

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of menopause to cardiovascular disease incidence was examined in women less than 55 years old from the cohort of 2873 women in the initial Framingham examination. Although the number of person-years of experience during the 20 years of observation was nearly the same for premenopausal and postmenopausal s...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kannel WB,Hjortland MC,McNamara PM,Gordon T

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissues from guinea pigs inoculated intraperitoneally with the Legionnaires' disease (LD) bacterium were studied with light, immunofluorescent, and electron microscopy. The principal gross lesion was diffuse peritonitis of varying severity. Microscopically, the peritonitis of covered by a mixed inflammatory infiltrate...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chandler FW,McDade JE,Hicklin MD,Blackmon JA,Thomason BM,Ewing EP Jr

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warfarin reduces the risk for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) but increases the risk for hemorrhage. Dabigatran is a fixed-dose, oral direct thrombin inhibitor with similar or reduced rates of ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage in patients with AF compared with those of war...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Freeman JV,Zhu RP,Owens DK,Garber AM,Hutton DW,Go AS,Wang PJ,Turakhia MP

更新日期：2011-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 476 patients with multiple myeloma treated during a 9-year period, 11 developed acute myelogenous leukemia or sideroblastic anemia. In all, the myeloma was in remission from chemotherapy with melphalan-prednisone combinations that had been continued for a median duration of 3 years. The incidence of acute leukemia ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gonzalez F,Trujillo JM,Alexanian R

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances through basic research have elucidated the disturbances of neurotransmitter function in Parkinson's Dopamine has replaced acetylcholine and norepinephrine as the most studied neurotransmitter, with both conceptual and practical developments, exemplified by the hypothesis of cyclic adenosine monophosphate as a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Calne DB,Kebabian J,Silbergeld E,Evarts E

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has supported screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia in asymptomatic, sexually active women (including pregnant women) who are younger than 25 years or at increased risk but not in other patient populations. PURPOSE:To update the 2005 and 2007 systematic reviews for the U.S. Preventive Serv...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Zakher B,Cantor AG,Pappas M,Daeges M,Nelson HD

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the detection of tuberculostearic acid (TBSA) in bronchial aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens is useful for the rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis in patients suspected of having the disease. SETTING:A pulmonary clinic in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty pati...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Pang JA,Chan HS,Chan CY,Cheung SW,French GL

更新日期：1989-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibromyalgia is a common chronic pain condition for which patients frequently use acupuncture. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether acupuncture relieves pain in fibromyalgia. DESIGN:Randomized, sham-controlled trial in which participants, data collection staff, and data analysts were blinded to treatment group. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Assefi NP,Sherman KJ,Jacobsen C,Goldberg J,Smith WR,Buchwald D

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few treatments exist for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). PURPOSE:To evaluate the effectiveness and harms of remdesivir for COVID-19. DATA SOURCES:Several databases, tables of contents of journals, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration and company websites were searched from 1 January through 31 August...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Wilt TJ,Kaka AS,MacDonald R,Greer N,Obley A,Duan-Porter W

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of confidence in postpolypectomy surveillance guidelines may be a factor in the observed low adherence rates among providers. OBJECTIVE:To assess the 2006 postpolypectomy colonoscopy surveillance guidelines, which recommend 3-year follow-up colonoscopy for individuals with high-risk adenomas (defined a...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Laiyemo AO,Murphy G,Albert PS,Sansbury LB,Wang Z,Cross AJ,Marcus PM,Caan B,Marshall JR,Lance P,Paskett ED,Weissfeld J,Slattery ML,Burt R,Iber F,Shike M,Kikendall JW,Lanza E,Schatzkin A

更新日期：2008-03-18 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：:Young adults with cystic fibrosis have lower blood pressures than control subjects of similar age and sex. The low blood pressure may be related to the excessive loss of salt in the sweat of these patients. A beneficial effect of the cystic fibrosis gene may be protection against developing hypertension in both the ho...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lieberman J,Rodbard S

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the incidence of and possible risk factors for invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults. DESIGN:Prospective, population-based surveillance of hospital and referral bacteriology laboratories. SETTING:Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia community. PATIENTS:All patients with H. influenzae isolate...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Farley MM,Stephens DS,Brachman PS Jr,Harvey RC,Smith JD,Wenger JD

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common diseases, particularly dementia, have large social costs for the U.S. population. However, less is known about the end-of-life costs of specific diseases and the associated financial risk for individual households. OBJECTIVE:To examine social costs and financial risks faced by Medicare beneficiaries ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kelley AS,McGarry K,Gorges R,Skinner JS

更新日期：2015-11-17 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：BACKGROUND:Primary prevention of Alzheimer disease and other types of dementia (all-cause dementia) is an important public health goal. Evidence to date is insufficient to recommend any lifestyle change to prevent or delay the onset of dementia. OBJECTIVE:To assess the association between objectively measured midlife ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Defina LF,Willis BL,Radford NB,Gao A,Leonard D,Haskell WL,Weiner MF,Berry JD

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This statement summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for family and intimate partner violence, based on the USPSTF's examination of evidence specific to family and intimate partner violence, and updates the 1996 recommendations on this topic. In 1996, the USPSTF found...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： U. S. Preventive Services Task Force.

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Enlargement of the pituitary gland associated with primary hypothyroidism was observed in two patients. Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration and the TSH response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone were increased in both. Other pituitary function tests were subnormal in both patients, suggesting that a t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Vagenakis AG,Dole K,Braverman LE

更新日期：1976-08-01 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：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：:The second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that 26% of U.S. adults, or about 34 million people aged 20 to 75 years, are overweight. The survey used a body mass index of 27.8 kg/m2 or greater for men and 27.3 or greater for women to define overweight. Prevalence of overweight increases with advan...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Van Itallie TB

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate relative risk of mortality and median life expectancy for patients with classic hemophilia by a life-table analysis, taking into account deaths that may have occurred in infancy or childhood before the onset of symptoms. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of clinical series. SETTING:Referral-base...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jones PK,Ratnoff OD

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the survival time and costs of therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. A computer simulation model of the current system was constructed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of home and center hemodialysis and live related as well as cadaver donor renal transplantation. Analysis of the simulation ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Roberts SD,Maxwell DR,Gross TL

更新日期：1980-02-01 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：:We tested the relative efficacy of bronchodilators delivered in aerosol and in oral form in 17 patients with asthma in a double-blind randomized sequence. Treatment consisted of a 20-mg tablet of metaproterenol sulfate, five puffs of metaproterenol aerosol (0.65 mg in each puff for a total of 3.25 mg) administered 20 ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shim C,Williams MH Jr

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine given to uninfected volunteers on the interpretation of serodiagnostic HIV test results. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:5 AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Units funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Belshe RB,Clements ML,Keefer MC,Graham BS,Corey L,Sposto R,Wescott S,Lawrence D

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy of pharmacologic agents for the irritable bowel syndrome. DATA SOURCES:Electronic literature search of MEDLINE (1966 to 1999), EMBASE (1980 to 1999), PsycINFO (1967 to 1999), and the Cochrane controlled trials registry and a manual search of references from bibliographies of identified...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Jailwala J,Imperiale TF,Kroenke K

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00