Interpretation of data from multiple trials: a critical review.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to characterize the clinical experiences of patients in whom heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) complicated heparin therapy for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and who switched to argatroban. DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of previously reported prospective, multicentre, historical-controlled Arg...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Begelman SM,Hursting MJ,Aghababian RV,McCollum D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate if an insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene associates with HLA-DR alleles previously found to be of prognostic interest in Scandinavian sarcoidosis patients. This may contribute to characteristics associated with these HLA-DR alleles, such as a ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Planck A,Eklund A,Yamaguchi E,Grunewald J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown occasional evidence of increased physiological activity in patients with primary insomnia. We hypothesized that metabolic rate, as measured by overall oxygen use (VO2), might be a more general index of increased physiological activity. An initial experiment found elevated VO2 both at night and durin...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Bonnet MH,Arand DL

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring survival of cancer patients using data collected by population-based cancer registries is an important component of cancer control. In this setting, patient survival is often summarized using net survival, that is survival from cancer if there were no other possible causes of death. Although net survival is...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eloranta S,Smedby KE,Dickman PW,Andersson TM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine production is necessary to protect against pathogens and promote tissue repair, but excessive cytokine release can lead to systemic inflammation, organ failure and death. Inflammatory responses are finely regulated to effectively guard from noxious stimuli. The central nervous system interacts dynamically wit...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rosas-Ballina M,Tracey KJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten adult patients with a severe nephrotic syndrome resistant to conventional immunosuppression were treated with cyclosporin A (CyA) for a mean period of 11 months. CyA was effective in all but two patients, as evaluated by 24-h urine protein excretion and clinical appearance. In general the best effect of CyA was se...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nyrop M,Olgaard K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Algorithms to predict the future long-term risk of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) are rare. The VIenna and Ludwigshafen CAD (VILCAD) risk score was one of the first scores specifically tailored for this clinically important patient population. The aim of this study was to refine risk predi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kleber ME,Goliasch G,Grammer TB,Pilz S,Tomaschitz A,Silbernagel G,Maurer G,März W,Niessner A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationships between circulating levels of proinflammatory cytokines and adrenocortical hormones and leptin early after stroke. DESIGN:Blood samples were collected four times daily the first two days after stroke, twice daily the next 4 days and four times at day 7. Cognitive function and func...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Johansson A,Ahrén B,Näsman B,Carlström K,Olsson T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the mortality and mode of death over 5 years, and factors associated with death amongst patients with acute chest pain. PATIENTS:All patients who came to the emergency department at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Göteborg with acute chest pain or other symptoms raising suspicion of acute myocardial infarction...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Herlitz J,Karlson BW,Lindqvist J,Sjölin M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No survival benefit of using blood stem cells instead of bone marrow (BM) has been shown in matched unrelated donor (MUD) transplantation. DESIGN AND METHODS:In a retrospective registry analysis, we compared the use of blood stem cells (n = 1502) and BM (n = 760) from unrelated donors in patients aged 18-60...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ringdén O,Labopin M,Beelen DW,Volin L,Ehninger G,Finke J,Greinix HT,Kyrcz-Krzemien S,Bunjes D,Brinch L,Niederwieser D,Arnold R,Mohty M,Rocha V,Acute Leukaemia Working Party of European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantati

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lifibrol is a powerful cholesterol-lowering drug of unknown mechanism of action. This investigation was carried out to determine whether the major action of lifibrol is to enhance clearance of low density lipoproteins (LDL) through the LDL-receptor pathway, and if so, whether the drug exerts its action by altering the...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Vega GL,von Bergmann K,Grundy SM,Blumenschein S,Carter NB,Laeis P,Lindenthal B,von Bergmann J,Simatupang A,Lutjohann D,Adams-Huet B

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) has been associated with hypertension, hyperinsulinaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia and hyperuricaemia. In the present study, plasma ionized calcium (Ca2+) was studied in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in 20 subjects with mild hypertension. Plasma Ca2+ was found to be negatively ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lind L,Wengle B,Lithell H,Ljunghall S

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lipid-lowering drugs as 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors and cholestyramine are effective in reducing cardiovascular morbidity both in primary and secondary prevention. Patient compliance is an important determinant of the outcome of therapy. This study was designed to co...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eriksson M,Hådell K,Holme I,Walldius G,Kjellström T

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sunlight exposure of the skin is known to be the most important source of vitamin D. The aims of this study were: (i) to estimate vitamin D status amongst sunlight-deprived individuals (veiled Arab women, veiled ethnic Danish Moslem women and Danish controls); and (ii) through food intake analysis to estimat...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Glerup H,Mikkelsen K,Poulsen L,Hass E,Overbeck S,Thomsen J,Charles P,Eriksen EF

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of malignant disease (MD) in adult patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS). Eighty-eight consecutive patients (38 females; 50 males; mean age 47 years; range 15-86) seen in a renal clinic in a 13-year period with NS were studied. Eight of the patients had or de...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lund L,Jacobsen BA,Schmidt EB

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationships between pituitary-adrenal cortical (PA) function, abdominal obesity, hyperinsulinaemia, and dyslipidaemia. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. SUBJECTS:Seventy-one healthy males aged 30-55 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Insulin sen...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hautanen A,Räikkönen K,Adlercreutz H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mild hyperhomocysteinaemia (HHC), fasting or after methionine loading, is associated with an increased risk and severity of atherosclerotic vascular disease. Post-methionine and fasting HHC are responsive to treatment with vitamin B, and folic acid. We performed a prospective cohort study amongst normohomocy...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： de Jong SC,Stehouwer CD,van den Berg M,Geurts TW,Bouter LM,Rauwerda JA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well recognized that cardiovascular events (CVE) occur quite commonly, both in the acute phase and in the long-term, in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CVE have been noted in up to 30% of patients hospitalized with all-cause CAP. One systematic review and meta-analysis of hospitalized patie...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Feldman C,Normark S,Henriques-Normark B,Anderson R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset of human disease by infection with SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 has revealed risk factors for disease severity. There are four identified factors that puts one at high-risk for infection and/or mortality creating a disparity: age, comorbidities, race/ethnicity, and gender. Data indicate that the older a perso...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Carethers JM

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil granules store proteins that are critically important for the neutrophil to move from the vascular bed to tissues and to kill microorganisms. This is illustrated in nature when individual proteins are deleted due to inherited mutations of their cognate genes, and such deficiencies result in the conditions l...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Häger M,Cowland JB,Borregaard N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare cases of hepatotoxicity have been attributed to the antiarrhythmic agent procainamide. We here describe the case of a patient who had a hypersensitivity reaction to procainamide with fever, chills, arthralgia, abdominal pain and acute elevations of serum aminotransferase activities and bilirubin concentration. Th...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Worman HJ,Ip JH,Winters SL,Tepper DC,Gomes AJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old Japanese woman was hospitalized for susceptibility to respiratory tract infections. Clinical examinations revealed asymptomatic primary cholestasis, abnormally elevated immunoglobulin M (IgM) and antimitochondrial antibody, being consistent with asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis. Three years later h...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Take H,Kubota K,Tamura K,Kurabayashi H,Tamura J,Shirakura T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey among Danish students revealed that 33 (7.2%) of the respondents had experience with hallucinogenic mushrooms (HM). Afterwards these students answered an extended questionnaire about habits and pattern of consumption. It seems that mushroom use is experimental and may be due to risk-seeking behaviour but is m...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lassen JF,Lassen NF,Skov J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium is important for bone health. It has been customary to focus on dietary calcium intake, but of central importance for the body needs in the individual patient is the actual calcium absorption. This absorption consists of an active vitamin D-mediated component and a passive diffusional component. A number of di...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Charles P

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes global patterns of tobacco use and the mechanisms by which tobacco use is involved in carcinogenesis. A second part will discuss the association between tobacco use and risk of specific cancer types. Tobacco use has traditionally been a practice of high-income countries, but it has recently been ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kuper H,Adami HO,Boffetta P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The latest guidelines recommend regular physical exercise as initial step or adjunct in the treatment of hypertension. We investigated the association between physical activity and the degree of hypertension, as well as the relation to indi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Felmeden DC,Spencer CG,Blann AD,Beevers DG,Lip GY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertriglyceridaemia, as defined by fasting triglyceride levels of greater than 2.8 mmol l-1, is a prevalent dyslipoproteinaemia in our population. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that result in elevations of plasma triglycerides are heterogeneous and, in most cases, incompletely understood. However, in ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Fojo SS,Brewer HB

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyponatremia is a common feature of acute illness and associated with increased mortality. This may be explained by a stress-mediated activation of the vasopressin system with an increase in free-water reabsorption. OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether the association between hyponatremia and mortality could b...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eckart A,Hausfater P,Amin D,Amin A,Haubitz S,Bernard M,Baumgartner A,Struja T,Kutz A,Christ-Crain M,Huber A,Mueller B,Schuetz P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of thorough examination of the case history as a diagnostic tool on hospitalization of patients with suspected myocardial infarction was investigated in three independent prospective studies. Use of a limited number of pain-related elements (= 'criteria'), that had already been obtained in the emergency room...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jonsbu J,Rollag A,Aase O,Lippestad CT,Arnesen KE,Erikssen J,Koss A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the arterial wall that leads to myocardial infarction and stroke. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) and IL-10 exert significant anti-atherogenic effects in experimental models of atherosclerosis by modulating vascular inflammation. We have previously shown that Mycobact...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ovchinnikova OA,Berge N,Kang C,Urien C,Ketelhuth DF,Pottier J,Drouet L,Hansson GK,Marchal G,Bäck M,Schwartz-Cornil I,Lagranderie M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00