The role of intravenous amiodarone in the management of cardiac arrhythmias.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sequelae during the first two decades after acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have been well studied, but the outcome thereafter is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To conduct an extended study of the natural history of HCV infection by using archived serum specimens originally collected between 1948 and 1954. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Seeff LB,Miller RN,Rabkin CS,Buskell-Bales Z,Straley-Eason KD,Smoak BL,Johnson LD,Lee SR,Kaplan EL

更新日期：2000-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Axial, dual spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) images, taken at the level of the pulmonary arteries and gated to the cardiac cycle, were qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated in nine patients with primary pulmonary arterial hypertension and six controls. In controls and patients, intravascular signal intensity was...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： von Schulthess GK,Fisher MR,Higgins CB

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective health care is a core determinant of successful aging, and medications are one of the most important therapeutic tools of health care providers. Most older adults use at least one prescription drug. Costs for these drugs are a substantial out-of-pocket expense for Medicare beneficiaries, and low-income older...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Murray MD,Callahan CM

更新日期：2003-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the clinical use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, including its efficacy with acute and chronic forms of respiratory failure, its mechanism of action, and its implementation. DATA SOURCES:Studies were identified through a MEDLINE search using the key words respiratory failure and mechani...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meyer TJ,Hill NS

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction was diagnosed in 431 (30%) of 1460 patients with acute chest pain who had serial enzyme testing after admission to intensive or intermediate care units at three teaching and three community hospitals. The diagnosis was made within 12 hours of admission in 331 (77%) patients and within 24 hours in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Lee TH,Rouan GW,Weisberg MC,Brand DA,Cook EF,Acampora D,Goldman L

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians treating patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis spend a considerable amount of time dealing with the psychological and social aspects of the disease. The patients' reaction to the disease can be related to age, experience, personality, and environment at work and at home. Common problems include loss of...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rogers MP,Liang MH,Partridge AJ

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is avoided in most patients with implanted cardiac devices because of safety concerns. OBJECTIVE:To define the safety of a protocol for MRI at the commonly used magnetic strength of 1.5 T in patients with implanted cardiac devices. DESIGN:Prospective nonrandomized trial. (C...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Nazarian S,Hansford R,Roguin A,Goldsher D,Zviman MM,Lardo AC,Caffo BS,Frick KD,Kraut MA,Kamel IR,Calkins H,Berger RD,Bluemke DA,Halperin HR

更新日期：2011-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smokers with medical illnesses are at particular risk for complications caused by tobacco. Clinical trial data on the effectiveness of triple-combination pharmacotherapy for tobacco dependence treatment in these high-risk smokers are not available. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate extended duration of a triple-medicat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Steinberg MB,Greenhaus S,Schmelzer AC,Bover MT,Foulds J,Hoover DR,Carson JL

更新日期：2009-04-07 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：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：:Neuropathologic and neurochemical studies of older adults with Down's syndrome and those with Alzheimer's disease reveal striking similarities. Genetic studies indicate that near relatives of patients with Alzheimer's disease are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and the risk appears to be age speci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Cutler NR,Heston LL,Davies P,Haxby JV,Schapiro MB

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renin-angiotensin system is involved in adipocyte growth and differentiation and possibly in adipose tissue metabolism. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of polymorphism in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D gene, angiotensinogen M235T gene, and angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C gene...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Strazzullo P,Iacone R,Iacoviello L,Russo O,Barba G,Russo P,D'Orazio A,Barbato A,Cappuccio FP,Farinaro E,Siani A,Olivetti Prospective Heart Study.

更新日期：2003-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care-associated infections from invasive medical devices in the intensive care unit (ICU) are a major threat to patient safety. Most published studies of ICU-acquired infections have come from industrialized western countries. In a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Nosocomial I...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Rosenthal VD,Maki DG,Salomao R,Moreno CA,Mehta Y,Higuera F,Cuellar LE,Arikan OA,Abouqal R,Leblebicioglu H,International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium.

更新日期：2006-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of both active and retired older cotton textile workers was examined prospectively over a 6-year period to establish the nature and extent of chronic lung disease. Respiratory symptoms and lung function were studied in these workers and in a group of similarly aged controls. The cotton textile workers had hig...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Beck GJ,Schachter EN,Maunder LR,Schilling RS

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. PURPOSE:To update a systematic review about the benefits of aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in adults aged 40 years or older and to evaluate effect modification in subpopulations. DATA SOURCES:MEDLI...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Guirguis-Blake JM,Evans CV,Senger CA,O'Connor EA,Whitlock EP

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hemodialysis patients receiving deferoxamine for metal overload had fatal rhinocerebral rhizopus infections. Serious fungal infections are not commonly seen in patients on dialysis, and none of these patients had the usual risk factors for rhizopus infection. Deferoxamine is being used with increased frequency in...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Windus DW,Stokes TJ,Julian BA,Fenves AZ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to prevent cytomegalovirus infection among seronegative patients having marrow transplants, a globulin with high antibody levels against cytomegalovirus was given before and for 11 weeks after transplantation in a randomized trial. Among 36 patients who received no prophylactic granulocyte transfusions, g...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Meyers JD,Leszczynski J,Zaia JA,Flournoy N,Newton B,Snydman DR,Wright GG,Levin MJ,Thomas ED

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early prenatal care is vital for improving maternal health outcomes and health behaviors, but medically vulnerable and underserved populations are less likely to begin prenatal care in the first trimester. In 2017, the Health Center Program provided safety-net care to more than 27 million persons, including ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Robbins C,Martocci S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many states have laws requiring mammography facilities to tell women with dense breasts and negative results on screening mammography to discuss supplemental screening tests with their providers. The most readily available supplemental screening method is ultrasonography, but little is known about its effect...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Sprague BL,Stout NK,Schechter C,van Ravesteyn NT,Cevik M,Alagoz O,Lee CI,van den Broek JJ,Miglioretti DL,Mandelblatt JS,de Koning HJ,Kerlikowske K,Lehman CD,Tosteson AN

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome had biliary obstruction resulting from benign strictures of the biliary tract. Stenosis of the distal common bile duct with differing degrees of irregularity of the smaller intrahepatic and extrahepatic ducts was seen in association with either cryptosporidial...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Margulis SJ,Honig CL,Soave R,Govoni AF,Mouradian JA,Jacobson IM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indinavir, a protease inhibitor widely used to treat patients with HIV infection, has been associated with nephrolithiasis. Distinctive urinary crystals and a spectrum of urologic disorders were noted in patients receiving indinavir. OBJECTIVE:To determine the composition of urinary crystals and the frequen...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kopp JB,Miller KD,Mican JA,Feuerstein IM,Vaughan E,Baker C,Pannell LK,Falloon J

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the course and prognosis of salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, we reviewed the records of 36 consecutive patients admitted with serum salicylate levels greater than 30 mg/dL. Pulmonary edema developed in eight patients, and pulmonary infiltrates were never seen in 28 patients. Several features distinguished...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Heffner JE,Sahn SA

更新日期：1981-10-01 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：:The coexistence of pregnancy and idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis is a potentially dangerous combination. We report a 23-year-old white woman with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and pregnancy who presented with severe symptoms (Class IV) and modest outflow obstruction associated with marked mitra...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Kolibash AJ,Ruiz DE,Lewis RP

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with end-stage renal disease, nervous system dysfunction remains a major cause of disability. Patients with chronic renal failure who have not yet received dialysis may have symptoms ranging from mild sensorial clouding to delirium and coma. Dialysis itself is associated with at least three distinct disord...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fraser CL,Arieff AI

更新日期：1988-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive disorders are persistent, recurring illnesses that cause great suffering for patients and their families. PURPOSE:To evaluate the benefits and adverse effects of newer pharmacotherapies and herbal treatments for depressive disorders in adults and adolescents. DATA SOURCES:English-language and no...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williams JW Jr,Mulrow CD,Chiquette E,Noël PH,Aguilar C,Cornell J

更新日期：2000-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients had diverticulitis and extraintestinal manifestations of arthritis and pyoderma gangrenosum. In each, a mistaken diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease was first made because of extraintestinal complaints associated with the gastrointestinal symptoms of diverticular disease. The joint and sk...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Klein S,Mayer L,Present DH,Youner KD,Cerulli MA,Sachar DB

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical technology assessment seeks to improve the care of individual patients (the conventional unit of clinical practice) through evaluation studies conducted in groups of patients (the conventional unit of clinical investigation). This distinction between individuals and groups has practical relevance to the design...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Diamond GA,Denton TA

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for hereditary hemochromatosis is traditionally done by using serum iron studies. However, mutation analysis of the hemochromatosis-associated HFE gene has recently become available. OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of no screening with four screening strategies that incorporate HFE gen...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： El-Serag HB,Inadomi JM,Kowdley KV

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Past efforts to reverse or limit the effects of acute stroke have been largely unsuccessful, in part because of the inability to evaluate and treat most patients soon after stroke onset. One important factor in the delay of treatment has been the nihilistic attitude of medical personnel, including physicians, toward t...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

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更新日期：1995-04-15 00:00:00