Peripheral nerves regenerated in familial amyloid polyneuropathy after liver transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of physician diagnostic variability on accuracy at a population level depends on the prevalence of diagnoses. OBJECTIVE:To estimate how diagnostic variability affects accuracy from the perspective of a U.S. woman aged 50 to 59 years having a breast biopsy. DESIGN:Applied probability using Bayes'...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Elmore JG,Nelson HD,Pepe MS,Longton GM,Tosteson AN,Geller B,Onega T,Carney PA,Jackson SL,Allison KH,Weaver DL

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional educational methods change clinical practice only with considerable effort and difficulty. In particular, the teaching of critical appraisal in the setting of journal clubs does not increase the amount of medical research read by trainees. Experiential learning theory, corroborated by the success of proble...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Badgett RG,O'Keefe M,Henderson MC

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of disease associated with a newly described nonhalophilic Vibrio species, Vibrio mimicus, were identified by studying isolates from 21 patients referred to the Centers for Disease Control between 1977 and 1981. Two isolates were from the ears of patients with otitis who had ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Shandera WX,Johnston JM,Davis BR,Blake PA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barrett's esophagus denotes the presence of columnar epithelium in the esophagus instead of the usual stratified squamous epithelium. Barrett's esophagus had been thought to represent a mediastinal extension of the stomach in patients with a congenital short esophagus. Subsequent clinical and experimental data have es...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bozymski EM,Herlihy KJ,Orlando RC

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare single-dose and 10-day treatment regimens of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in women with acute dysuria, urgency, or urinary frequency. DESIGN:Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:Student health center at a major university. PATIENTS:Consecutive sample of 255 young wo...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Fihn SD,Johnson C,Roberts PL,Running K,Stamm WE

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some physicians seem to be willing to sanction deception of insurance companies. Little is known about public attitudes regarding this practice. OBJECTIVE:To assess public attitudes regarding physician deception of insurance companies. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey using clinical vignettes. SETTING:Philad...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Alexander GC,Werner RM,Fagerlin A,Ubel PA

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the electropharmacology, clinical applications, side effects, and hemodynamic profile of intravenous amiodarone. DATA SOURCES:The MEDLINE database was searched for English-language material, including reports of clinical trials and in vivo studies, review articles, and abstracts presented at national...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Desai AD,Chun S,Sung RJ

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review available information on the epidemiology, cause, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or in the early postpartum period and to develop guidelines for the management of this condition. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE and Index Medicus searches and a manual search o...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Roth A,Elkayam U

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are life-saving devices for many patients with cardiac disease. Recipients of these devices, nevertheless, often suffer from progressive comorbid and cardiac conditions. Therefore, physicians should anticipate situations in which the defibrillator is no longer desired by the pat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berger JT

更新日期：2005-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：SOURCE CITATION:Mahady SE, Margolis KL, Chan A, et al. Major GI bleeding in older persons using aspirin: incidence and risk factors in the ASPREE randomised controlled trial. Gut. 2020. [Epub ahead of print.] 32747412. ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Hirsch C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 18 million Americans currently have diabetes mellitus. The economic and human cost of the disease is devastating. In the United States, diabetes is the most common cause of blindness among working-age adults, the most common cause of nontraumatic amputations and end-stage renal disease, and the sixth most co...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Williamson DF,Vinicor F,Bowman BA,Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Primary Prevention Working Group.

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite some impressive recent gains, improving the glaring deficiencies in health care quality is proving to be very hard. Improvement is local, rather than system-wide, and is sustained with difficulty, rather than becoming an intrinsic feature of care. My right knee will probably need to be replaced soon. This has ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Berwick DM

更新日期：2005-01-18 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：PURPOSE:To examine studies of normal colon and colorectal cancer for evidence that the location of the primary tumor proximal or distal to the splenic flexure of the colon may determine distinct genetic categories of this disease. DATA IDENTIFICATION:Studies were identified through a manual search of journals, through...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Bufill JA

更新日期：1990-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To reduce health care costs, some third-party payers have enlisted primary care physicians as gatekeepers to medical care. In gatekeeper systems, primary care physicians must approve all care provided to their patients. This approval is a condition of payment for the service, with the usual exception of true emergenci...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Eisenberg JM

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess safety, pharmacokinetics, and in-vivo virologic activity of five different combination regimens of zidovudine and didanosine compared with zidovudine alone in patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. DESIGN:Open-label, partially randomized, dose-ranging study. SETTING:U...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Collier AC,Coombs RW,Fischl MA,Skolnik PR,Northfelt D,Boutin P,Hooper CJ,Kaplan LD,Volberding PA,Davis LG,Henrard DR,Weller S,Corey L

更新日期：1993-10-15 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：:The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family of peptides, binding proteins, and receptors are ubiquitous and important for normal human growth and development. Modern techniques including specific radioimmunoassays, radioreceptor assays and recombinant DNA technology have improved our understanding of the role of IGFs ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： LeRoith D,Clemmons D,Nissley P,Rechler MM

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To reassess the natural history of polycythemia vera and to obtain reliable estimates of both incidence of thrombosis and survival for use in defining the sample size for therapeutic clinical trials. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study of patients with polycythemia who had been followed for 20 years. SE...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors：

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute bronchitis is an acute cough illness in otherwise healthy adults that usually lasts 1 to 3 weeks. This review describes the pathophysiology of the condition and provides a practical approach to the evaluation and treatment of adults with uncomplicated acute bronchitis. Practical points to be made are:1. Respirat...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Gonzales R,Sande MA

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl) guanine (ganciclovir) was used to treat 41 patients (median age, 37 years) with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus gastrointestinal infection. Sites of infection were the colon in 31, the esophagus in 5, the rectum in 4, and the small bowel in 1. Patients recei...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chachoua A,Dieterich D,Krasinski K,Greene J,Laubenstein L,Wernz J,Buhles W,Koretz S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progress of diabetes care is a subject of public health concern. OBJECTIVE:To assess changes in quality of diabetes care in the United States by using standardized measures. DESIGN:National population-based, serial cross-sectional surveys. SETTING:National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-199...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Saaddine JB,Cadwell B,Gregg EW,Engelgau MM,Vinicor F,Imperatore G,Narayan KM

更新日期：2006-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The benefits of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are uncertain. Purpose:To update and expand a prior review examining the effects of P4P programs targeted at the physician, group, managerial, or institutional level on process-of-care and patient outcomes in ambulatory and inpatient settings. Data Sources...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Mendelson A,Kondo K,Damberg C,Low A,Motúapuaka M,Freeman M,O'Neil M,Relevo R,Kansagara D

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated a high molecular weight antigen of the Legionnaires' disease (LD) bacterium by column chromatography. The antigen was composed of 35% carbohydrate, 2.6% protein, 1.8% phospholipid, and 1% 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate and was important in the host's antibody response because it inhibited the indirect immunofluore...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Johnson W,Elliott JA,Helms CM,Renner ED

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testing has been advocated for all persons with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer to identify families with the Lynch syndrome, an autosomal dominant cancer-predisposition syndrome that is a paradigm for personalized medicine. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to i...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Ladabaum U,Wang G,Terdiman J,Blanco A,Kuppermann M,Boland CR,Ford J,Elkin E,Phillips KA

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Acute pancreatitis (AP) varies in severity, prompting development of systems aimed at predicting prognosis to help guide therapy. Although several prediction approaches are available, their test characteristics and clinical utility are not completely understood. Purpose:To evaluate the test characteristics ...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Di MY,Liu H,Yang ZY,Bonis PA,Tang JL,Lau J

更新日期：2016-10-04 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：:Six patients with rheumatoid arthritis developed a syndrome resembling lupus erythematosus while being treated with penicillamine. All patients had previous mucocutaneous reactions to chrysotherapy. Manifestations included pleurisy in five of six patients, rashes in three, nephritis in two, and neurologic disturbances...

journal_title：Annals of internal medicine

authors： Chalmers A,Thompson D,Stein HE,Reid G,Patterson AC

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00