abstract：OBJECTIVE:Methods of assessing humanism in internal medicine residents have not been completely designed or evaluated. This study used patient satisfaction as a measure of humanism, and assessed the validity of using faculty physicians to evaluate residents' humanistic behavior. Residents' ability to assess themselves ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Klessig J,Robbins AS,Wieland D,Rubenstein L

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of prospective payment by diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) on length of stay in the hospital, ambulatory status, and level of post-hospital care needed for patients hospitalized with hip fracture. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of a consecutive series of cases before and after the r...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Gerety MB,Soderholm-Difatte V,Winograd CH

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify differences in the incidences of myocardial infarction in women and men with chest pain. DESIGN:Prospective multicenter cohort study. SETTING:Emergency rooms of three university and four community hospitals. PATIENTS:7,734 emergency room patients with acute chest pain. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RE...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Cunningham MA,Lee TH,Cook EF,Brand DA,Rouan GW,Weisberg MC,Goldman L

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using survey items from Kern et al. (1985), 192 former residents rated their preparation in, and the importance of, three content areas of their residency training ("basic skill and knowledge areas," "allied medical disciplines," and "areas related to the practice of medicine"). Mean ratings replicated those reported ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Martin GJ,Curry RH,Yarnold PR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the clinical characteristics of hypertensive patients whose blood pressures are substantially higher in the medical office than in their natural environments. Thirty-nine percent of patients enrolled in a nonpharmacologic hypertension treatment program had systolic or diastolic off...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Lerman CE,Brody DS,Hui T,Lazaro C,Smith DG,Blum MJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts to explain the high cost of care in teaching hospitals have yielded conflicting results. This study was conducted to compare hospital charges and lengths of stay for two groups of patients: one cared for by a resident team and the other cared for by attending physicians. The study was conducted at a universit...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Dunn PM,Parker DF,Levinson W,Mullooly JP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess attitudes toward educational programs about AIDS, 540 patients and 36 of their medical providers in primary care clinics were systematically sampled to ascertain what age groups should be exposed to a pamphlet entitled "Am I at Risk for AIDS?", as well as what was acceptable content for posters and pamphlets...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Mathews WC,Linn LS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluations of intensive care have largely focused on survival, cost, or functional status; however, these may not be the only outcomes of interest to patients, families, and health care providers. Quality of life is an important consideration in evaluating intensive care because it influences decisions about the use ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Patrick DL,Danis M,Southerland LI,Hong G

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial reports on HemoQuant, a new quantitative test for occult gastrointestinal bleeding, suggest it is more sensitive than Hemoccult. Increased detection of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding and dietary hemoglobin may reduce HemoQuant's specificity in the screening setting. The authors performed a cost effectiv...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Joseph AM,Crowson TW,Rich EC

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred ninety-one cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) from the Tumour Registry of Manitoba, spanning a 20-year period from January 1960 to December 1979, were reviewed. Survival curves were developed using the staging systems of Rai and Binet. A clear separation in survival was found utilizing the syste...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： MacDougall BK,Weinerman BH

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency readmissions among patients discharged from the medical service of an acute-care teaching hospital were analyzed. Using the multivariate technique of recursive partitioning, the authors developed and validated a model to predict readmission based on diagnoses and other clinical factors. Of the 4,769 patients...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Phillips RS,Safran C,Cleary PD,Delbanco TL

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the frequency of physician delivery of advice to stop smoking and patient characteristics affecting whether physicians deliver such advice, the authors surveyed 97 current cigarette smokers seen in two specialty and one general medicine clinic at a university medical center. Approximately two thirds of ...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Ockene JK,Hosmer DW,Williams JW,Goldberg RJ,Ockene IS,Biliouris T,Dalen JE

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the performance of serum iron studies as a diagnostic test for iron-deficiency anemia in a county hospital, the authors identified retrospectively all general medicine patients who had had bone-marrow aspirates for the work-up of non-macrocytic anemias from 1978 through 1983. Re-reading a sample of aspirat...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Psaty BM,Tierney WM,Martin DK,McDonald CJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of medical practice involves the exercise of such basic cognitive tasks as estimating probabilities and synthesizing information. Scientists studying cognitive processes have identified impediments to accurate performance on these tasks. Together the impediments foster "cognitive bias." Five factors that can detr...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Dawson NV,Arkes HR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 79 patients with recent hip fracture revealed prior functional impairments with community mobility (49%), using a bathtub (40%), walking outdoors (26%), and stair-climbing (18%). Eighty-six per cent of patients (mean age 77.9 years) were admitted from home, with 95% surviving to discharge but on...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Campion EW,Jette AM,Cleary PD,Harris BA

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the financial and health implications of treatment choices for three serious classes of infection: hospital-acquired pneumonia, intra-abdominal infection, and sepsis of unknown origin. Data were obtained from a systematic review of clinical literature and published data bases, by written question...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Weinstein MC,Read JL,MacKay DN,Kresel JJ,Ashley H,Halvorsen KT,Hutchings HC

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired hearing, so common among older people, often has disastrous consequences. The infirmity, too frequently concealed or unknown by the patient, is invisible to others. Disability and frustration can be lessened considerably by greater awareness on the part of medical and lay people about various helpful measures...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Lipkin M,Williams ME

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the perceptions and adjustments of surviving spouses following patient deaths. Of 128 married patients dying in a university hospital in 1983, the surviving spouses of 105 (82%) were personally interviewed a year after the death. The physicians' perspectives were recorded through chart review. Ha...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Tolle SW,Bascom PB,Hickam DH,Benson JA Jr

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the value of home urine glucose testing in assessing chronic diabetic glucose control, the authors compared patients' glycosuria patterns with their mean blood glucose (MBG) levels calculated from glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb Alc). One hundred and twenty-one patients who regularly checked their urines re...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Goodson JD,Singer DE,Hurxthal K,Nathan DM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the effect that termination of an established physician-patient relationship has on patient attendance patterns in a medical clinic, appointment scheduling and patient attendance were measured for 210 patients before and after 11 senior resident physicians left the clinic. There was no significant change...

journal_title：Journal of general internal medicine

authors： Brown JT,Fulkerson CC,Delong ER

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00