Browsing General & Internal Medicine by Issue Date
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(Medicine, 2019-03)Pleural effusions are a common medical problem not only for pulmonologists but also for general physicians, often needing thoracentesis for a definite diagnosis. However, thoracentesis cannot always reveal malignant cells ...
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(JAMA Network Open, 2019-04)IMPORTANCE Asia is home to the largest diabetic populations in the world. However, limited studies have quantified the association of diabetes with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Asian populations. OBJECTIVES ...
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(JAMA Network Open, 2019-05)IMPORTANCE The American Heart Association 2020 Strategic Impact Goals target an improvement in overall cardiovascular health, as assessed by 7 health metrics (smoking, body weight, physical activity, diet, plasma glucose ...
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(Medicine, 2019-06)Higher trait optimism and/or lower cynical hostility are associated with healthier behaviors and lower risk of morbidity and mortality, yet their association with health care utilization has been understudied. Whether these ...
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(Medicine, 2019-06)Studies investigating the association between transforming growth factor (TGF-beta-509C/T, rs1800469) promoter polymorphism and myocardial infarction (MI) risk reported inconsistent results. The aim of our study was to ...
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(BMJ Open, 2019-06)Objectives (1) To compare changes in vulnerability after hospital discharge among older patients with cardiovascular disease who were discharged home with self-care versus a home healthcare (HHC) referral and (2) to examine ...
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(BMJ Open, 2019-06)Introduction Delirium is a significant medical complication for hospitalised patients. Up to one-third of delirium episodes are preventable in older inpatients through non-pharmacological strategies that support essential ...
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(JAMA Network Open, 2019-06)IMPORTANCE Implementation of pharmacogenetic testing to guide drug prescribing has potential to improve drug response and prevent adverse events. Robust data exist for more than 30 gene-drug pairs linking genotype to drug ...
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(PLOS Medicine, 2019-07)Background In high-burden settings, case fatality rates are reported to be between 11% and 32% in hospitalized patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis, yet the underlying causes of mortality remain poorly characterized. ...
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(BMC Medicine, 2019-07-17)BackgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver illness with a genetically heterogeneous background that can be accompanied by considerable morbidity and attendant health care costs. The ...
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(Critical Care, 2019-07-23)BackgroundIntravenous fluids, an essential component of sepsis resuscitation, may paradoxically worsen outcomes by exacerbating endothelial injury. Preclinical models suggest that fluid resuscitation degrades the endothelial ...
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A taxonomy of impacts on clinical and translational research from community stakeholder engagement (Health Expectations, 2019-08)Background Community engagement is increasingly recognized as a valuable tool in clinical and translational research; however, the impact of engagement is not fully understood. No standard nomenclature yet exists to clearly ...
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(Clinicnal Case Reports, 2019-08)We report a case of noninfectious vacuolar interface dermatitis associated with colonic and perianal ulceration in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which responded to immunosuppressive treatment. ...
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(JAMA Networks Open, 2019-08)IMPORTANCE Rotator cuff disorders remain the most common cause of shoulder pain and are among the most common reasons for patients to seek care in primary and specialty settings. Although operative and nonoperative treatments ...
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(Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biiological Sciences and Medicall Sciences, 2019-08)Background: It is unknown whether observational studies evaluating the association between antidiabetic medications and mortality adequately account for frailty. Our objectives were to evaluate if frailty was a potential ...
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Interventions to prevent iatrogenic anemia: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review (Critical Care, 2019-08-09)Background As many as 90% of patients develop anemia by their third day in an intensive care unit (ICU). We evaluated the efficacy of interventions to reduce phlebotomy-related blood loss on the volume of blood lost, ...
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(Nutrition & Diabetes, 2019-09-02)Background: Aerobic exercise training is known to have beneficial effects on whole-body glucose metabolism in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The responses of the liver to such training are less well understood. The ...
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(BMJ-British Medical Journal, 2019-09-11)OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of Helicobacter pylori treatment, vitamin supplementation, and garlic supplementation in the prevention of gastric cancer. DESIGN Blinded randomized placebo controlled trial. S ...
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(BMJ Open, 2019-10)Objective To explore how three indicators of social capital (ie, group membership, social support and cognitive social capital and specific types within each type) are associated with infant birth weight. Study design ...
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(BMJ Open, 2019-10)Introduction Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are increasingly developed with multisite, representative patient populations so that they can serve as a primary endpoint in clinical trials and longitudinal studies. ...