Disease relevance of Internal Medicine

• METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction during the period 1994-1997 at the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel (n=2114), were grouped according to the hospital department in which they were treated: the intensive coronary care unit (n=1443, 68.3%) or an internal medicine ward (n=671, 31.7%) [1].
• The population probability was derived from 171 subjects from two outpatient departments (internal medicine and dermatology) who were subjected to an oral glucose tolerance test because type 2 diabetes mellitus was suspected [2].
• PATIENT: The patient was two times treated under the diagnosis of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome in the clinics of internal medicine in Rijeka and Zagreb, and then in the Psychiatric Clinic in Rijeka under the diagnosis of acute brain syndrome (F05.0) [3].

Psychiatry related information on Internal Medicine

• This study investigates the impact of physical illness, health locus of control and anxiety level on long- and short-term benzodiazepine (BZD) use in patients of an internal medicine department [4].

High impact information on Internal Medicine

• Educational resource sharing and collaborative training in family practice and internal medicine. A statement from the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Family Practice [5].
• Recertification in internal medicine: a program of continuous professional development. Task Force on Recertification [6].
• Internal medicine in the National Resident Matching Program 1987: the ides of March [7].
• Of the hypertensive NIDDM patients attending the outpatient's clinic of the internal medicine departments of the University of Padova and Sassari, 44 participated in the present study [8].
• METHODS: We conducted a postal survey (32 items) of attitudes and practices regarding the annual physical examination (in asymptomatic patients 18 years or older) of a random sample of PCPs (specializing in internal medicine, family practice, and obstetrics/gynecology) from 3 geographic areas (Boston, Mass; Denver, Colo; and San Diego, Calif) [9].

Biological context of Internal Medicine

• A nationwide study of 24 medical and surgical specialties has been conducted by the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Division of Research in Medical Education. This article is the first in a series reporting findings for general internal medicine and 10 subspecialties of internal medicine [10].
• Mean length of stay for admissions to the nephrology service (n = 114) was 6.3 days compared with 8.1 days for admissions to internal medicine services (n = 105) (P = 0.017) [11].
• SETTING: Random sample of the members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine who identified anesthesiology, surgery, or internal medicine as their primary specialty area [12].
• METHODS: A cross-sectional study in 15 randomly selected departments (>200 beds, departments of internal medicine, gastro- and orthopedic surgery) in Danish hospitals [13].
• For the other specialist trainees, 50% or more of those with practices in the Atlantic provinces practiced in rural locations in the following specialties: general surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology [14].

Associations of Internal Medicine with chemical compounds

• Data from studies currently available do not support the use of dexamethasone ST in internal medicine practice [15].
• The stress of being a doctor: steroid excretion rates in internal medicine residents on and off duty [16].
• At the end of the winter, 212 men and women attending an internal medicine clinic at a local county hospital were enrolled for measurements of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and PTH; 99 participants returned at the end of summer [17].
• Clinical experience with cefotaxime in internal medicine between 1981 and 1984 [18].
• Lithium in internal medicine and psychiatry: an outline [19].

Gene context of Internal Medicine

• We are now confronted with the theoretical possibility that GHS analogues could become candidate drugs for treatment of pathophysiological conditions in internal medicine totally unrelated to disorders of GH secretion [20].
• OBJECTIVE: To determine the retention of Advanced Cardiac Life Support training of internal medicine residents as a function of the time since successfully completing ACLS training [21].
• A total of 167 women underwent genetic counseling for clinical BRCA1/2 testing between 1996 and 1997 (cases) compared with 138 women who were seen in faculty general internal medicine practices over the same period (controls) [22].
• Measurement of salivary GGT activity in internal medicine merits further investigations to determine its potential diagnostic value [23].
• The loss in PGY-1 positions is predominantly due to a decrease in the number of preliminary medicine positions and to individuals who switch from career-bound internal medicine positions to other disciplines after the PGY-1 or PGY-2 years [24].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Internal Medicine

• We evaluated the frequency and types of mistakes found in the "stat" section of the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the University-Hospital of Padova by monitoring four different departments (internal medicine, nephrology, surgery, and intensive care unit) for 3 months [25].
• Fifty-one experts, including leaders in the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians, general internal medicine division chiefs, and Veterans Affairs (VA) associate chiefs of staff for ambulatory care rated the compendium [26].
• The average total cost of hospitalization for each patient was greater for those randomized to the Internal Medicine Clinic: $7,193 for internal medicine patients as compared with $5,764 for family practice patients [27].
• Clinical trials with cefoperazone in the field of internal medicine in Japan [28].
• This study assessed patient satisfaction with registered nurse--managed POC INR testing in a primary care internal medicine practice [29].

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