American Journal of Medicine

Article	Citations
Narrative Competency: The Healing Potential of Storytelling	616
Spousal Loss: The Agony of Widowhood	178
An Unusual Case of Nocardia Breast Abscess	137
Subcutaneous B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder Mimicking Lipodystrophy	136
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Associated Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption Sine Rash	111
Is it Time to Set a 25% Decrease in eGFR as Criteria for Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury in Primary Care Clinics?	95
Table of Contents	90
Parasitic Infestation Presenting as Advanced Infiltrating Tumor Mimicking Adrenal Cancer	88
Caring for Hospitalized Adults with Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Proposed Clinical Roadmap	76
Artificial Intelligence for Identification of Patients with Increased Risk of Severe Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction Following Anthracycline Therapy	71
Factors Associated With Long COVID: Insights From Two Nationwide Surveys	70
Long-Term Cardiac Monitoring After Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: Search Longer, Look Harder	66
The national physician shortfall: Role of international medical graduates	64
Exploring the evidence that supports the benefits of the multidisciplinary team in inflammatory bowel disease	63
Idiopathic Axillary Web Syndrome	61
The Reply	58
Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence of Cutaneous Manifestations and the Primary Care Physician's Role in its Early Diagnosis	57
The Grade Debate: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives on Clerkship Assessment Across the UME to GME Continuum	53
Erratum to ‘Ten Traits of Great Physicians! And Tips to Help You Improve’ [The American Journal of Medicine (2023) Volume 136, Issue 4, Pages 355-359]	53
Making the Heart Grow Stronger: Reversal of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient	50
Evolving Trends in US Mortality from Opioid Overdose: Heroin and Beyond	50
Prosthetic Joint Infections of the Hip and Knee Among the Elderly: A Retrospective Study	49
The Sixth Row on the Left: A Reflection on Medicine Grand Rounds	49
Running on Empty: A Source for Multiple Nonspecific Symptoms	48
Suggestions for Remaining Calm and Balanced During High Stress Times	45

Popeye Deformity: A Red Flag for Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis	45
Turn Healthcare Workers Loose with Outpatient Telemedicine—Let Them Decide Its Fate; No Top-Down Decisions on What It Can and Cannot Do	44
Insight Regarding Solving the Current Physician Shortage	43
Adverse Events After Initiating Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Therapy in Individuals with Heart Failure and Multimorbidity	42
Management of Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients for Hospitalists and Internists	41
Added Prognostic Value of Plaque Burden to Computed Tomography Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Diabetes	40
Medical Jeopardy Quiz: Medicinal Plants	39
Primary Medical Care Integrated with Healthy Eating and Healthy Moving is Essential to Reduce Chronic Kidney Disease Progression	39
Teaching Leadership…More than Just White Men	37
In Plain Sight: An Inconspicuous Case of a Giant Cell Tumor	34
Aspergillus Brain Abscess in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	33
Fulminating Lymphocytic Myocarditis and Its Mimics	33
Bacteremia, Liver Injury, and Pneumonitis: Strongyloides Unleashed by a Supplement	33
Clinical Efficacy of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Immunocompromised Patients Treated During Omicron Sublineages Diffusion. Real-Life Experience from ASST Lecco	33
Evoking Dante Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic	32
Infective Endocarditis: An Update	31
Initiation of Anti-Hypertensive Drugs and Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction	31
Structural Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and Myocardial Injury	30
Recurrent swelling in the floor of the mouth	29
Improving the OTC Drug Approval Process: A Public Health Priority	29
Treatment of Drug-Induced Dermatitis and Itching with Diclofenac Gel	29
Looking Beyond LinkedIn: The Case for Excellence and Academic Rigor in Quality and Safety Programs	28
Practice for Real Life: Diversifying Cases in Educational Conferences	28
The Unique Fusion: Systemic Sclerosis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Overlap	28
The Reply	28
Trichuris trichiura: A Moving Source of Anemia	27
Retraction notice to ‘Combined Therapy With Estrogen and Etidronate has an Additive Effect on Bone Mineral Density in the Hip and Vertebrae: Four-Year Randomized Study’ [The American Journal of Medici	27
Utility of a Diagnostic Time-Out to Evaluate an Atypical Pneumonia	25
Lumbar Disc Herniation: Diagnosis and Management	25
Herpes zoster presenting as a penile rash: Pearls and pitfalls	25
Combined Sodium-Glucose-Transporters Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like-Peptide Receptor Agonist Compared With Monotherapy Improves Long-Term Survival: A Real-World Registry	25
Turning Positive: Normal Aging and The Review of Systems	25
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ankle Arthritis and Subsequent Immune-Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome	24
Environmental Neurotoxins and a Neurodegenerative Outbreak: Diagnosis Requires Specific Sampling Knowledge	24
Heads-Up! A Caregiver's Perspective on Lewy Body Dementia	24
The Reply	24
Paxlovid: A Regulatory Gamble	23
Syndrome of Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Diseases: A Comprehensive Overview of Open Artery Ischemia	23
Perioperative Antiplatelet Strategy in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery Within One Year After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	23
Is Retirement Meant for You?	22
Shoring Up Vaccine Efficacy	21
Nonketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea	21
Delayed Onset Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin	20
Hyperfibrinolysis: An Uncommon Cause of Bleeding in Cirrhosis	20
Appropriately Targeting Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation to Maximize Benefits in Older Adults	20
Older Age as a Predictive Risk Factor for Acute Mountain Sickness	20
Using SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing in COVID-19 Research	20
Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Obese Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: Results of an Expert Consensus Panel	19
Table of Contents	19
Naloxone Over the Counter: Increasing Opportunities and Challenges for Health Providers	19

Lifestyle Approach and Medical Therapy of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease	19
Gnosticism, Wittgenstein, and the Language of Medicine	19
Adrenal Insufficiency Revealing a Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage-Adrenal Infarction Related to Antiphospholipid Syndrome	19
Navigating the Shadows: COVID-19′s Lingering Threat – Pulmonary Fibrosis	19
Addressing COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Impact on Road Crashes	19
The Reply	18
Risk vs Benefits of Thiazides in Clinical Use: Need for a Holistic Approach	18
Table of Contents	18
Misconceptions and Facts about Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction	18
When Crouching Gait Reveals Crohn's Disease	18
Nutrition on the United States Medical Licensing Step 1 Exam: A 'Low-Yield' Topic?	17
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Nonrheumatic Streptococcal Pharyngitis-Associated Myocarditis	17
Practice-Changing Updates in Perioperative Medicine Literature 2020-2021: A Systematic Review	17
Limited English Proficiency in Older Adults Referred to the Cardiovascular Team	17
The Reply	17
Hospital-Acquired Anemia in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Epidemiology and Potential Impact on Long-Term Outcome	17
Timeless Caves, Sacred Spaces, Cardiology Clinics	17
Call for a New Medical Fellowship	17
The Reply	17
Medical Aphorisms Redux	16
An Unusually Rapid-Onset Portal Hypertension	16
The Ultrasound Hepato-Jugular Reflux: Measuring the Hepato-Jugular Reflux with Ultrasound with Comparison to Invasive Right Heart Catheterization	16
The Clinical Paradox	16
Adult Scaphoid Abdomen	16
Massive Vulvar Edema: A Sign of Nephrotic Syndrome	16
Septic Arthritis of the Costovertebral Joint Mimicking Shingles	16
Blood Pressure/Heart Rate-Derived Ratios as Indices of Health and Cardiovascular Pathology	16
A Rare Case of Stiff Person Syndrome: From Spasms to Bedbound	15
Immunizations, Autism, and Statistical Analysis	15
Multicancer Early detection Panels (MCEDs) in the Primary Care Setting	15
In the Pursuit of Immortality, Who is Sitting at the Table?	15
Renal Artery Denervation for the Management of Hypertension: Current Trends and Future Direction	15
The Combination of Afternoon and Midnight Salivary Cortisol Improves the Diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome	15
Transfiguration of Academic Departments of Medicine	15
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders Mimicking Wernicke Encephalopathy	15
Unmasking a Vulnerable Patient Care Process: A Qualitative Study Describing the Current State of Resident Continuity Clinic in a Nationwide Cohort of Internal Medicine Residency Programs	14
Effect of Dexamethasone on Myocardial Injury After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Substudy of the Randomized Clinical DEX-2-TKA Trial	14
Impact of Unhealthy Lifestyles on Patients with Atrial Fibrillation at Low Risk of Stroke: A Nationwide Cohort Study	14
Face Off: 3D-Printed Masks as a Cost-Effective and Reusable Alternative to N95 Respirators: A Feasibility Study	14
Emphysematous Cystitis Detected by Point-of-Care Ultrasound	14
Predicting Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation	14
Evaluation and Management Strategies for GI Involvement with Amyloidosis	14
Oral Rehydration Solution: A Landmark Discovery in Medicine and the Legacy of Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis	14
A Threat to Military Combat Power: Dietary Supplements	13
Removal notice to “Cervical Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection: The Natural History” [The American Journal of Medicine 122 (2009) S10-S15]	13
The False Currency of Authorship	13
The Potential Influence of Firearm Violence on Physical Inactivity in the United States	13
Association of Sedentary Lifestyle with Risk of Acute and Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: A Retrospective Cohort Study	13
A Hidden Challenge: Tongue Abscess Inducing Trismus in an Older Woman	13
Discernment and Finding Joy in Medicine: Commentary	13
Silent Brain Infarction – Time for Changing the Paradigm?	13
The Road Warrior	13
Corrigendum to ‘Effect of Inpatient Medication-Assisted Therapy on Against-Medical-Advice Discharge and Readmission Rates’ (2020) 1343-1349	12
Variations on a Theme	12
Critical Care Exposure and Preparedness Among Internal Medicine Residents: Results from the American College of Physicians In-Training Exam Survey	12
National Adherence to Medical Management of Aortic Aneurysms	12
When to Suspect and How to Approach a Diagnosis of Amyloidosis	12
Risk of Severe COVID-19 in Prevalent Users of Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists: A National Case-Control Study of Medicare Beneficiaries	12
Remembering the White Rose: How a Group of Medical Students Took on Hitler	12
On Hoofs and Zebras – Struma Ovarii	12
Which Was the Real Guilty Party: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Pasteurella multocida or All of Them?	12
Medical Jeopardy Quiz: Infections and Cancer	12
Ghost of Summer, 1988	11
Bridging the Gap in Competency Assessment During Transition from Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education: A Perspective Piece	11
Wooden Toothpick and Pancreatitis	11
Patient-Tailored Interventions to Improve Specialty Medication Adherence: Results from a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial	11
Terminological Insights in Ludwig Angina: Evaluating Pseudo Tongue, Double Tongue, and Ludwig Sign	11
The Reply	11
A Treacherous Twist on ECG	11
Improvement in Endothelial Function in Men Taking Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors for Erectile Dysfunction	11
Elevated International Normalized Ratio and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants	11
Lying to Patients – Is It Ever Ethical?	11
The Reply	11
Recent Thoughts Concerning Atrial Fibrillation	10
Regarding the Surgical Management of Vertebral Compression Fractures	10
Severe rhabdomyolysis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae	10
Pregnancy Protection in Women of Childbearing Age Prescribed RAS Inhibitors or Statins: Cohort Study	10
Decoding objective cough features in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: A 6-month feasibility study	10
Recurrent Painless Orogenital Ulcers for Two Decades	10
Psoas Abscess as a Complication of a Perinephric Abscess	10

The Second Naiveté	10
Characteristics and Diagnostic Challenge of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Positive Infective Endocarditis	10
A Possible Reversible Cause of Cognitive Impairment: Undiagnosed Cirrhosis and Potential Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Dementia	10
Selective Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Appraisal of the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines Position	10
Coagulative Biomarkers Differently Predict Clinical Outcomes in Invasive Infections Caused by Neisseria Meningitidis and Streptococcus Pneumoniae	10
Applying the ABCs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention to the 2023 AHA/ACC Multisociety Chronic Coronary Disease Guidelines	10
Behind the Mirror	10
Examining Well-Being and Cognitive Function in People With Long COVID and ME/CFS, and Age-Matched Healthy Controls: A Case-Case-Control Study	10
Laryngeal Stenosis in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: A Life-Threatening Case	10
Armor, vulnerability, and connectedness: Exploring humanism in the middle of residency	10
Human Immortality: The Quest for Permanence	10
Understanding Antiarrhythmic Drug Efficacy for the Clinical Practitioner: There Is More than Meets the Eye	10
Relationship Between Marijuana Use and Overactive Bladder (OAB): A Cross-Sectional Research of NHANES 2005 to 2018	9
Atrial Fibrillation: Is Rhythm Control Required, and If So, How, and What Is the Internist's Role?	9
Is napping good or bad for your health?	9
Table of Contents	9
A Calcified Liver Mass	9
Do We Need Fasting Prior to Coronary Angiography? The CORO-NF Randomized Pragmatic Study	9
Erasmus Syndrome. An Exceptional Case	9
How Closely Does Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Protected Time Align with the Expected Amount?	9
'You Are the Only Doctor I Know Who Still Wears a White Coat!'	9
It’s Not Always Molluscum: A Case of Disseminated Cryptococcosis	9
An Updated Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Treatment of Left Ventricular Thrombus	9
Corrigendum to ‘Elevated NT-ProBNP as a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Equivalent: Evidence from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study’	9
Retraction notice to ‘Homocysteine as A Predictive Factor for Hip Fracture in Elderly Women With Parkinson’s Disease’ [The American Journal of Medicine 118 (2005) 1250-1255]	9
The PAX LC Trial: A Decentralized, Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Compared with Placebo/Ritonavir for Long COVID	9
Combined therapy with estrogen and etidronate has an additive effect on bone mineral density in the hip and vertebrae: Four-year randomized study	9
The Reply	9
Temporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Multimorbidity Prevalence in the United States, 1999-2018	9
Socioeconomic Deprivation, Unhealthy Lifestyle, and Premature Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study	9
Fingertip Calcinosis Cutis	9
New Clinical and Public Health Challenges in Vaccinations in US Adults	9
Hidden in Plain Sight: Syphilis Inequities Among American Indian and Alaska Native People, 2022-2023	9
Biological disease-modifying agents transform rheumatology treatment	9
Human Papillomavirus as Nontraditional Cardiovascular Risk Factor: Fact or Fiction? Part 2	9
Justice-Involved Status and In-Hospital Mortality Among Nonelderly Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021	9
Dramatic Hyperhidrosis, Labile Blood Pressure, and Fever Associated With Thymoma	8
Medicine and Music – Is There a Connection?	8
Citation of a Retracted Paper Related to Predatory Publishing Blacklists	8
Inaccuracy of Initial Clinical Mobility Assessment in Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification	8
Predicting When Women Will Achieve Equitable Representation in Four Specialties: The WHEN Study	8
To See or Not to See: Blind Auditions and What Academic Medicine Can Learn from Music	8
Hemothorax and Bloody Ascites Caused by Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome	8
The Hidden Cost	8
It Was the Aorta but Not a Dissection: Intramural Aorta Hematoma	8
Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment and Prophylaxis of COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	8
Legionella Pneumonia in a Patient on a Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Inhibitor	8
Look Past Stubborn	8
Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure and Shock Due to Disseminated Toxoplasmosis	8
Correlation of Pyuria and Bacteriuria in Acute Care	8
Lung, Brain, and Spinal Cord Abscesses After a Near-Drowning Episode	8
Lung Abscess in Adult with Foreign Body (Tooth)	8
An Unusual Case of Sarcoidosis: Hypercalcemia and Normal Sized Lymph Nodes	8
Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as the Presenting Sign of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	8
Systemic Amyloidosis: Is It ATTR or AL?	8
A Case of Recurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy	8
Beyond Skin and Nails: The Hidden Dangers of Biotin Supplementation	8
A Trip to Egypt: De-Nile	8
Emphysematous Cystitis and Pyelitis	8
Table of Contents	8
Long COVID: Does It Exist? What Is It? We Can We Do For Sufferers?	8
Reduced Left Ventricular Apical Rotation: A Novel Pathophysiological Correlate Underlining Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation	8
The Gastrointestinal Risks of Combining NSAIDs and Endurance Exercise	8
Sarcoidosis or Crohn Disease: Diagnostic Dilemma	8
A Cerebrospinal Case of Dyspnea	8
The Reply	8
Comments on ‘Coffee Bean Sign Detected by Visual Inspection’	8
Microwaving Food in Plastic Containers	8
Revisiting ACCORD: Should Blood Pressure Targets in People With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Be Different?	8
Optimism and Cardiovascular Events: One Issue to be Considered	8
An Urticarial Rash, Fevers, and Arthralgias	8
Rurality and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status are Associated With Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality and Hepatic Decompensation in Type 2 Diabetes	7
Adverse effects of health plan prior authorization on clinical effectiveness and patient outcomes: A systematic review	7
The Reply	7
Physician Financial Incentives to Reduce Unplanned Hospital Readmissions: A Propensity Score Weighted Cohort Study	7
A Culinary Conundrum: Flagellate Erythema Unveiled	7
Integrating Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden and Progression with Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors to Guide Therapeutic Decision Making	7
Trending Nutrition Controversies #3: Top Controversies in 2021	7
Trust is earned	7
Early β-Blocker Use and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study	7
Patient-Directed Discharges Among Persons Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Opportunities for Improvement	7
Association Between SGLT2 Inhibitors and Risk of Dementia and Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of 12 Randomized Controlled Trials	7
Efficacy and Safety of E-Cigarette Use for Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	7
Clinical Interpretation of Genetic Variants in the Evaluation and Management of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection	7
When Napping is Not the Villain: a Clinical Research Associate’s Perspective	7
In Quest of Excellent Clinical Teachers Running Head: Excellent Educators	7
Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis	7
An Isolated Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Tongue in an HIV-Negative Patient	7
Current Point of Care Ultrasound Use and Training Among Internal Medicine Residency Programs from the 2020 APDIM Program Director's Survey	7
Vaccines for International Travelers: Current Status and Recent Developments	7
Removal notice to "Cervical Cancer Prevention: Understanding Current Clinical Data for Prophylactic Vaccines" [The American Journal of Medicine 122 (2009) S16-S23]	7
Pulmonary and Systemic Hemodynamics in Patients with Hyperthyroidism	7
Advancing Best Practices for Hospitalized Patients with a Volunteer Addiction Consult Team	7
Bridging the gap: From early recognition to timely referral for cardiac implantable electronic devices infections	7
Oral Infiltration of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Signifying Disease Progression	7