Annals of Internal Medicine

Article	Citations
Annals Graphic Medicine - The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Graphic Narrative	284
Summary for Patients: Do Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Help Reduce Liver Fat Content and Scarring in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes?	216
Summary for Patients: Metformin Use in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Risk for Nonlive Birth and Congenital Malformations	201
Civility, 1968	191
Race/Ethnicity Trends Among U.S. Internal Medicine Residency Applicants and Matriculants: A Cross-Sectional Study	181
In rheumatic heart disease–associated AF, rivaroxaban increased adverse vascular outcomes vs. VKA at 3 y	178
Annals for Educators - October 2022	169
Aspirin use is associated with reduced risk for hepatocellular carcinoma	161
In type 2 diabetes, tirzepatide reduced HbA1c vs. semaglutide	156
Moving Beyond Race-Based Medicine	155
In suspected or provisionally diagnosed ACS, early CTCA did not reduce mortality or nonfatal MI at 1 y	148
Life Lens	146
In persons aged ≥45 y, the mt-sRNA test had 94% sensitivity for colorectal cancer and 46% for advanced adenomas	143
Moving Stroke Rehabilitation Forward and Into the Future	141
In T2DM, periconceptional, noninsulin, second-line antidiabetes medications were not linked to major congenital malformations vs. insulin	140
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: A Living, Rapid Evidence Review for the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	139
Annals Video Summary - Bleeding Risks With Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Single Antiplatelet Therapy	124
ACP provided strong and conditional recommendations for drug treatment in outpatients with acute episodic migraine	123
In adults aged 50 to 69 y, invitation to screening with FIT was noninferior to invitation for colonoscopy for colorectal cancer mortality at 10 y	123
Annals for Hospitalists - January 2024	116
Annals Video Summary - Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes	116
In acute episodic migraine attacks, triptans, with or without NSAIDs, vs. NSAIDs alone reduce pain at 2 h and up to 48 h	116
Annals Story Slam - Loss of a Best Friend	115
Prevalence and Management of Obesity in U.S. Adults With Type 1 Diabetes	110
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of Practitioner Empathy on Patient Satisfaction	108

Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	106
The Use of Opioids in the Management of Chronic Pain	106
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	105
Annals Consult Guys - Care of a Patient With Left Ventricular Thrombus	105
Annals Video Summary - Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review	103
Little Miracles	99
Annals Video Summary - Effectiveness of Opioid Analgesic Medicines Prescribed in or at Discharge From Emergency Departments for Musculoskeletal Pain	99
A Calling No Longer? When Medicine Is Redefined as a Job	94
In patients with acute MI, spironolactone did not reduce cardiac events at 3 y	93
ACP Updates Family and Medical Leave Policy	90
An intensivist-led telemedicine strategy did not reduce ICU LOS vs. usual care in critically ill patients	89
Patients surviving COVID-19 had lower risk for long COVID in the Omicron vs. earlier eras	89
In noncardiac thoracic surgery, low-dose colchicine did not reduce AF or myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery at 14 d	88
Reducing the Over-Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease	86
The U.S. Founding Fathers Recognized the Benefits of Immunization—We Need That Same Recognition Today	83
Understanding the Varying Biological Behaviors of Breast and Other Types of Cancer to Avoid Overdiagnosis	82
The Rise of Psilocybin Use in the United States: A Multisource Observational Study	82
Challenges in Estimating the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination Using Observational Data	81
Effectiveness of the 2023-to-2024 XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccines Over Long-Term Follow-up	80
Factors Associated With Circulating Sex Hormones in Men	80
In carotid stenosis with low or intermediate risk for stroke, adding revascularization to OMT did not improve outcomes at 2 y	79
In the general population, salt substitutes vs. regular salt reduce BP levels, CV outcomes, and mortality	75
2022 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for Diabetes Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Important First Step, More Work to Do	71
Chronic Coronary Artery Disease	69
A Salty Odyssey: A Potassium-Enriched Journey Inspired by Don Quijote	68
Inaccuracy of Pneumonia Diagnosis: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same	68
Estimation of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis in a U.S. Breast Screening Cohort	68
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression	67
After ACS, telemedicine-based care with remote patient monitoring vs. usual care reduced hospital readmissions at 6 mo	66
Stories and Statistics	66
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls—Acute Pain Episodes in Sickle Cell Disease	65
Annals On Call - Surgery for Mild PTH	65
Benefits and Risks Associated With Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention in Old and Very Old Adults	64
In menopause-related moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms not suitable for hormone therapy, fezolinetant safely improved symptoms	64
Challenging the Myths of the Against Medical Advice Discharge	63
K Awards: The Journey of a Thousand Steps	63
Increasing Motivation for Lifestyle Change Is Not Enough to Treat Obesity	62
Severe Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity Among Gestational Carriers	62
New use of thiazide diuretics vs. nonthiazide antihypertensive drugs was linked to hyponatremia over 2 y	60
Prescription	60
In H pylori infection, vonoprazan plus high-dose amoxicillin was noninferior to B-quadruple therapy for eradication	60
Improvements in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Weight Reduction: A Post Hoc Analysis of Adults With Obesity Randomly Assigned to Tirzepatide	59
Evolving Practice Choices by Newly Certified and More Senior General Internists	59
Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Mammography Beyond Age 75 Years	58
Long-Term Risk for Major Bleeding During Extended Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism	58
Short-Term Adverse Outcomes After Mifepristone–Misoprostol Versus Procedural Induced Abortion	57
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Versus Vancomycin for Primary Clostridioides difficile Infection	57
Trends in Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions in the United States, 2016 to 2019	57
Safety and Efficiency of Diagnostic Strategies for Ruling Out Pulmonary Embolism in Clinically Relevant Patient Subgroups	56
Effectiveness of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Against Herpes Zoster in a Real-World Setting	56

Annals for Educators - February 2022	55
In acute decompensated HF, adding acetazolamide to IV loop diuretics reduced congestion at 3 d	55
Moving Beyond Race-Based Medicine	55
Lifting the Illusion	54
Late in the Afternoon	54
In adults receiving mechanical ventilation, selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces hospital mortality	54
Star Stuff	54
Annals for Educators - June 2022	53
Correction: Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion	53
Bedside Manner	52
Correction: Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria	52
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dive	52
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Which Presenter Are You?	51
Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatments of Adults in the Acute Phase of Major Depressive Disorder: A Living Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	51
Ideation	51
Comfort Measures Only	51
The Price of Admission	51
Lightning: Another Climate Change Threat	50
Annals On Call - Understanding Benign Neutropenia	50
How Would You Treat This Patient With Acute and Chronic Pain From Sickle Cell Disease?	50
Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion	50
Doctoring With a Double Disability	50
Annals On Call - Atrial Fibrillation: When Ablation Is the Way to Go	50
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Understanding the Safety of Outpatient Care	49
Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation in Response to the First Case of Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States During the 2022 Global Monkeypox Outbreak	49
Beyond the Bacillus: Closing Gaps in Tuberculosis Health Disparities Requires Targeting Social Determinants	49
Science v. Ideology in Court: Mifepristone and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration	49
Diabetes Risk Factors in People With HIV Receiving Pitavastatin Versus Placebo for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention	49
Oncology: What You May Have Missed in 2023	48
In adults with kidney failure, hemodiafiltration vs. hemodialysis reduces all-cause and CV mortality	48
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - The Future of Hospital-at-Home Care	48
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	48
In paroxysmal AF, first-line catheter ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drugs reduces atrial arrhythmia recurrence	47
Values and Preferences of Patients With Depressive Disorders Regarding Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments	47
Function and Frailty: Value Added in Medicare	47
In older inpatients with polypharmacy, medication optimization did not improve outcomes at 48 wk	46
In adults with TBI and anemia, liberal vs. restrictive RBC transfusion did not reduce unfavorable neurologic outcomes by 10% at 6 mo	46
In non–critically ill patients with COVID-19, therapeutic anticoagulation improved survival to discharge without organ support	46
In RA, use of systemic glucocorticoids ≥5 mg/d (prednisolone-equivalent) was linked to MACE at 8.7 y	44
Summary for Patients: Hydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for Incident Retinopathy	44
In ASCVD, an inclisiran-first strategy reduced LDL-C levels and statin discontinuation at 330 d	44
Untangling the Benefits of Time-Restricted Eating: Is It the Calories or the Time Restriction?	43
Annals On Call - Encouraging Influenza Vaccination	43
Annals Consult Guys - A Perplexing Case of Muscle Weakness	43
Annals Video Summary - Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Colonoscopy for Polyp Detection	42
Annals for Hospitalists - July 2024	42
In COVID-19 acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, awake prone positioning vs. supine positioning increases survival without intubation	42
In critically ill patients, preoxygenation with NIPPV or HFNC vs. face mask reduces hypoxemia during intubation	41
Annals for Hospitalists - December 2021	41
Annals On Call - Virtual Urgent Care: Artificial Intelligence Versus Physicians	41
Annals On Call - Health Expenditures of Patients With Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery	41
Annals for Educators - June 2025	41
Annals for Educators - February 2023	41
Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population	40
Annals Consult Guys - Noncardiac Surgery Following COVID-19: A Coast-to-Coast Update	40
Annals Graphic Medicine - 2 Face Comics Presents: Art Is the Best Medicine	40
Annals Graphic Medicine - Getting to a Place of Calm	40
Forgiving Physician Debt	39
In prediabetes, oral vitamin D reduces progression to new-onset diabetes	39
How Would You Manage This Patient With Recurrent Diverticulitis?	39
Visual Clinical Guideline - Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Visual Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	39
Prevalence and Characteristics of Adrenal Tumors in an Unselected Screening Population	39
Preparing the United States for the Next Pandemic	38
Confirmatory Testing for Primary Aldosteronism	38
A Risk Profile Using Simple Hematologic Parameters to Assess Benefits From Baricitinib in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial-2	38
Performance of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1-Hour, 0/2-Hour, and 0/3-Hour Algorithms for Rapid Triage of Acute Myocardial Infarction	38
Change in Per Capita Opioid Prescriptions Filled at Retail Pharmacies, 2008–2009 to 2017–2018	37
SGLT2 inhibitors reduce adverse renal and CV outcomes in patients with or without diabetes	37
The Effect of Open-Label Semaglutide on Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in People With HIV	37
Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025	37
Telehealth Strategies for the Delivery of Maternal Health Care	37
Bolstering the Medication Supply Chain and Ameliorating Medication Shortages: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians	36
Efficacy and Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss Among Adults Without Diabetes	36
Assessing Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect in Real-World Data	36
The Benefits and Risks of Receiving Investigational Solid Tumor Drugs in Randomized Trials	36
Associations of Serum Testosterone and Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin With Incident Cardiovascular Events in Middle-Aged to Older Men	36
Achievement of Guideline-Recommended Targets in Diabetes Care in China	36
Long COVID Definitions and Models of Care	36
Deep Venous Thrombosis	36
Risk for Bleeding-Related Hospitalizations During Use of Amiodarone With Apixaban or Rivaroxaban in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	36

Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence in Patients With Transient New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Detected During Hospitalization for Noncardiac Surgery or Medical Illness	36
Cardiometabolic Disease Burden and Steroid Excretion in Benign Adrenal Tumors	35
Diagnostic Strategies for the Assessment of Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease	35
In older patients at high risk for stroke, intensive AF screening with an implantable loop recorder did not reduce stroke	35
Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Colonoscopy for Polyp Detection	35
Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population	35
In RA in remission for >1 y, tapering TNFi to discontinuation did not meet noninferiority criteria compared with stable TNFi for disease flare at 12 mo	34
Correction: Pharmacologic Treatment of Primary Osteoporosis or Low Bone Mass to Prevent Fractures in Adults	34
In ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction, adding PCI to medical therapy did not reduce death or HF hospitalization	34
In IBS, a smartphone application for self-managing a FODMAP-lowering diet vs. otilonium bromide reduced symptoms at 8 wk	34
In type 1 diabetes, weekly basal insulin Fc was noninferior to daily insulin degludec for HbA1c at 26 wk	34
Annals Story Slam - I Know Them by Name	34
Ensuring Adequate Preparation for Patient Care Through Interprofessional Team-Based Training and Postgraduate Residencies for Nonphysician Clinicians	33
Correction: 15-Year Benefits of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality	33
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Things We Share	33
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Medical Conference	33
Dear Fellow Introverts	33
Annals Graphic Medicine - More Than Skin Deep	33
Endocrinology: What You May Have Missed in 2024	33
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	32
Annals Video Summary - Associations of Testosterone and Related Hormones With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Men	32
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Hospital Makes It Hard to Speak Up for Myself	32
Blood Pressure Level in Late Adolescence and Risk for Cardiovascular Events	32
Annals Graphic Medicine - Beyond the Numbers	32
Annals Video Summary - Attention Among Health Care Professionals: A Scoping Review	32
Annals Graphic Medicine - Being There	32
Correction: Resuming In-Person Learning	32
Annals Consult Guys - The ABCs of Atrial Fibrillation	32
Annals Consult Guys - Surgery After Thromboembolic Stroke	32
The Health Benefits of Urgent Upstream Action on Climate Change	32
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Substance Use Epidemic: A Graphic Narrative	31
Prayer Flags	31
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 1	31
Annals Consult Guys - The Case of the Restless Legs	31
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of SEP-1 Bundle Compliance and Implementation on Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis	31
In tobacco smokers with respiratory symptoms, a dual bronchodilator did not reduce symptoms at 12 wk	31
Integrating Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement With Guidelines: Systematic Stakeholder-Driven Development of an Extension of the Guidelines International Network–McMaster Guideline Development	30
Epidemiology of Coronary Atherosclerosis Among People Living With HIV in Uganda	30
In drug-refractory IBS, group CBT with interoceptive exposure improved symptoms and QoL at 13 wk	30
In adults with HIV and low-to-moderate CV risk, pitavastatin reduced MACE over a median 5.1 y	30
In AF, CHA2DS2-VASc 1 subgroups did not differ for predicting risk for arterial thromboembolism at 1 y	30
Living Practice Guidelines Require Robust and Continuous Iteration and Uptake	30
Trends in Discharge Rates for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in U.S. Emergency Departments	30
In patients with chronic neuropathic pain, cannabinoids improve sleep and reduce pain vs. placebo	29
Summary for Patients: Fracture Risk During Osteoporosis Drug Holidays	29
In patients receiving invasive ventilation, PPIs reduce upper GI bleeding but did not affect mortality at 90 d	29
Guideline recommends buprenorphine or methadone as first-line treatment for opioid use disorder (high certainty)	29
Will QUADAS-C Make a Complicated Task Less Complex?	29
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing in Managing Overweight and Obesity	29
In type 2 diabetes, the BT-001 smartphone app reduced HbA1c more than a control app at 90 d	29
Correction: Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia	29
Paternal Preconception Diabetes Drugs and Birth Defects in Offspring: A Call for More Conclusive Study	29
U.S. State Medical Boards’ Antiracism Education Requirements for Physicians	28
Building the Beloved (Health) Community: Antiracism, Diversity, and Primary Care	28
Risk for Congenital Anomalies in Children Conceived With Medically Assisted Fertility Treatment	28
Suicide in U.S. Indigenous Persons: Reframing the Etiology and Solutions	28
Standardization and Prediction to Control Confounding: Estimating Risk Differences and Ratios for Clinical Interpretations and Decision Making	28
In patients with subclinical AF, apixaban vs. aspirin reduced stroke or systemic embolism at 3.5 y in those with previous stroke or TIA	28
Primary Occurrence of Cardiovascular Events After Adding Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors or Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Compared With Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors: A Cohor	27
In mechanically ventilated, critically ill adults, conservative vs. usual supplemental oxygen did not reduce mortality at 90 d	27
Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests' Performance Between Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2	27
Best Practices in Caring for Seriously Ill Patients	27
Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir Against the Development of Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among U.S. Veterans	27
Medical Journals: Slow Boats in Rough Seas	27
SCCM issued recommendations for corticosteroid use in acutely ill adults with sepsis, ARDS, or CAP	27
The AABB and ICTMG issued recommendations on the restrictive use of platelet transfusions	27
Stroke Rehabilitation: Synopsis of the 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines	27
COVID-19 Vaccination Effectiveness Against Infection or Death in a National U.S. Health Care System	26
Bipolar Disorder	26
Prediction of End-Stage Kidney Disease Using Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate With and Without Race	26
Telemedicine Uptake Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic	26
In patients with type 2 diabetes and recent MI, colchicine reduced a composite CV outcome at 23 mo	26
Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort	26
Trends in Alcohol Use After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cross-Sectional Study	26
In THA or TKA, risk for symptomatic VTE was higher with aspirin vs. enoxaparin at 90 d	25
Annals Consult Guys - Frailty: Its Role as a Risk Factor in Surgery	25
In latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, mortality was similar to T2DM but retinopathy was higher at 5.9 y	25
Ankle Osteoarthritis: Successful Completion of a Challenging Clinical Trial Comparing Surgical Treatments	25
In adults aged 75 to 76 y, systematic AF screening reduced morbidity and mortality at 6 y	25
In pregnant women with suspected VTE and low/intermediate or unlikely pretest probability, D-dimer rules out VTE at 3 mo	25
USPSTF found insufficient evidence on the benefits and harms of screening adults ≥50 y for AF	25
Summary for Patients: Mortality and Morbidity in Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism	25
Enough Is Enough: On the Road to Eliminating “Sophie’s Choice” for U.S. Prescription Drugs	24
In low-risk penicillin allergies, direct oral challenge was noninferior to skin testing followed by oral challenge	24
Affirmative Action Bans and Enrollment of Students From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in U.S. Public Medical Schools	24
In migraine with previous treatment failures, eptinezumab safely reduced migraine days at 1 to 12 wk	24
Cognitively enhanced tai chi improved cognition vs. tai chi or stretching at 24 wk in older adults with MCI or memory concerns	24
Correction: Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Patients With Acute Dyspnea	24
In symptomatic AF with end-stage HF, adding catheter ablation to medical therapy improved clinical outcomes at 18 mo	24
Grief's Terrain	24
In hospitalized patients with influenza, oseltamivir or peramivir may reduce hospital length of stay (low-certainty evidence)	23
In HF with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, finerenone reduced worsening HF or CV death at 32 mo	23
After PCI and 1 mo of DAPT for ACS, ticagrelor alone vs. continued DAPT for 11 mo reduced bleeding without increasing MACCE	23
Self-reflection on an Elevated BMI	23
Correction: Deep Learning to Estimate Cardiovascular Risk From Chest Radiographs	23