Annals of Internal Medicine

Article	Citations
Life Lens	480
Annals On Call - The Importance of Clinician–Educators	439
Annals for Hospitalists - February 2024	298
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of Practitioner Empathy on Patient Satisfaction	289
Will It Ever Be Enough?	276
Acupuncture and Doxylamine–Pyridoxine for Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy	175
How Would You Prevent Subsequent Strokes in This Patient? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	170
In women aged 45 to 75 y, opt-out vs. opt-in breast cancer screening outreach did not increase mammography rates	160
In persons aged ≥45 y, the mt-sRNA test had 94% sensitivity for colorectal cancer and 46% for advanced adenomas	158
Understanding the Varying Biological Behaviors of Breast and Other Types of Cancer to Avoid Overdiagnosis	148
Glomerular Filtration Estimating Equations and Clinical Outcomes: What Are We Measuring?	146
Cause of  Death	144
Annals Consult Guys - The Diagnosis and Pathophysiology of Claudication	144
Civility, 1968	138
Annals Graphic Medicine - It's a Marathon	135
Annals for Educators - October 2022	132
SGLT2 inhibitors reduce all-cause mortality	129
Summary for Patients: Long-Term Health Consequences After Ovarian Removal at Benign Hysterectomy	128
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Stethoscope Stories	126
Annals Story Slam - Loss of a Best Friend	126
Annals Story Slam - Personal Experience Buying a Gun	120
Detection of Monkeypox Virus in Anorectal Swabs From Asymptomatic Men Who Have Sex With Men in a Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening Program in Paris, France	117
Annals On Call - Opioids and the Treatment of Chronic Pain	117
Annals Story Slam - Second Victim Syndrome	115
Update Alert 9: Risks and Impact of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers on SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults	115

Annals Consult Guys - When Is a Coronary Calcium Score Helpful?	114
Getting to the Truth About the Effectiveness of Masks in Preventing COVID-19	113
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls—Acute Pain Episodes in Sickle Cell Disease	110
Hospital at Home for Older Patients With Underlying Comorbidity	110
Summary for Patients: Do Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Help Reduce Liver Fat Content and Scarring in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes?	107
Osteoporosis Treatment: Not Easy	106
In asymptomatic severe AS, early surgery vs. conservative therapy reduced a composite of death, MI, stroke, or HF hospitalization at 63 mo	105
Peer Review: Insights Gleaned From Observing the Editorial Process at Annals of Internal Medicine	105
Annals Video Summary - Anticoagulation Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19	103
In insulin-naive T2D, weekly efsitora was noninferior to daily degludec for reducing HbA1c at 52 wk	101
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls—Updates on Clostridioides difficile Infection for Hospitalists	100
Influenza-Related Morbidity in Pregnancy: A Call for Maternal Immunization	100
Annals Video Summary - Preventing Obesity in Midlife Women	99
Annals On Call - Do Cannabinoids Help Chronic Pain?	96
Summary for Patients: Maternal Folate Level and Congenital Heart Disease	95
Correction: Effects of State Opioid Prescribing Laws on Use of Opioid and Other Pain Treatments Among Commercially Insured U.S. Adults	94
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was linked to myocarditis or myopericarditis at 28 d (4.2 events/100 000 persons)	94
Prevention and Initial Management of HIV Infection	93
Reduced dietary sodium did not reduce clinical events in heart failure	93
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Improving Medication Reconciliation in Hospitals	92
Long-Term Follow-up of the Italian Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial	92
Annals On Call - Surgery for Mild PTH	91
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Rounding in Late June 2022	91
Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors Versus Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and the Risk for Cardiovascular Outcomes in Routine Care Patients With Diabetes Across Categories of Cardiova	89
Why N95 Should Be the Standard for All COVID-19 Inpatient Care	89
Invitation to a single FS screening vs. usual care reduced colorectal cancer mortality and incidence at >15 y	88
Annals On Call - Are Adrenal Incidentalomas Clinically Important?	87
In persons with constipation or IBS-C, kiwifruit vs. psyllium increased spontaneous bowel movements	85
In intermediate- or high-risk PE, catheter-directed thrombolysis is linked to reduced mortality vs. systemic thrombolysis or anticoagulation	79
Cytisinicline increased smoking abstinence at 6 and 12 wk	78
How Do I Honor You? On Caring for LGBTQ+ Patients and Families as an LGBTQ+ Clinician	78
Does Screening for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Increase the Percentage of Patients With a New Diagnosis?	76
Effectiveness of Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19	75
Monkeypox in Montréal: Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, and Public Health Response to a Large North American Outbreak	75
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians	75
Effect of Four Hemoglobin Transfusion Threshold Strategies in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia	74
Trends in Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions in the United States, 2016 to 2019	71
Challenges in Estimating the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination Using Observational Data	71
Modernizing the United States’ Public Health Infrastructure: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians	71
Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation	71
High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins and Clinical Decision Making in Caring for Patients With Chest Pain	70
Annals Graphic Medicine - See/Draw: A COVID-19 Distraction	70
In statin-intolerant adults with, or at risk for, CV disease, bempedoic acid reduced MACE at a median 41 mo	69
In adults with hypertension, effects of BP-lowering drug monotherapy varied by patient	69
SAEM issued 4 strong recommendations (high-certainty evidence) for determining cause of acute vestibular syndrome in the ED	69
In older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism, levothyroxine therapy did not reduce depressive symptoms at 12 mo	68
In adults and children in the ED with COVID-19 symptoms or a confirmed contact, a rapid POC antigen test had ≥72% sensitivity and ≥99% specificity vs. RT-PCR	68
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Heroes Work Here	68
Annals Video Summary - Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes	67
Correction: Trends in Maternal and Fetal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States	65

Indigenous Peoples’ Limited Access to Reproductive Care	64
Annals Graphic Medicine - Opinion: Someone Does Not Belong	62
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Versus Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation	61
In healthy older adults, daily aspirin increased cancer mortality	60
In acute HF in the ED, a risk-based management algorithm vs. usual care reduced a composite clinical outcome at 30 d	60
Correction: Reducing Care Overuse in Older Patients Using Professional Norms and Accountability	59
Association of Semaglutide With Tobacco Use Disorder in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes	59
Long-Term Risk for Major Bleeding During Extended Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for First Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism	59
In medical inpatients, the IMPROVE risk score had moderate predictive power for 14-d in-hospital bleeding	59
Summary for Patients: Pharmacologic Treatment of Primary Osteoporosis or Low Bone Mass to Prevent Fractures in Adults	59
Forgiving Physician Debt	58
Acute Colonic Diverticulitis	58
First-Line Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes With Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists	58
A Salty Odyssey: A Potassium-Enriched Journey Inspired by Don Quijote	58
Prevalence and Management of Obesity in U.S. Adults With Type 1 Diabetes	58
Annals Video Summary - Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review	58
Half of What You Learn	57
The Pendulum Swings on Glucocorticoids in Rheumatoid Arthritis	57
Annals On Call - Checkpoint Inhibitors: What Generalists Need to Know	57
Summary for Patients: The Effect of Low-Dose Glucocorticoids Over Two Years on Weight and Blood Pressure in Rheumatoid Arthritis	57
The Effect of Low-Dose Glucocorticoids Over Two Years on Weight and Blood Pressure in Rheumatoid Arthritis	57
In HF, with or without PAD, dapagliflozin reduced a composite of worsening HF or CV death and did not increase amputations	57
The Use of Opioids in the Management of Chronic Pain	57
In T2DM, periconceptional, noninsulin, second-line antidiabetes medications were not linked to major congenital malformations vs. insulin	56
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Clinical Pearls—Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia	55
In solid tumors, neoadjuvant or adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade increases treatment-related grade 3 or 4 adverse events	55
Little Miracles	55
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Expanded Targeted Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among the Medicare Population in 2022	54
Colorectal Cancer Screening Completion and Yield in Patients Aged 45 to 50 Years	53
Diagnostic performance of 5 FITs varied for detection of advanced colorectal neoplasia	53
Projected Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Novel Molecular Blood-Based or Stool-Based Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer	53
Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Mortality Risk in the UK Biobank	52
Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients	52
After PCI for ACS or stable CAD, DAPT for 1 mo vs. >1 mo reduces major bleeding without increasing stent thrombosis	51
Moving Beyond Race-Based Medicine	51
In suspected or provisionally diagnosed ACS, early CTCA did not reduce mortality or nonfatal MI at 1 y	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
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	50
Summary for Patients: Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss	50
Challenging the Myths of the Against Medical Advice Discharge	50
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	50
Annals Consult Guys - Case of the Prolonged PT/INR and Spinal Surgery	49
Annals On Call - SGLT-2 Revisited: Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression	49
In HF with iron deficiency, IV ferric derisomaltose was associated with lower rates of HF hospitalization or CV death	49
In type 2 diabetes, tirzepatide reduced HbA1c vs. semaglutide	49
Annals Video Summary - Effectiveness of Opioid Analgesic Medicines Prescribed in or at Discharge From Emergency Departments for Musculoskeletal Pain	49
Annals Consult Guys - Congestive Heart Failure: Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy	48
In persons at intermediate risk for CVD, polypills reduce a composite of CV events at 5 y	48
The single-dose J&J vaccine had 67% efficacy against moderate to severe-critical COVID-19 at ≥14 d	48
Prophylactic scopolamine butylbromide reduced death rattle in patients in the dying phase	48
Feeling the Heat: Cardiovascular Consequences of Heat Exposure Under Controlled Experimental Conditions	47
mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy was not linked to increased adverse neonatal outcomes	47
Stories and Statistics	47
Summary for Patients: Metformin Use in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Risk for Nonlive Birth and Congenital Malformations	47
Annals Graphic Medicine - I'll Heal Myself	47
Spatial Inequities in COVID-19 Testing, Positivity, Confirmed Cases, and Mortality in 3 U.S. Cities	46
Clinical Outcomes With Electronic Nudges to Increase Influenza Vaccination	46
Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Mammography Beyond Age 75 Years	46
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Updates in Nutrition Labeling: What Clinicians Need to Know	46
K Awards: The Journey of a Thousand Steps	46
Treating Tobacco Smoking After the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: It's Not Too Late and a Call to Action	46
Effect of the STAMP (Sharing and Talking About My Preferences) Intervention on Completing Multiple Advance Care Planning Activities in Ambulatory Care	46
Drug Repurposing and Observational Studies: The Case of Antivirals for the Treatment of COVID-19	45
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: A Living, Rapid Review for the American College of Physicians	45
Race/Ethnicity Trends Among U.S. Internal Medicine Residency Applicants and Matriculants: A Cross-Sectional Study	45
Prioritizing Quality Measures in Acute Stroke Care	45
Comparative Effectiveness of an Automated Text Messaging Service for Monitoring COVID-19 at Home	45
Miners' Nystagmus Following Visual Deprivation: A Case Report	44
A Zebra Among the Horses: Clinical Implications of Malaria in the United States	44
Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatments of Adults in the Acute Phase of Major Depressive Disorder: A Living Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians (Version 1, Update Alert)	44
Addressing Inequities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake: The Boston Medical Center Health System Experience	44
Comparative Effectiveness and Harms of Antibiotics for Outpatient Diverticulitis	43
In knee OA, PT vs. glucocorticoid injections had an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of $35 527/QALY gained	43
In nonhospitalized, unvaccinated adults with COVID-19, molnupiravir reduced hospitalization or death at 29 d	43
BP-lowering drugs reduced major CV events by similar amounts in patients with and without type 2 diabetes	42
Prevention and Initial Management of HIV Infection	42
A Longitudinal Study of COVID-19 Sequelae and Immunity	42
Annals Graphic Medicine - Please Welcome the Class of 2024 to the Wards	41
Annals On Call - Benefits of Sigmoidoscopy for Colon Cancer Screening	41

Annals Graphic Medicine - The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Graphic Narrative	41
Prevention and Initial Management of HIV Infection	41
In generally healthy adults, supplemental vitamin D3 did not reduce fractures vs. placebo at 5 y	41
Annals for Hospitalists - December 2022	41
Safety of Ceasing Aspirin Used Without a Clinical Indication After Age 70 Years: A Subgroup Analysis of the ASPREE Randomized Trial	40
In adult inpatients with a UTI, CPOE-based vs. routine stewardship reduced extended-spectrum antibiotic use	39
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: A Living, Rapid Evidence Review for the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	39
Correction: Nephrology: What You May Have Missed in 2023	39
Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not linked to autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in offspring	39
In recurrent C difficile infection, oral FMT capsules have a pooled cure rate of 82% (low-quality evidence)	38
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease	38
COVID-19: Challenging Clinical Questions	38
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Who Is Watching Your Kids?	38
Increasing Motivation for Lifestyle Change Is Not Enough to Treat Obesity	38
Decompression Illness in Divers With or Without Patent Foramen Ovale	37
Ethical Considerations in Precision Medicine and Genetic Testing in Internal Medicine Practice: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians	36
Retiring the “Against Medical Advice” Discharge	36
Safety and Efficiency of Diagnostic Strategies for Ruling Out Pulmonary Embolism in Clinically Relevant Patient Subgroups	35
The Target Trial Framework for Causal Inference From Observational Data: Why and When Is It Helpful?	35
Correction: Severe Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity Among Gestational Carriers	35
Molecular Imaging Versus Adrenal Vein Sampling for the Detection of Surgically Curable Primary Aldosteronism	35
Excess Mortality Rate in Black Children Since 1950 in the United States: A 70-Year Population-Based Study of Racial Inequalities	34
Annals On Call - Lack of Control and Physician Burnout	34
In patients with acute MI, spironolactone did not reduce cardiac events at 3 y	33
A Calling No Longer? When Medicine Is Redefined as a Job	33
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk for Depression in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes	33
Prevention of Episodic Migraine Headache Using Pharmacologic Treatments in Outpatient Settings: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	33
Annals Graphic Medicine - A Brief History of Physician-Assisted Suicide	33
Effectiveness of the 2023-to-2024 XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccines Over Long-Term Follow-up	33
Annals Video Summary - Bleeding Risks With Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Single Antiplatelet Therapy	33
In OHCA, IO-first and IV-first vascular access strategies did not differ for sustained ROSC or 30-d survival	33
In high-risk inpatients with COVID-19, therapeutic- vs. standard-dose heparin reduced thromboembolism or death at 30 d	32
Outpatient Evaluation and Management of COVID-19	32
Development of Prompt Templates for Large Language Model–Driven Screening in Systematic Reviews	32
In HFpEF, adding empagliflozin to usual care reduced a composite of CV death or HF hospitalization at a median 26 mo	32
ACP Updates Family and Medical Leave Policy	32
COVID-19 Vaccine: Practical Clinical Considerations	32
Diagnostic Strategy Using Color Doppler Ultrasound of Temporal Arteries in Patients With High Clinical Suspicion of Giant Cell Arteritis	32
Estimation of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis in a U.S. Breast Screening Cohort	31
Challenging the Myths of the Against Medical Advice Discharge	31
Estimation of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis in a U.S. Breast Screening Cohort	31
Obesity and Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19	31
Fantasies of a Wounded Healer	31
2022 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for Diabetes Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Important First Step, More Work to Do	30
Challenging the Myths of the Against Medical Advice Discharge	30
In adults with overweight or obesity, adding weight-lowering drugs to lifestyle modification improves weight loss	30
Contraception and Reproductive Health Counseling: This Is Our Lane	29
In COVID-19, tocilizumab reduces all-cause mortality at 28 d	29
Annals On Call - Medical Marijuana	29
The Complete Blood Count: Increasing Its Precision and Impact	29
Annals for Hospitalists - August 2023	29
In H pylori infection, vonoprazan plus high-dose amoxicillin was noninferior to B-quadruple therapy for eradication	29
Annals for Hospitalists - September 2023	29
Here I Sit Me Down to Die	29
Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Hospitalized Patients: Some Sobering Findings	29
Update on and Future Directions for Use of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies: National Institutes of Health Summit on Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19	29
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Randomized Trials Are Essential to Support Recommendations	29
Affirmative Action Bans and Enrollment of Students From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in U.S. Public Medical Schools	28
In degenerative meniscal tears, PT was noninferior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for knee function at 5 y	28
Epstein–Barr Viral Load Monitoring Strategy and the Risk for Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in Adult Liver Transplantation	28
Life Expectancy for White, Black, and Hispanic Race/Ethnicity in U.S. States: Trends and Disparities, 1990 to 2019	28
Information About Provision of Abortion on U.S. Hospital Websites: A Cross-Sectional Analysis	27
In fibromyalgia, amitriptyline is comparable to FDA-approved drugs for symptoms and acceptability	27
Universal Masking in Health Care Settings	27
Correction: Once-Weekly Insulin Icodec With Dosing Guide App Versus Once-Daily Basal Insulin Analogues in Insulin-Naive Type 2 Diabetes	27
After ICH, starting long-term therapeutic oral anticoagulation in patients with AF reduces MACE at 1 to 3 y	27
In relapsing AAV with rituximab-induced remission, maintenance rituximab vs. azathioprine reduced relapse at ≥32 mo	27
USPSTF recommends PrEP using effective antiretroviral therapy in adults and adolescents at high risk for HIV	27
Correction: Information About Provision of Abortion on U.S. Hospital Websites	26
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Power of Palliative	26
Annals Video Summary - Respectful Maternity Care	26
In older adults, specialty geriatrics care, multicomponent interventions, and cognitive stimulation reduce nursing home admission	26
Annals for Hospitalists - January 2024	26
Flourishing Among Internal Medicine Residents: A Cross-Sectional, Multi-institutional Study	26
Adoption of Internal Medicine Milestone Ratings and Changes in Bias Against Black, Latino, and Asian Internal Medicine Residents	26
In acute decompensated HF, adding acetazolamide to IV loop diuretics reduced congestion at 3 d across eGFR levels	26
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Generic Versus Brand-Name Fluticasone–Salmeterol to Treat Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
In nonischemic systolic HF, prophylactic ICDs did not reduce all-cause mortality vs. usual care at 10 y	25
Annals On Call - COVID-19 Rebound After Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir Treatment	25
Preconception Antidiabetic Drugs in Men and Birth Defects in Offspring	25
Does Racial Bias Play a Role in Internal Medicine Resident Knowledge Evaluations?	25
In These Uncaring Times, Will Physicians Lead Us Back to Our Better Angels?	24
lost monarchs	24
In adults with active dermatomyositis, IV immune globulin improved treatment response at 16 wk vs. placebo	24
The Emperor Has No Ganey	24
Annals for Hospitalists - November 2022	24
Double-Blind	24
The Minister's Wife	24
In acutely ill inpatients, benefits and harms of anticoagulants for VTE prophylaxis were assessed	24
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Bleeding Heart	24
Correction: Total Ankle Replacement Versus Arthrodesis for End-Stage Ankle Osteoarthritis	24
Correction: Risk Heterogeneity and the Illusion of Waning Vaccine Efficacy	24
In COVID-19, escalated- vs. prophylactic-dose anticoagulation does not reduce mortality and increases major bleeding	23
Summary for Patients: Homicide Deaths Among Adults Living With Handgun Owners in California	23
Annals Story Slam - Early 2020	23