OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Journal of Medicine is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Narrative Competency: The Healing Potential of Storytelling	633
An Unusual Case of Nocardia Breast Abscess	199
Subcutaneous B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder Mimicking Lipodystrophy	152
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Associated Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption Sine Rash	138
Is it Time to Set a 25% Decrease in eGFR as Criteria for Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury in Primary Care Clinics?	113
Primary Medical Care Integrated with Healthy Eating and Healthy Moving is Essential to Reduce Chronic Kidney Disease Progression	99
The Reply	97
Initiation of Anti-Hypertensive Drugs and Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction	90
Table of Contents	77
Parasitic Infestation Presenting as Advanced Infiltrating Tumor Mimicking Adrenal Cancer	76
Artificial Intelligence for Identification of Patients with Increased Risk of Severe Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction Following Anthracycline Therapy	72
The national physician shortfall: Role of international medical graduates	69
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	66
Idiopathic Axillary Web Syndrome	66
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]	63
The Grade Debate: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives on Clerkship Assessment Across the UME to GME Continuum	63
Making the Heart Grow Stronger: Reversal of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient	63
The Sixth Row on the Left: A Reflection on Medicine Grand Rounds	57
Running on Empty: A Source for Multiple Nonspecific Symptoms	55
Suggestions for Remaining Calm and Balanced During High Stress Times	52
Popeye Deformity: A Red Flag for Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis	52
Turn Healthcare Workers Loose with Outpatient Telemedicine—Let Them Decide Its Fate; No Top-Down Decisions on What It Can and Cannot Do	51
Adverse Events After Initiating Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Therapy in Individuals with Heart Failure and Multimorbidity	50
Added Prognostic Value of Plaque Burden to Computed Tomography Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Diabetes	49
Medical Jeopardy Quiz: Medicinal Plants	47

In Plain Sight: An Inconspicuous Case of a Giant Cell Tumor	46
Teaching Leadership…More than Just White Men	46
Clinical Efficacy of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Immunocompromised Patients Treated During Omicron Sublineages Diffusion. Real-Life Experience from ASST Lecco	45
Fulminating Lymphocytic Myocarditis and Its Mimics	45
Bacteremia, Liver Injury, and Pneumonitis: Strongyloides Unleashed by a Supplement	42
Evoking Dante Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic	42
Aspergillus Brain Abscess in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	42
Infective Endocarditis: An Update	41
Improving the OTC Drug Approval Process: A Public Health Priority	40
Recurrent swelling in the floor of the mouth	36
Evolving Trends in US Mortality from Opioid Overdose: Heroin and Beyond	35
Insight Regarding Solving the Current Physician Shortage	35
Practice for Real Life: Diversifying Cases in Educational Conferences	34
Treatment of Drug-Induced Dermatitis and Itching with Diclofenac Gel	34
Looking Beyond LinkedIn: The Case for Excellence and Academic Rigor in Quality and Safety Programs	33
The Unique Fusion: Systemic Sclerosis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Overlap	33
The Reply	33
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	32
Trichuris trichiura: A Moving Source of Anemia	31
Utility of a Diagnostic Time-Out to Evaluate an Atypical Pneumonia	30
Herpes zoster presenting as a penile rash: Pearls and pitfalls	30
The reply	29
Structural Cardiac Abnormalities in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and Myocardial Injury	29
Exploring the evidence that supports the benefits of the multidisciplinary team in inflammatory bowel disease	29
Management of Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients for Hospitalists and Internists	28
Caring for Hospitalized Adults with Methamphetamine Use Disorder: A Proposed Clinical Roadmap	28
Combined Sodium-Glucose-Transporters Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like-Peptide Receptor Agonist Compared With Monotherapy Improves Long-Term Survival: A Real-World Registry	27
Long-Term Cardiac Monitoring After Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source: Search Longer, Look Harder	26
Prosthetic Joint Infections of the Hip and Knee Among the Elderly: A Retrospective Study	26
Turning Positive: Normal Aging and The Review of Systems	25
The Reply	25
Factors Associated With Long COVID: Insights From Two Nationwide Surveys	25
Heads-Up! A Caregiver's Perspective on Lewy Body Dementia	25
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ankle Arthritis and Subsequent Immune-Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome	25
Lumbar Disc Herniation: Diagnosis and Management	25
Environmental Neurotoxins and a Neurodegenerative Outbreak: Diagnosis Requires Specific Sampling Knowledge	25
Paxlovid: A Regulatory Gamble	24
Perioperative Antiplatelet Strategy in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery Within One Year After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	24
Is Retirement Meant for You?	23
Nonketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea	22
Shoring Up Vaccine Efficacy	22
Older Age as a Predictive Risk Factor for Acute Mountain Sickness	21
Delayed Onset Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin	21
Navigating the Shadows: COVID-19′s Lingering Threat – Pulmonary Fibrosis	20
Lifestyle Approach and Medical Therapy of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease	20
Addressing COVID Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Impact on Road Crashes	20
Hyperfibrinolysis: An Uncommon Cause of Bleeding in Cirrhosis	20
Table of Contents	20
The Reply	20
Gnosticism, Wittgenstein, and the Language of Medicine	20

Naloxone Over the Counter: Increasing Opportunities and Challenges for Health Providers	20
Adrenal Insufficiency Revealing a Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage-Adrenal Infarction Related to Antiphospholipid Syndrome	20
Risk vs Benefits of Thiazides in Clinical Use: Need for a Holistic Approach	19
The Reply	19
The Reply	19
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Nonrheumatic Streptococcal Pharyngitis-Associated Myocarditis	19
Table of Contents	19
Hospital-Acquired Anemia in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Epidemiology and Potential Impact on Long-Term Outcome	19
Practice-Changing Updates in Perioperative Medicine Literature 2020-2021: A Systematic Review	19
Massive Vulvar Edema: A Sign of Nephrotic Syndrome	18
The Ultrasound Hepato-Jugular Reflux: Measuring the Hepato-Jugular Reflux with Ultrasound with Comparison to Invasive Right Heart Catheterization	18
Call for a New Medical Fellowship	18
Adult Scaphoid Abdomen	18
The Clinical Paradox	18
Medical Aphorisms Redux	18
Timeless Caves, Sacred Spaces, Cardiology Clinics	18
Septic Arthritis of the Costovertebral Joint Mimicking Shingles	17
In the Pursuit of Immortality, Who is Sitting at the Table?	17
Transfiguration of Academic Departments of Medicine	17
An Unusually Rapid-Onset Portal Hypertension	17
Appropriately Targeting Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation to Maximize Benefits in Older Adults	16
Emphysematous Cystitis Detected by Point-of-Care Ultrasound	16
Effect of Dexamethasone on Myocardial Injury After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Substudy of the Randomized Clinical DEX-2-TKA Trial	16
Renal Artery Denervation for the Management of Hypertension: Current Trends and Future Direction	16
A Rare Case of Stiff Person Syndrome: From Spasms to Bedbound	16
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	16
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders Mimicking Wernicke Encephalopathy	16
The false currency of authorship	16
Immunizations, Autism, and Statistical Analysis	16
Oral Rehydration Solution: A Landmark Discovery in Medicine and the Legacy of Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis	16
Multicancer Early detection Panels (MCEDs) in the Primary Care Setting	15
Impact of Unhealthy Lifestyles on Patients with Atrial Fibrillation at Low Risk of Stroke: A Nationwide Cohort Study	15
Predicting Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation	15
Using SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing in COVID-19 Research	15
Misconceptions and Facts about Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction	15
The Combination of Afternoon and Midnight Salivary Cortisol Improves the Diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome	15
The Potential Influence of Firearm Violence on Physical Inactivity in the United States	15
Blood Pressure/Heart Rate-Derived Ratios as Indices of Health and Cardiovascular Pathology	14
Association of Sedentary Lifestyle with Risk of Acute and Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: A Retrospective Cohort Study	14
When Crouching Gait Reveals Crohn's Disease	14
A Threat to Military Combat Power: Dietary Supplements	14
Fatal Tea Tree Oil Intoxication: A Case Report	14
Nutrition on the United States Medical Licensing Step 1 Exam: A 'Low-Yield' Topic?	14
Face Off: 3D-Printed Masks as a Cost-Effective and Reusable Alternative to N95 Respirators: A Feasibility Study	13
Pancreatic mass caused by Actinomyces infection	13
Removal notice to “Cervical Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus Infection: The Natural History” [The American Journal of Medicine 122 (2009) S10-S15]	13
Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Obese Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: Results of an Expert Consensus Panel	13
The Prognostic Value of Serial Six-Minute Walk Testing for Mortality Prediction in Heart Failure Patients	13
A Hidden Challenge: Tongue Abscess Inducing Trismus in an Older Woman	13
Silent Brain Infarction – Time for Changing the Paradigm?	13
Discernment and finding joy in medicine: Commentary	13
Evaluation and Management Strategies for GI Involvement with Amyloidosis	13
Limited English Proficiency in Older Adults Referred to the Cardiovascular Team	13
Medical Jeopardy Quiz: Infections and Cancer	12
Corrigendum to ‘Effect of Inpatient Medication-Assisted Therapy on Against-Medical-Advice Discharge and Readmission Rates’ (2020) 1343-1349	12
Remembering the White Rose: How a Group of Medical Students Took on Hitler	12
Critical Care Exposure and Preparedness Among Internal Medicine Residents: Results from the American College of Physicians In-Training Exam Survey	12
Which Was the Real Guilty Party: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Pasteurella multocida or All of Them?	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
The Road Warrior	12
On Hoofs and Zebras – Struma Ovarii	12
Bridging the Gap in Competency Assessment During Transition from Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education: A Perspective Piece	11
Elevated International Normalized Ratio and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants	11
Improvement in Endothelial Function in Men Taking Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors for Erectile Dysfunction	11
Lying to Patients – Is It Ever Ethical?	11
Variations on a Theme	11
The Reply	11
Wooden Toothpick and Pancreatitis	11
Terminological Insights in Ludwig Angina: Evaluating Pseudo Tongue, Double Tongue, and Ludwig Sign	11
Ghost of Summer, 1988	11
A Treacherous Twist on ECG	11
New Clinical and Public Health Challenges in Vaccinations in US Adults	10
Biological disease-modifying agents transform rheumatology treatment	10
Patient-Tailored Interventions to Improve Specialty Medication Adherence: Results from a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial	10
Psoas Abscess as a Complication of a Perinephric Abscess	10
Human Immortality: The Quest for Permanence	10
Coagulative Biomarkers Differently Predict Clinical Outcomes in Invasive Infections Caused by Neisseria Meningitidis and Streptococcus Pneumoniae	10
Recent Thoughts Concerning Atrial Fibrillation	10
Table of Contents	10

Selective Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Appraisal of the 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines Position	10
It’s Not Always Molluscum: A Case of Disseminated Cryptococcosis	10
Laryngeal Stenosis in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: A Life-Threatening Case	10
'You Are the Only Doctor I Know Who Still Wears a White Coat!'	10
A Possible Reversible Cause of Cognitive Impairment: Undiagnosed Cirrhosis and Potential Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Dementia	10
Regarding the Surgical Management of Vertebral Compression Fractures	10
Recurrent Painless Orogenital Ulcers for Two Decades	10
Behind the Mirror	10
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]	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
Understanding Antiarrhythmic Drug Efficacy for the Clinical Practitioner: There Is More than Meets the Eye	10
Is napping good or bad for your health?	10
Severe rhabdomyolysis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae	10
Applying the ABCs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention to the 2023 AHA/ACC Multisociety Chronic Coronary Disease Guidelines	10
The Reply	10
Combined therapy with estrogen and etidronate has an additive effect on bone mineral density in the hip and vertebrae: Four-year randomized study	9
Temporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Multimorbidity Prevalence in the United States, 1999-2018	9
Pregnancy Protection in Women of Childbearing Age Prescribed RAS Inhibitors or Statins: Cohort Study	9
National Adherence to Medical Management of Aortic Aneurysms	9
It Was the Aorta but Not a Dissection: Intramural Aorta Hematoma	9
Erasmus Syndrome. An Exceptional Case	9
Hidden in Plain Sight: Syphilis Inequities Among American Indian and Alaska Native People, 2022-2023	9
Corrigendum to ‘Elevated NT-ProBNP as a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Equivalent: Evidence from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study’	9
Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis as the Presenting Sign of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	9
Systemic Amyloidosis: Is It ATTR or AL?	9
An Updated Review of the Efficacy and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Treatment of Left Ventricular Thrombus	9
Human Papillomavirus as Nontraditional Cardiovascular Risk Factor: Fact or Fiction? Part 2	9
Relationship Between Marijuana Use and Overactive Bladder (OAB): A Cross-Sectional Research of NHANES 2005 to 2018	9
Socioeconomic Deprivation, Unhealthy Lifestyle, and Premature Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study	9
A Calcified Liver Mass	9
Optimism and Cardiovascular Events: One Issue to be Considered	9
Beyond Skin and Nails: The Hidden Dangers of Biotin Supplementation	9
Fingertip Calcinosis Cutis	9
Comments on ‘Coffee Bean Sign Detected by Visual Inspection’	9
Microwaving Food in Plastic Containers	9
The Reply	9
Justice-Involved Status and In-Hospital Mortality Among Nonelderly Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021	9
Characteristics and Diagnostic Challenge of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Positive Infective Endocarditis	9
The PAX LC Trial: A Decentralized, Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Compared with Placebo/Ritonavir for Long COVID	9
Do We Need Fasting Prior to Coronary Angiography? The CORO-NF Randomized Pragmatic Study	9
A Trip to Egypt: De-Nile	9
Atrial Fibrillation: Is Rhythm Control Required, and If So, How, and What Is the Internist's Role?	9
Look Past Stubborn	9
A Case of Recurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy	9
Revisiting ACCORD: Should Blood Pressure Targets in People With and Without Type 2 Diabetes Be Different?	9
Correlation of Pyuria and Bacteriuria in Acute Care	8
Integrating Coronary Atherosclerosis Burden and Progression with Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors to Guide Therapeutic Decision Making	8
An Unusual Case of Sarcoidosis: Hypercalcemia and Normal Sized Lymph Nodes	8
Dramatic Hyperhidrosis, Labile Blood Pressure, and Fever Associated With Thymoma	8
Hemothorax and Bloody Ascites Caused by Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome	8
Advancing Best Practices for Hospitalized Patients with a Volunteer Addiction Consult Team	8
How Closely Does Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Protected Time Align with the Expected Amount?	8
When Napping is Not the Villain: a Clinical Research Associate’s Perspective	8
Medicine and Music – Is There a Connection?	8
Lung Abscess in Adult with Foreign Body (Tooth)	8
A Cerebrospinal Case of Dyspnea	8
Legionella Pneumonia in a Patient on a Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Inhibitor	8
Table of Contents	8
Citation of a Retracted Paper Related to Predatory Publishing Blacklists	8
Predicting When Women Will Achieve Equitable Representation in Four Specialties: The WHEN Study	8
Trending Nutrition Controversies #3: Top Controversies in 2021	8
Reduced Left Ventricular Apical Rotation: A Novel Pathophysiological Correlate Underlining Acute Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation	8
An Ideal Patient	8
Sarcoidosis or Crohn Disease: Diagnostic Dilemma	8
An Urticarial Rash, Fevers, and Arthralgias	8
The Reply	8
Oral infiltration of chronic lymphocytic leukemia signifying disease progression	8
To See or Not to See: Blind Auditions and What Academic Medicine Can Learn from Music	8
The Hidden Cost	8
In quest of excellent clinical teachers	8
Double Trouble: A Young Female with Extensive Deep Venous Thrombosis	7
Physician Financial Incentives to Reduce Unplanned Hospital Readmissions: A Propensity Score Weighted Cohort Study	7
An Isolated Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Tongue in an HIV-Negative Patient	7
The Gastrointestinal Risks of Combining NSAIDs and Endurance Exercise	7
Bridging the Gap: From Early Recognition to Timely Referral for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Infections	7
Above the Threshold Time of Coagulation: Delayed Diagnosis of Acquired Hemophilia A	7
Revealing the Truth of Severe Right Axis Deviation Due to Large Hiatal Hernia	7
The Importance of Adding Discernment to the Acting Internship – A Necessary Shift in Culture Toward Competency-Based Metrics	7
Factors Associated with Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Persisting Sequelae of COVID-19	7
A Culinary Conundrum: Flagellate Erythema Unveiled	7
Clinical Interpretation of Genetic Variants in the Evaluation and Management of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection	7
The Reply	7
Beneficial and Harmful Effects of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment and Prophylaxis of COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	7
Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Osteoporotic Fracture Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Danish Cohort Study	7
Could Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Be the Source of Septic Pulmonary Embolism?	7
Paraneoplastic Dermatomyositis	7
Unfinished Business: Bringing Greater Equity to Career Advancement and Promotions for Clinician Educators in Academic Medicine	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
Trust is Earned	7
Lupus Vulgaris	7
Rurality and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status are Associated With Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality and Hepatic Decompensation in Type 2 Diabetes	7
The Reply	7
A Glimpse into a Life	7