OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
In Reply: Severe skin rashes	59
Getting to the root of the problem: Should my patient receive antibiotics before dental procedures to prevent infective endocarditis?	59
Peyronie disease and erectile dysfunction: A potential new paradigm	44
Reincarnating autoimmunity: Immune-related adverse events as new diseases	32
Celiac disease: Who should I test, and how?	31
Fundic gland polyps: Should my patient stop taking PPIs?	31
Some complexities of diabetes and the heart	26
Nonstatin therapy to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and improve cardiovascular outcomes	23
Confusion in a 22-year-old woman, and diagnostic uncertainty	23
Gastroparesis for the nongastroenterologist	22
Vitamin D: A metabolic bone disease perspective	22
Steroid use triggers severe psoriatic reaction	21
Is there a role for chronic suppressive therapy in herpes simplex virus infection?	21
Resistant hypertension: A stepwise approach	20
Is exercise restriction necessary in patients with pericarditis?	20
Updated guidelines for immune thrombocytopenic purpura: Expanded management options	19
DXA and clinical challenges of fracture risk assessment in primary care	19
Gastrointestinal varicella-zoster virus infection	19
Reducing the risks when using benzodiazepines to treat insomnia: A public health approach	19
Hematologic complications after kidney and pancreas transplant in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia	18
2023 Update in ambulatory general internal medicine	17
Unilateral pulmonary edema	15
The PRECISE trial: How should patients with chest pain be tested?	13
Should I start an SGLT-2 inhibitor in my patient with heart failure and chronic kidney disease?	13
Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health	12

Lymphedema vs lipedema: Similar but different	12
Acute anxiety and tachycardia in a hospitalized 59-year-old woman	12
Foxglove, not quite gone or forgotten	11
Computed tomography of the head	10
In Reply: Computed tomography of the head	10
Perspectives on preventing RSV disease	10
If a patient has cirrhosis, should I correct coagulation abnormalities before a minor invasive procedure?	10
Breast cancer risk evaluation for the primary care physician	10
What is the role for terlipressin in hepatorenal syndrome?	9
Should an NPO order be placed for my patient with acute pancreatitis?	9
Atrial fibrillation: Rate control or rhythm control?	9
To prophylax or not to prophylax for endocarditis: Still a question	8
Treating anemia: It’s not just the EPO	8
Petaloid dermatosis affecting the scalp and genitalia	8
Which patients with presumed acute infectious diarrhea in an outpatient setting should undergo gastrointestinal pathogen panel testing?	8
Evaluating troponin elevation in patients with chronic kidney disease and suspected acute coronary syndrome	7
Hyperglycemic crises in adults: A look at the 2024 consensus report	7
COVID-19: A management update	7
Portopulmonary hypertension: A focused review for the internist	7
A new paradigm for adult ADHD	7
Mucinous ascites: Pseudomyxoma peritonei	7
Management of venous thromboembolism in patients with active cancer	7
An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss	6
Ketogenic diets in the management of type 1 diabetes: Safe or safety concern?	6
Smallpox and monkeypox: Looking back and looking ahead	6
Mesenteric ischemia: Recognizing an uncommon disorder and distinguishing among its causes	6
Antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis: A practical approach	6
Surgical and procedural management of benign prostatic hyperplasia	5
Salt-and-pepper skin pigmentation	5
Risk-based guidelines: Redefining management of abnormal cervical cancer screening results	5
Endocrinopathies from checkpoint inhibitors: Incidence, outcomes, and management	5
Contemporary surgical and procedural management of benign prostatic hyperplasia	5
A clinical trial and another clinical practice bites the dust, or should there not be an appendix?	5
Classic diabetic ketoacidosis and the euglycemic variant: Something old, something new	5
Primary adrenal insufficiency in adults: When to suspect, how to diagnose and manage	4
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Principles of management	4
Severe hyponatremia: Are you monitoring the urine output?	4
How can I better recognize and manage delirium in my hospitalized patients?	4
Effective but inaccessible antiobesity medications	4
Neuropsychiatric assessment and management of the ICU survivor	4
Does every patient with lactational mastitis require antibiotic treatment?	4
Vaccinating the unvaccinated adult	4
A useful gap	4
Central vision loss in a 44-year-old woman	4
Which ICU patients need stress ulcer prophylaxis?	4
The new GFR equations: How will eliminating the race coefficient affect Black patients?	4
Asymptomatic oral plaques and erosion	4
Balancing the myths of corticosteroid therapy	4
‘Guidelines to Practice’ series: Asthma in adults	4
Lacrimal gland involvement in a patient with sarcoidosis	4

Fixed drug eruption due to ibuprofen	4
Coronary artery bypass grafting: Practice trends and projections	3
Circulating lipids are not all bad: An LDL mimic that may be only skin deep	3
Tuberous sclerosis complex	3
‘Kissing tonsils’ and splenic infarction from infectious mononucleosis	3
Does my patient have testosterone deficiency?	3
Megaloblastic anemia due to severe vitamin B₁₂ deficiency	3
What is the most appropriate management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure who develop in-hospital hypotension?	3
In Reply: Prostate cancer screening	3
A tale of scale: Corticosteroids and pustular psoriasis	3
Prostate cancer screening	3
Should my elderly hospitalized patient with acute onset of altered mental status undergo stat head CT?	3
Unilateral pulmonary edema	3
Unraveling a challenging diagnosis: Role of a TNF inhibitor	3
A 50-year-old man presents with shortness of breath	3
Cirrhotic coagulopathy: A rebalanced hemostasis	3
Autoimmune brain disease: Think before testing	3
In Reply: Insomnia in older adults	3
Eruptive seborrheic keratosis: A perilous clue	3
Cholesteatoma	3
COVID-19: An unwelcome guest that won’t leave	3
Celiac disease in the ‘nonclassic’ patient	3
Recurrent syncope in a 62-year-old man	3
Statin intolerance and new lipid-lowering treatments	3
When should we consider SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients with acute decompensated heart failure?	3
von Willebrand disease: A guide for the internist	3
Acquired reactive perforating collagenosis in a patient with diabetes	2
What antithrombotic therapy should I use for my patient with atrial fibrillation who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention or had an acute coronary syndrome?	2
Leriche syndrome	2
SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure: Time for broader eligibility and earlier initiation	2
In Reply: Classic diabetic ketoacidosis and the euglycemic variant	2
Glycemic targets in the ICU: A look back, and ahead	2
Dealing with the “T” (testosterone)	2
Chest pain: The importance of serial ECGs	2
Insomnia in older adults: A review of treatment options	2
The devil is in the details: Approach to refractory hypokalemia	2
Cirrhosis: Primary care approaches to screening, immunization, and lifestyle modifications	2
Prolonged venous filling time and dependent rubor in a patient with peripheral artery disease	2
Low back pain: Spondylitis?	2
RSV immunization in adults and children: A practical guide for clinicians	2
In Reply: Should I start an SGLT-2 inhibitor in my patient with heart failure and chronic kidney disease?	2
2024 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular management before noncardiac surgery: What’s new?	2
Medical, ethical, and legal aspects of end-of-life dilemmas in the intensive care unit	2
Chronic anal pain: A review of causes, diagnosis, and treatment	2
Corticosteroids: Giving and taking away	2
Common skin signs of COVID-19 in adults: An update	2
Evaluating a low anion gap: A practical approach	2
Why 25-dehydroxyvitamin D is a negative acute-phase reactant	2
How do you effectively evaluate the elderly for alcohol use disorder?	2
Discontinuing antidepressants: Pearls and pitfalls	2
Bone turnover markers to monitor oral bisphosphonate therapy	2
What are my obligations to my incarcerated patient?	2
How do I diagnose and treat my patient’s amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis?	2
Oral hyperpigmentation with weakness and salt-craving	2
Cutaneous metastasis from gastric carcinoma	2
Elevated aminotransferases in a 62-year-old woman	2