Steven S. Fu, MD, MSCE; Michelle van Ryn, PhD, MPH; Scott E. Sherman, MD, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):671-677. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.177
Fu and colleagues assess the effect of a proactive, population-based tobacco cessation care model on use of evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments and on population-level smoking cessation rates.
Less Is More
Andrew I. Geller, MD; Nadine Shehab, PharmD, MPH; Maribeth C. Lovegrove, MPH; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):678-686. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.136
Geller et al describe the US burden, rates, and characteristics of emergency department visits and emergency hospitalizations for insulin-related hypoglycemia and errors. See also the invited commentary by Lee.
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So Much Insulin, So Much Hypoglycemia
Sei J. Lee, MD, MAS
JAMA Intern Med
Francois Lamontagne, MD, MSc; Lauralyn McIntyre, MD, MSc; Peter Dodek, MD, MHSc; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):689-696. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.169
Lamontagne and colleagues describe the frequency, anatomical location, risk factors, management, and consequences of nonleg deep venous thromboses in a large cohort of medical-surgical critically ill adults. Maynard provides an Invited Commentary.
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Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Call to Arms
Greg Maynard, MD, MSc, SFHM
JAMA Intern Med
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, MD, ScD; Aya A. Mitani, MPH; Benjamin A. Goldstein, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):699-707. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.87
Winkelmayer et al determine the trends in anemia treatment received by Medicare beneficiaries approaching end-stage renal disease. Coyne provides an Invited Commentary.
Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD; T. Elizabeth Workman, PhD, MLIS; Paul N. Gorman, MD
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):710-718. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.368
Del Fiol et al systematically review studies that examined the questions that clinicians raise in the context of patient care decision making. See also the invited commentary by Carnahan.
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Water, Water, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink
David Carnahan, MD, MSCE
JAMA Intern Med
Jaimie P. Meyer, MD; Javier Cepeda, MPH; Johnny Wu, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):721-729. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.601
Meyer et al evaluate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment outcomes throughout incarceration, including jail and prison. Puisis provides an Invited Commentary on the progress of HIV care in prisons.
Marlies S. Reimers, MD; Esther Bastiaannet, PhD; Ruth E. Langley, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):732-739. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.511
Reimers et al examine whether survival benefit associated with low-dose aspirin use after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer might depend on HLA class I antigen expression. Neugut provides an invited commentary.
Peter S. Hussey, PhD; Eric C. Schneider, MD; Robert S. Rudin, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):742-748. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.245
Hussey et al measure the association between care continuity, costs, and rates of hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and complications for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic disease. See the invited commentary by Chen and Ayanian.
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Care Continuity and Care Coordination: What Counts?
Lena M. Chen, MD, MS; John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP
JAMA Intern Med
Michael Klompas, MD; Kathleen Speck, MPH; Michael D. Howell, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):751-761. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.359
Klompas et al evaluate the impact of routine oral care with chlorhexidine gluconate on patient-centered outcomes in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Bonten provides an Invited Commentary.
Writing Group for the AREDS2 Research Group
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):763-771. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.328
This article from the Writing Group for the AREDS2 Research Group determines if supplementing the diet with long-chain ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids or with macular xanthophylls results in a reduced rate of cardiovascular disease. Rizos and Ntzani provide an Invited Commentary.
Jun Cheng, MD; Wen Zhang, MMed; Xiaohui Zhang, MMed; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):773-785. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.348
Cheng et al conduct a meta-analysis to separately evaluate the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers on all-cause mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and major cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Daniel J. Elliott, MD, MSCE; Robert S. Young, MD, MS; Joanne Brice, MD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):786-793. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.300
Elliott et al examine the association between hospitalist workload and the efficiency and quality of inpatient care. See the invited commentary by Wachter.
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Audio Author Interview:
Effect of Hospitalist Workload on the Quality and Efficiency of Care, and Hospitalist Workload: The Search for the Magic Number
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Invited Commentary
Hospitalist Workload: The Search for the Magic Number
Robert M. Wachter, MD
JAMA Intern Med
Jane A. Gwira Baumblatt, MD; Caleb Wiedeman, MPH; John R. Dunn, DVM, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(5):796-801. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12711
Baumblatt and coauthors assess the contribution of certain opioid-prescribing patterns to the risk of overdose death.
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High-Risk Use by Patients Prescribed Opioids for Pain and Its Role in Overdose Deaths, and Sources of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers by Frequency of Past-Year Nonmedical Use: United States, 2008-2011