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**a Wang MD
Internal Medicine
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How Are We Teaching Advocacy? A National Survey of Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors
Although internal medicine (IM) physicians accept public advocacy as a professional responsibility, there is little evidence that IM training programs teach advocacy skills. The prevalence and characteristics ...
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Empagliflozin and Risk of Incident Gout: Analysis from the EMPagliflozin Comparative Effectiveness and SafEty (EMPRISE) Cohort Study
Hyperuricemia is frequently observed in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and is associated with increased risk of gout and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Empagliflozin lowers serum urate levels by enhancing ...
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Among Cancer Survivors Who Ever Smoked
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A Nationwide Comparison of the Provision of Ambulatory Care Services to Those Living With and Without Cancer, 2016–2018
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Resident Burnout on the Internal Medicine Ward
Burnout is common among medical trainees. Whether brief periods of training on the internal medicine ward leads to resident burnout is unknown.
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Higher-Than-Expected Burden of Alcohol-Related Liver Diseases During COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA, with a Tapering Trend
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an increase in alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the magnitude of ALD hospitalization surge during the pandemic ...
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Errors and Adherence to Inhaled Medications in Chinese Adults with COPD
Adherence to inhaled medications is key to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) control and management.
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Derivation and External Validation of the Ottawa Bloodstream Infection Model for Acutely Ill Adults
Knowing the probability that patients have a bloodstream infection (BSI) could influence the ordering of blood cultures and interpretation of their preliminary results. Many previous BSI probability models hav...
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Real-world evidence for the use of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter–defibrillators in China: A single-center experience
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (S-ICDs) have been shown to be non-inferior to transvenous ICDs in the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD), but there is still a lack of evidence from ...
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Open AccessHabitually Skip** Breakfast Is Associated with the Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancers: Evidence from the Kailuan Cohort Study
Habitually skip** breakfast may promote the initiation and progression of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, which have never been systematically explored in large-scale prospective studies.
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The Trend of Paracentesis Utilization in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis and Ascites in the US, 2004 to 2019
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Wuhan 3 years after the outbreak of the pandemic—cardiological insights and perspectives
In November 2019, Wuhan, a city in Central China, became the center of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause, which was later named “coronavirus disease 2019” (COVID-19). COVID-19 is caused by the novel se...
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National Institutes of Health Diversity Supplement Awards by Medical School
Increasing medical school faculty diversity is an urgent priority. National Institutes of Health (NIH) diversity supplements, which provide funding and career development opportunities to individuals underrepr...
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Open AccessCytotoxic Edema and Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Cytotoxic edema (CE) is an important form of perihematomal edema (PHE), which is a surrogate marker of secondary injury after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). However, knowledge about CE after ICH is insufficie...
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Presence of Geriatric Conditions Is Prognostic of Major Bleeding in Older Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: a Cohort Study
In older patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), physical, cognitive, and psychosocial limitations are prevalent. The prognostic value of these conditions for major bleeding is unclear.
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Integrating Management of Hepatitis C Infection into Primary Care: the Key to Hepatitis C Elimination Efforts
Elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a leading cause of liver disease in the USA and globally, has been made possible with the advent of highly efficacious direct acting antivirals (DAAs). DAA regimens offe...
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Association Between Financial Distress with Patient and Caregiver Outcomes in Home-Based Palliative Care: A Secondary Analysis of a Clinical Trial
Serious illness often causes financial hardship for patients and families. Home-based palliative care (HBPC) may partly address this.
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Characteristics of procalcitonin in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and clinical outcomes of antibiotic use stratified by procalcitonin levels
We examined the characteristics of pro-calcitonin (PCT) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients (cohort 1) and clinical outcomes of antibiotic use stratified by PCT in non-critically ill patients without bacterial c...
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Association of Serum Potassium Levels with Mortality and Cardiovascular Events: Findings from the Chinese Multi-provincial Cohort Study
Dyskalemia involves critical electrolyte abnormalities and increases mortality risk in patients with acute clinical conditions. However, the association between dyskalemia and adverse outcomes in the general p...
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A Cohort Analysis of Statin Treatment Patterns Among Small-Sized Primary Care Practices
Small-sized primary care practices, defined as practices with fewer than 10 clinicians, delivered the majority of outpatient visits in the USA. Statin therapy in high-risk individuals reduces atherosclerotic c...
