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Original Investigation | May 20, 2013 
Cardiovascular Safety of Inhaled Long-Acting Bronchodilators in Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Andrea Gershon, MD, MS; Ruth Croxford, MSc, PStat; Andrew Calzavara, MSc; Teresa To, PhD; Matthew B. Stanbrook, MD, PhD; Ross Upshur, MD, MSc; Thérèse A. Stukel, PhD
ImportanceImportance Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and deadly disease. Long-acting inhaled β-agonists and anticholinergics, first-line medications for COPD, have ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1016
Original Investigation | May 20, 2013 
Comparative Effectiveness of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Conventional Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy
Gregg H. Goldin, MD; Nathan C. Sheets, MD; Anne-Marie Meyer, PhD; Tzy-Mey Kuo, MPH, PhD; Yang Wu, PhD; Til Stürmer, MD, MPH, PhD; Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD; William R. Carpenter, PhD; Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH
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ImportanceImportance Comparative effectiveness research of prostate cancer therapies is needed because of the development and rapid clinical adoption of newer and costlier ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1020
Original Investigation | May 20, 2013 
Association Between a Hospital's Rate of Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Cardiac Arrest Survival
Lena M. Chen, MD, MS; Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, MD, MPH; John A. Spertus, MD, MPH; Yan Li, PhD; Paul S. Chan, MD, MSc; for the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines–Resuscitation (formerly the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Investigators
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ImportanceImportance National efforts to measure hospital performance in treating cardiac arrest have focused on case survival, with the hope of improving survival ...
JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1026
Research Letters | May 20, 2013 
Blood Pressure 1 Year After Completion of Web-Based Pharmacist Care
Beverly B. Green, MD, MPH; Melissa L. Anderson, MS; James D. Ralston, MD, MPH; Sheryl L. Catz, PhD; Andrea J. Cook, PhD
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Meta-analyses provide strong evidence that blood pressure (BP) control improves with “team-based” hypertension care provided by a health professional such as a ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1037
Research Letters | May 20, 2013 
Patient-Reported Problems After Office Procedures
Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH; Mackenzie R. Wehner, MPhil; Dominick L. Frosch, PhD; Louise Walter, MD; Mary Margaret Chren, MD
Even though 83 million procedures are performed in medical offices in the United States each year,1 patients are only rarely asked about ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1040
Viewpoint | May 20, 2013 
Evaluating Health System Processes With Randomized Controlled Trials
John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc; Vinay Prasad, MD
Health system processes shape and define health care and the medical experience of patients, health care practitioners, and society at large. These ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1044
Invited Commentary | May 20, 2013 
Double-edged Sword?:  Comment on “Cardiovascular Safety of Inhaled Long-Acting Bronchodilators in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”
Prescott G. Woodruff, MD, MPH
No pharmacotherapy has been shown to meaningfully alter the rate of progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, inhaled long-acting bronchodilators ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1201
Original Investigation | May 20, 2013  FREE
Aggressive Fluid and Sodium Restriction in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure:  A Randomized Clinical Trial
Graziella Badin Aliti, RN, ScD; Eneida R. Rabelo, RN, ScD; Nadine Clausell, MD, PhD; Luís E. Rohde, MD, ScD; Andreia Biolo, MD, ScD; Luis Beck-da-Silva, MD, ScD
ImportanceImportance The benefits of fluid and sodium restriction in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) are unclear.ObjectiveObjective To compare the ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.552
Original Investigation | May 20, 2013 
Estimating Quality of Life in Acute Venous Thrombosis
Kerstin Hogg, MBChB; Miriam Kimpton, BA; Marc Carrier, MD; Douglas Coyle, PhD; Melissa Forgie, MD; Philip Wells, MD
ImportanceImportance Future funding for new treatments in venous thromboembolism will be guided by cost-utility analyses. There is little available information on the ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.563
Research Letters | May 20, 2013 
A Comparative Analysis of the Quality of Patient Education Materials From Medical Specialties
Nitin Agarwal, BS; David R. Hansberry, PhD; Victor Sabourin, BA; Krystal L. Tomei, MD, MPH; Charles J. Prestigiacomo, MD
Given the access to a seemingly unsurpassable amount of information online, one can understand why the Internet has become one of the ...
JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6060
Invited Commentary | May 20, 2013 
Expanding Utilization of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer:  Comment on “Comparative Effectiveness of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy and Conventional Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy”
Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH
Prostate cancer in the United States is characterized by a unique epidemiology: a prevalence unrivaled by any other visceral malignant neoplasm among ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6755
Invited Commentary | May 20, 2013 
How Provocative Is Provocative Testing?:  Comment on “Yield of Routine Provocative Cardiac Testing Among Patients in an Emergency Department–Based Chest Pain Unit
Lee Goldman, MD
In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Hermann et al1 report on a large cohort of patients who underwent routine provocative testing ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6812
Viewpoint | May 20, 2013 
Defensive Medicine—Legally Necessary but Ethically Wrong?:  Inpatient Stress Testing for Chest Pain in Low-Risk Patients
Allen Kachalia, MD, JD; Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD
Ms Perry is a 58-year-old woman who presents to the emergency department with nonexertional substernal chest pain. She has no shortness of ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.7293
Invited Commentary | May 20, 2013 
Quality of Life, Utilities, Quality-Adjusted Life-years, and Health Care Decision Making:  Comment on “Estimating Quality of Life in Acute Venous Thrombosis”
Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS; Paul G. Shekelle, MD
Of what importance is knowing how patients assess the quality of life (QOL) of health states when trying to make decisions about ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.7396
Invited Commentary | May 20, 2013  FREE
Counterintuitive Evidence Concerning Salt and Water Restriction in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients:  Comment on “Aggressive Fluid and Sodium Restriction in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure”
Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD
Fluid retention manifested by peripheral edema, fluid in the lungs, and ascites has been recognized as a sign of congestive heart failure ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.789
Original Investigation | May 20, 2013 
Yield of Routine Provocative Cardiac Testing Among Patients in an Emergency Department–Based Chest Pain Unit:  Yield of Stress Testing in Emergency Department Observation Units
Luke K. Hermann, MD; David H. Newman, MD; W. Andrew Pleasant, MD; Dhanadol Rojanasarntikul, MD; Daniel Lakoff, MD; Scott A. Goldberg, MD; W. Lane Duvall, MD; Milena J. Henzlova, MD
ImportanceImportance The American Heart Association recommends routine provocative cardiac testing in accelerated diagnostic protocols for coronary ischemia. The diagnostic and therapeutic yield ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 20, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.850
Invited Commentary | May 13, 2013 
Creative Arts Therapies Defined:  Comment on “Effects of Creative Arts Therapies on Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer”
Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC; Sheryl Goodill, PhD, BC-DMT, NCC, LPC
A diagnosis of cancer and subsequent treatments may result in significant emotional, physical, and social suffering, placing cancer survivors at greater risk ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 13, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6145
Original Investigation | May 13, 2013 
Changes in Sodium Levels in Processed and Restaurant Foods, 2005 to 2011
Michael F. Jacobson, PhD; Stephen Havas, MD, MPH, MS; Robert McCarter, ScD
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ImportanceImportance Excess consumption of sodium is an important cause of hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. The higher ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 13, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6154
Research Letters | May 13, 2013 
Restaurant Meals: Almost a Full Day's Worth of Calories, Fats, and Sodium
Mary J. Scourboutakos, BSc; Zhila Semnani-Azad; Mary R. L’Abbe, PhD
Because of the prevalence of eating out, the connection between fast food consumption and disease risk has garnered widespread attention.1 However, less ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 13, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6159
Original Investigation | May 13, 2013 
The Energy Content of Restaurant Foods Without Stated Calorie Information
Lorien E. Urban, PhD; Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc; Christine E. Gary, MS; Jamie L. Fierstein, MS; Ashley Equi, BS; Carolyn Kussmaul, BS; Gerard E. Dallal, PhD; Susan B. Roberts, PhD
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ImportanceImportance National recommendations for the prevention and treatment of obesity emphasize reducing energy intake through self-monitoring food consumption. However, little information is ...
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JAMA Intern Med. Published online May 13, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6163

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