HMC Journal Club

General Internal Medicine HMC Section Journal Club

	The HMC Section Journal Club is held on the first Wednesday of every month during the academic year. Meetings take place at 8:00 a.m. in the Adult Medicine Clinic Conference Room, 3rd floor, West Clinic at Harborview Medical Center. Below is an archive of previous meetings, and a listing of future topics and speakers. To read topic abstracts and see citations, click on the topic link. When available, you can access the full article via the abstract page. You can also search for journal articles via UW Healthlinks, which requires access to University of Washington secure web pages.

	*2009*
	Oct	Jill Watanabe, Ashok Reddy	Patient-centered medical home demonstration: a prospective, quasi-experimental, before and after evaluation
	Sep	John Sheffield, Megan McCarren	Subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femur fractures in patients treated with alendronate: a register-based national cohort study. Handout
	Aug	Genji Terasaki, Adi Dabestani	Improving Journal Club Presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes. Overseas screening for tuberculosis in US-bound immigrants and refugees
	June	John Choe, Doug Berger	Validation of clinical classification schemes for predicting stroke: Results from the National Registry of Atrial Fibrillation
	May	Dan Lessler, Aaron Krohn	Aspirin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: The Association of Aspirin Dose and Clopidogrel With Thrombosis and Bleeding Aspirin for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
	April	Genji Terasaki, Adam Corson	Mortality results from a randomized prostate-cancer screening trial.
	February	Alex Molnar, Dave Moskowitz	Interruptions in Medicaid coverage and risk for hospitalization for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Summary
	January	Jim LoGerfo, Toby Sinton	Glucose control and vascular complications in veterans with type 2 diabetes Summary
	*2008*
	December	Margaret Isaac, Sarah Rogers	Association of numeracy and diabetes control.
	November	John Sheffield, Will Martin	Ten year follow up of the UKPDS study
	October	Paul Crane, Mark Derleth	Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): a case-control study
	September	Joe Merrill, Bonnie Baker	Effect of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients with chronic heart failure (the GISSI-HF trial): a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial Summary
	August	Caroline Rhaods, Tyler Lee	Treatment of hypertension in patients 80 years of age or older
	June	Ellen Schur, Chloe Atreya	The effect of discussions about advance directives on patients' satisfaction with primary care
	April	Lisa Chew, Arturo Dominguez	Simvastatin with or without ezetimibe in familial hypercholesterolemia Summary
	March	Paul Crane, Siddique Abbasi	A Meta-Analysis of 94,492 Patients With Hypertension Treated With Beta Blockers to Determine the Risk of New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus. Summary
	February	Rick Goss, Tom Bozzo	Effectiveness and safety of baclofen for maintenance of alcohol abstinence in alcohol-dependent patients with liver cirrhosis: randomised, double-blind controlled study.
	January	John Sheffield, Carlin Senter	Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians
	*200*7
	December	Dan Lessler, Santiago Neme	Antibiotics and topical nasal steroid for treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis Summary
	November	Genji Terasaki, Angelena Labella	HPV vs. Pap Tests for Cervical-Cancer Screening
	October	John Chow, Scott Steiger	Different ways to describe the benefits of risk-reducing treatments-- a randomized trial Communicating evidence for participatory decision making Summary Email Summary
	September	Mike Fujimoto, Joe Merrill	Sequential Therapy versus Standard Triple-Drug Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Randomized Trial. Summary Email Summary
	August	Caroline Rhoads, Susan Merel	Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes Summary Email Summary
	May	Genji Terasaki, Meridale Vaught	Long-term Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy and Risk of Hip Fracture. Summary Email Summary
	April	Joe Merrill, Jamie Spiess	Efficacy of Varenicline, an alpha-42 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Partial Agonist, vs. Placebo or Sustained-Release Bupropion for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Summary Additional Summary
	March	Jill Watanabe, Travis Baggett	Multifactor cardiovascular disease risk reduction in medically underserved, high-risk patients Summary Email Summary
	February	Lisa Chew, Christine Perez	Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of closed malpractice claims
	January	Joann Elmore, Makoto Jones	Effect of mammographic screening from age 40 years on breast cancer mortality at 10 years' follow-up: a randomised controlled trial. Summary Email Summary
	*2006*
	December	Carmen McDermott, Rick Goss	Surgical vs. Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): A Randomized Trial. Summary Email Summary Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) Observational Cohort.
	November	Rick Goss, Carmen McDermott	Survival of Patients with Stage I Lung cancer Detected on CT Screening. Summary Email Summary
	October	John Sheffield, Jennifer Chavez	Cost-effectiveness of screening for HIV in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Summary Email Summary
	September	Caroline Rhoads and Lisa Chiou	Aminotransferase elevations in healthy adults receiving 4 grams of acetaminophen daily. Summary Email Summary
	June	AMC Pharmacists	Inhaled insulin improves glycemic control when substituted for or added to oral combination therapy in type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled trial Summary
	May		Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease Summary
	April	Joe Merrill	Efficacy and Tolerability of Long-Acting Injectable Naltrexone for Alcohol Dependence Summary
	March	Jill Watanabe	Fracture prevention with vitamin D supplementation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
	February	Genji Terasaki	How strong is the evidence for the use of perioperative beta blockers in non-cardiac surgery? Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Summary
	January	Caroline Rhoads	Intensive diabetes treatment and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes
	*2005*

	December	Laura Johnson	Prescribing Exercise at Varied Levels of Intensity and Frequency: a Randomized Trial. Summary
	November	John Choe	Effects of Exam-Room Computing on Clinician-Patient Communication: a Longitudinal Qualitative Study Users Guides to the Medical Literature XXIII. Qualitative Research in Health Care B. What Are the Results and How Do They Help Me Care for My Patients Users Guides to the Medical Literature XXIII. Qualitative Research in Health Care A. Are the Results of the Study Valid?
	October	Claudia Finkelstein	Efficacy and Safety of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder Summary
	September	Lisa Chew	A Primary Care, Multi-disciplinary Disease Management Program for Opiod-treated Patients with Chronic Non-cancer Pain and a High Burden of Psychiatric Comorbidity Summary
	Aug	Rick Goss	Patient Safety Concerns Arising from Test Results That Return after Hospital Discharge.
	July	Annie Chun	Effect of Expedited Treatment of Sex Partners on Recurrent or Persistent Gonorrhea or Chlamydial Infection. Summary Notifiable Conditions and the Health Care Provider
	June	Hillary Liss	Radical Prostatectomy Versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer. Summary
	May	Maria Busch	Outcomes in Hypertensive Black and Nonblack Patients Treated with Chlorthalidone, Amlodipine, and Lisinopril Summary
	April.	Thomas Rea	A Randomized Trial of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Summary
	Mar	Ellen Schur and Katrina Sullivan	Preventing Foot Ulcers in Patients with Diabetes
	Feb	Annie Chun	Coronary-Artery Revascularization before Elective Major Vascular Surgery Summary
	Jan	Annie Chun	Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Inhibition in Stable Coronary Artery Disease Summary
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