Language Matters: Is There Gender Bias in Internal Medicine Grand Rounds Introductions?

Purpose:  We performed an exploratory evaluation of gender-specific differences in speakers and their introductions at internal medicine grand rounds.

Method:  Internal medicine grand rounds video archives from three sites between December 2013 and September 2020 were manually transcribed and analyzed using natural language processing techniques. Differences in word usage by gender were compared.

Online Lifestyle Modification Intervention: Survey of Primary Care Providers' Attitudes and Views.

Background: Online tools are a convenient and effective method of delivering lifestyle interventions to obese adult primary care patients. A referral model allows physicians to efficiently direct their patients to the intervention during a primary care visit. However, little is known of physicians' perspectives and utilization of the referral model for an online lifestyle modification intervention.

Overweight and obesity in patients with cystic fibrosis: a center-based analysis.

Objective: Cystic fibrosis (CF) has long been associated with malnutrition. However, due to early diagnosis, nutritional supplements, and increased prevalence of obesity in the general population, overweight, and obesity in the CF patient population is becoming a concern. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight in patients with CF seen at our center, to analyze factors associated with nutritional status, to evaluate the relation between nutritional status and lung function, and to document any adverse health outcomes.

Clinical characteristics of a cohort of 244 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Context: Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) often suffer from long-term complications secondary to chronic glucocorticoid therapy and suboptimal treatment regimens.

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe clinical characteristics of a large cohort of pediatric and adult CAH patients.

Design And Setting: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 244 CAH patients [183 classic, 61 nonclassic (NC)] included in a Natural History Study at the National Institutes of Health.

Comprehensive genetic analysis of 182 unrelated families with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

Background: Genetic analysis is commonly performed in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

Study Objective: The objective of the study was to describe comprehensive CYP21A2 mutation analysis in a large cohort of CAH patients.

Methods: Targeted CYP21A2 mutation analysis was performed in 213 patients and 232 parents from 182 unrelated families.